A biochemist’s journey from curiosity to life-saving treatment
In the spring of 1964, biochemist Bibudhendra (Amu) Sarkar gave a conference talk that would change his life.
Carleton chemist had a “beautiful mind”
Pudupadi (Sundar) Sundararajan had an unrivalled knowledge of polymer chemistry, an impressive scientific pedigree and an unwavering commitment to helping students find free food.
Queen’s chemist was a ‘joyful warrior’
In the early 1980s, China sent a select group of 100 graduate students to study abroad – the first to leave the country since the Cultural Revolution. Ninety-seven young men and three young women, including the late Suning Wang, FCIC, made that ground-breaking journey. A whip-smart,…
Meet the National Office Team: Tiffany Noel
What do you do at the CIC? Most of my time is devoted to the Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering, where I am the first point of contact for new…
Meet the National Office team: Krista Leroux
What do you do at the CIC? I am the CIC’s graphic designer and webmaster. What does a graphic designer do? Well, we make things look fabulous! We do this…
Meet the National Office team: Keith Lapierre
What do you do at the CIC? I am CIC’s conference program coordinator. As such, I work cohesively (and constantly!) with the conference organizing committees from the Canadian Chemistry Conference…
About CNC-IUPAC
The Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC-IUPAC) was formed in 1993 and is supported by the National Research Council (NRC) and the Canadian…
Meet the National Office team: Claire Duncan
What do you do at the CIC? I am the production editor for The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering. While guiding articles through the production process and compiling issues, I…
Meet the National Office team: Tim Lougheed
What do you do at the CIC? My name appears as the writer on many of the articles for Canadian Chemical News, but I also serve as the editor, which…
Recognizing the best
The CIC has a long tradition of showcasing the talent this country produces in the chemical sciences, as a review of this year’s award winners will confirm. The list includes…
Meet the National Office team: Ki-Youn Kim
What do you do at the CIC? I am the office’s Community Development Coordinator, which means I wear many different hats. Sometimes you will find me working with our members…
2019 – Year in Review
As we launch our 2020 CIC membership campaign, we are creating a conversation around what membership means and how being a CIC member can help you grow, learn, connect, and recognize in your development as a chemical sciences professional. To give you a sense of what we do at the CIC, here is an update on the exciting initiatives and dialogues we have had over the last year.