Canadian Chemical News articles from April 2001

Canadian Chemical News archives from April 2001

The CSC Conference.
April 1, 2001... Local Organizing Committees have long known the agony and the ecstasy of planning a conference. New changes may ease the agony. The CSC Conference is a rendezvous for Canadian chemists to share their scientific findings with their...

PERSONALS/PERSONNALITES -.
April 1, 2001... Industry Laurier Schramm, FCIC has been promoted to vice-president, energy technologies, with the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton, AB. Dan Wayner, MCIC has been promoted to principal research officer and has been appointed to the...

Obituaries.
April 1, 2001... Roy Foran, dean emeritus of Nova Scotia Technical College and professor emeritus of chemical engineering, died January 16, 2001 after a short illness. Born in Saskatchewan, he received his BSc. (Honours) and MSc. from the University of...

$62 Million in Scholarships & Fellowships.
April 1, 2001... The Honourable Brian Tobin, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has announced that 1,924 young university researchers - 1,689 at the postgraduate level and...

Stronger Voice for Canadian Forest Product Industry.
April 1, 2001... Canada's forest products companies have moved to strengthen and expand their national and international promotion efforts, by creating the Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC). The association will represent makers of pulp, paper and...

UNESCO, WFEO and VDI Publish Memorandum of Engineers.
April 1, 2001... The results of the professional discussions of the first World Engineers' Convention, which took place June 19-21, 2000 and involved 76 speakers from 22 countries, have now been compiled in the Memorandum of Engineers, which UNESCO (United...

CCPA Honoured for Association Leadership.
April 1, 2001... The Canadian Chemical Producers' Association was honoured by The Voluntary Challenge and Registry (VCR Inc.) for its contribution to substantial and ongoing reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through its Responsible Care [R] initiative. ...

Poor Budget Threatens Chemical Weapons Convention.
April 1, 2001... Constrained by budget problems, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the implementing body of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) is facing the prospect of being ill-equipped to perform its duties in the future. An...

Feds to Combat Air Pollution.
April 1, 2001... The Canadian government will invest $120 million to reduce air pollutants. Ottawa's action plan will focus on four major areas: the industrial sector, transportation, monitoring and reporting. A total of $19.8 million will be spent over...

DuPont Two-Time VCR Leadership Winner.
April 1, 2001... DuPont Canada Inc. has been selected as a winner of the 2001 Voluntary Challenge & Registry Inc (VCR Inc.) Leadership Award. The company won this award for the first time in 1999, based on its progress on nitrous oxide abatement and energy...

Chemputing a Mare usque ad Mare.
April 1, 2001... In the July/Aug 1999 issue, Chemputing looked at the MapArt CD-ROM maps book for Ontario. Those of you in the ROC (rest of Canada) can now enjoy a newly expanded package that brings you into the world of computer mapping. This package includes...

Wake Up and Smell the Octen-3-ol.
April 1, 2001... To tell you the truth, I've never been one for cork sniffing. I always thought it was kind of a snobby thing to do. But I never really investigated the practice because I've never really cared much for wine. Then one day, while out for dinner...

On Knowledge and Its Use to Society: Some Key Directions of Government.
April 1, 2001... Setting the Scene: Some Recent Government Action. The knowledge-based society is upon us! Few people now doubt that those countries which invest in knowledge will reap the rewards: a growing economy; expanding companies; highly paid jobs;...

Reaching Out: Canada, International Science and Technology, and the Knowledge-based Economy.
April 1, 2001... In 2000, Industry Canada released the Report of the Expert Panel on Canada's Role in International Science and Technology. Below is the Executive Summary of the Panel's findings. In today's globalized, knowledge-based economy, science and...

La connaissance et son utilisation par la societe: certaines des grander orientations du gouvernement.
April 1, 2001... Tour d'horizon des recentes interventions gouvemementales. La societe du savoir est chose faite! Peu de gens osent nier, de nos jours, que les pays qui investissent dans la connaissance en recolteront les fruits: croissance economique,...

Un essor necessaire: Le Canada, les activites internationales en sciences et technologie et l'economie du savoir.
April 1, 2001... En 2000, Industrie Canada a publie la Rapport du Groupe d'experts sur le role du Canada dans les activites internationales de sciences et de technologie. Au-dessous, trouvez le resume. Dans l'economie mondiale du savoir d'aujourd'hui, les...

Ottawa Hits Right Note on R&D.
April 1, 2001... The Toronto Star's economics editor comments on the federal government. The joint announcement by Finance Minister Paul Martin and Industry Minister Brian Tobin of an additional $750 million for research and development in our universities...

NSERC Helps Build a Smart Canada.
April 1, 2001... NSERC's vision is to make Canada the world's best place to live and work -- through funding for R&D. During the course of its 22-year history, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council has become the backbone of research and...

Le CRSNG aide a batir un Canada en tete.
April 1, 2001... La vision du CRSNG est de faire du Canada le meilleur endroit du monde ou vivre et travailler -- grace au financement de la R et D. Au cours de ses 22 annees d'histoire, le Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en genie est devenu...

NRC's International Outreach: Strengthening Canadian Innovation Capacity.
April 1, 2001... The National Research Council of Canada strengthens Canadian innovation capacity by creating international partnerships. The international scientific research community has always cooperated across borders. Most of this cooperation occurs...

Pharmaceutical Research Investment.
April 1, 2001... There is a need for strong, internationally competitive intellectual property protection. Innovation in the pharmaceutical industry is a long process, involving several stages of basic, applied and clinical research often taking from 12 to...

Merck Frosst Canada: A Pioneering Heritage.
April 1, 2001... A tradition of innovation enters its second century as R&D at Merck Frosst spans the globe. Merck Frosst is a familiar name to most Canadians, and certainly to all in the chemical professions. It should be, for its products have stocked...

Ingenieur de genie..., ou ingenieur... ? "Genie" ou "ingenierie" ?
April 1, 2001... Une contribution pour une necessaire et utile reflexion sur ces points de la langue fancaise familiers aux ingenieurs. Genie? Le mot sonne bien et plait beaucoup, a en croire le nombre, chaque jour plus grand, de locutions qui le...

Evaluating Intellectual Capital -- Part IV. Tracking Investments.
April 1, 2001... Abstract This is the fourth and final article in the series evaluating Intellectual Capital (IC). The first three articles examined the components of IC, the management of IC within research organizations, and the evaluation of IC...

CIC 2001 Award Winners Announced.
April 1, 2001... CIC Medal / La Medaille de l'ICC Sponsored by /Parraine par INCO Limited The Chemical Institute of Canada Medal is presented as a mark of distinction to a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the science of chemistry...

2001 CSC Award Winners Announced.
April 1, 2001... The Alcan Award / Prix Alcan Sponsored by / Parraine par Alcan International Limited The Alcan Award is presented to a scientist residing in Canada who has made a distinguished contribution in the fields of inorganic chemistry or...

Toronto CIC Local Section News.
April 1, 2001... The CIC Toronto Section Annual Dinner Event and AGM took place at Ryerson International Conference Centre on December 6, 2000. It is always a pleasure to meet friends and colleagues at this relaxed annual event, and to enjoy a good meal...

Trois meilleurs projets de chimie a recompense.
April 1, 2001... La section d'Ottawa a recompense les trois meilleurs projets de chimie a l'Expo Sciences Regionale de l'Outaouais. L'evenement s'est tenu du 16 au 18 mars et 82 projets y etaient presentes. Michel-Antoine Renaud et Alexandre Woefle, etudiants...

Hamilton Local Section Student Paper Night.
April 1, 2001... The annual student paper night sponsored by the Hamilton CIC Local Section was held at Mohawk College on March 15, 2001. There were about 50 CIC members and students in attendance. This event is an opportunity for students of all three of the...

Applied Chemistry Co-operative Education at U. Calgary.
April 1, 2001... Chemistry students at the University of Calgary are participating in co-operative education programs. These programs are designed to give students work experience that is directly related to their program of study before they graduate. Students...

What's New at McGill?
April 1, 2001... We have recently held our McGill Open House, where the university is open to the public to showcase its programs of study. This day generally attracts students from eastern Canada and northeastern USA (those that are in driving distance), who...

Milestones of Canadian Chemistry in the 20th Century.
April 1, 2001... the 1910's THE FIRST COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION OF TNT IN CANADA Ernest A. LeSueur was born in Ottawa in 1869. After receiving one of the first degrees in electrical engineering, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he designed and...

Organic Division Student Awards.
April 1, 2001... 83rd CSC Conference in Calgary 2000 The Organic Divsion presented four awards for oral presentations this year and four R.U. Lemieux poster awards last year. In addition, Wiley Inc. donated a copy of Comprehensive Organic Transfromations...