Meet the National Office team: Hamish McPherson
What do you do at CIC? I am the Communications Coordinator. Among other things, I’m the one who assembles the bi-weekly newsletter that arrives in every member’s inbox. I also…
Trash becomes treasure for green chemistry group
Several dozen chemists and their colleagues spent a couple of hours one Saturday this fall cleaning up a west end park in Toronto as part of what can only be…
Join Us and Grow
What does membership mean to you? Belonging, community, integration. These words reflect the essence of membership for the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC) with members joining…
Pursuing policy
Thomas Baker, FCIC, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Catalysis Science for Energy Applications at the University of Ottawa, recently became a faculty affiliate with the university’s Institute for Science, Society and Policy (ISSP). This position will allow him to participate in ISSP governance meetings, where he can contribute to setting priorities for this multi-disciplinary academic body’s work on teaching, research, and outreach.
EIC Accepting Nominations
The Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) is currently accepting nominations for its 2020 senior awards and EIC fellowship inductees. The deadline for nominations is midnight, November 15, 2019. The awards…
Science Literacy Week gets under way
Next week, September 16-22, is Science Literacy Week, an annual celebration of scientists and science communication that is taking place in locations across the country. Keep an eye out for…
Citadelle ceremony invests Levente Diosady, FCIC, as an Officer of the Order of Canada
The professor emeritus in the University of Toronto’s Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry joined the Order of Canada at a July 4th ceremony held at Governor General…