LGBTQ+ STEM Conference
COMMUNITY NEWS
2SLGBTQ+ and ally CIC members James Gauld, John Hayward, Tricia Carmichael, and Marcus Drover at the University of Windsor are involved in organizing the LGBTQ+ STEM Conference, which will be...
Read More >>Meet the CIC Board Chair
Paul Smith, the new chair of Chemical Institute of Canada Board of Directors, is Vice President of Xerox Corporation and Centre Director of the Xerox Research Centre of Canada. In...
Read More >>#BlackInChem Week
On Twitter, from August 10-15th, is #BlackinChem week! It’s a time to celebrate and highlight chemists of the past, present, and future. Each day is going to be centered around...
Read More >>Meet CSC’s new President
Steven Holdcroft, the new President of the Canadian Society for Chemistry and chair of the Board, recently took a few questions from CIC News. What has motivated your participation with...
Read More >>A global appeal to young chemists
International Younger Chemists Network (IYCN) is seeking Canadian candidates to serve as national delegates to this international body, which strives to provide mentorship and community to participants at the earlier...
Read More >>Teaming up in the trenches of on-line teaching
COMMUNITY NEWS
Post-secondary chemistry instructors across the country have generally reconciled themselves to teaching in on-line settings for the foreseeable future and most of them are preparing to deliver all kinds of...
Read More >>Meet the National Office Team: Kyra Van Den Bos
COMMUNITY NEWS
What do you do at the CIC? I am the Managing Editor of The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering (Can. J. Chem. Eng.), which is the premier journal of the Canadian Society...
Read More >>Canada Research Chair-holder honoured by CSChE
RECOGNITION
Ajay Dalai, FCIC, a Distinguished Professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, is the 2020 recipient of the R. S. Jane Memorial Award. This annual...
Read More >>Taking stock of a working group that has worked
COMMUNITY NEWS
Although the current COVID crisis means CCCE is not taking place in Winnipeg this month, The Canadian Society for Chemistry’s Working Group on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity (WIDE) continues to...
Read More >>LOGIC – now virtual!
COMMUNITY NEWS
The fourth annual Leaders Overcoming Gender Inequality in Chemistry (LOGIC) conference, focused on equity, diversity and inclusion in chemistry, is generally held as an in-person satellite meeting the weekend before...
Read More >>Nano-scale innovation makes an outsized impact
COMMUNITY NEWS
The same technology that safeguards the authenticity of the bills in our purses and wallets has provided a new medium for creative visual expression, thanks to an innovative collaboration between...
Read More >>Chemistry community confronts coronavirus
EDUCATION
University of Ottawa Chemistry and Biomolecular Science Professor Alison Flynn, MCIC, has had a longstanding interest in the way her chosen discipline is taught and the tools that instructors devote...
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