Canadian Chemical News articles from February 2006

Canadian Chemical News archives from February 2006

A fresh look at the Canadian pulp and paper industry: excerpts from a presentation made at the annual meeting of the Papirindustriens Tekniske Forening in Oslo, Norway, on November 22, 2005.(GUEST COLUMN / CHRONIQUEUR INVITE)
February 1, 2006... Two hundred years ago, Canada's first paper mill began operation in St. Andrew's East, QC. Since then, the industry has grown markedly. One hundred and thirty-five mills now manufacture a wide variety of grades of pulp, paper, and paperboard in...

New ACCN board member.(appointments)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... ACCN is proud to announce the appointment of Steve Thornton, MCIC, as a new member of the ACCN editorial board. After graduating from the chemical engineering technology program at Mohawk College in Hamilton, ON, in 1981, Thornton was hired by...

Annick Gauthier.(wins Howard Alper Post-Doctoral Prize)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The University of British Columbia's Annick Gauthier, MCIC, has been awarded the Howard Alper Post-Doctoral Prize. The prize is awarded to a post-doctoral Canadian student in one of the natural sciences or engineering disciplines. ...

Royal Society of Canada.(Distinction)
February 1, 2006... John W. Hepburn, FCIC (The University of British Columbia), Douglas W. Stephan, FCIC (University of Windsor), and Robert H. Morris, FCIC (University of Toronto), were inducted as fellows of the Royal Society of Canada on November 27, 2005.

Helene Perreault.(Distinction)
February 1, 2006... Helene Perreault, MCIC, of the University of Manitoba, was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry.

Robert E. Prud'homme.(Distinction; Robert E. Prud'homme nominated for membership to honorary chemistry society)
February 1, 2006... Robert E. Prud'homme, FCIC, professeur titulaire et directeur du departement de chimie de l'Universite de Montreal, a ete nomme membre de la societe honorifique des Compagnons de Lavoisier de l'Ordre des chimistes du Quebec lors de l'assemblee...

James G. Speight.(Scientists Without Borders Medal of Honor of the Russian Academy of Sciences)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... James G. Speight, FCIC, has been awarded the Scientists Without Borders Medal of Honor of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The honor comes with a certificate and inscribed medal for his outstanding contributions to the encouragement of...

Ashok Vijh.(Distinction)
February 1, 2006... Ashok Vijh, FCIC, was elected president of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). As the president, Vijh has also become one of the vice-presidents of the RSC, which also includes the Acad6mie des lettres et des sciences...

Peter Zandstra.(Distinction)
February 1, 2006... Peter Zandstra, MCIC, of the University of Toronto, was awarded a 2005 NSERC Steacie Fellowship. Winners are selected each year for their achievements, career potential, and interpersonal and leadership abilities. Zandstra currently holds the...

In memoriam.(Henry Taube, J. E. Guillet)(Obituary)
February 1, 2006... The CIC extends its condolences to the families of: Junor Barnes, MCIC Donald Laberge, MCIC Henry Taube, FCIC, winner of the Nobel Prize for chemistry in 1983, and alumnus of the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) died November...

2005 NSERC Synergy awards for innovation.
February 1, 2006... The University of New Brunswick (Saint John), Irving Pulp and Paper Ltd., and Environment Canada's National Water Research Institute were honoured for world leadership in pinpointing the source of pulp and paper mill compounds that cause...

Montreal Action Plan.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... The Government of Canada hailed the agreement on the Montreal Action Plan following the successful conclusion of the 11th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the first Meeting of the...

Nanomaterials company climbs to the top.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Raymor Industries Inc., a leading developer and producer of advanced materials and nanomaterials, has been named as one of Canada's top emerging public companies as part of the TSX Venture 50[TM]. The TSX Venture Exchange ranked Raymor as the...

Canada's forest industry surpasses Kyoto target by more than four times.
February 1, 2006... The Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC) announced that the industry has achieved 44 percent improvement in greenhouse gas emissions intensity since 1990. And it continues to make significant strides towards meeting its climate change...

Ethanol is "in".
February 1, 2006... The Ontario provincial government has finalized its renewable fuel standard requiring ethanol in gasoline sold in the province beginning January 1, 2007. The government is now ready to accept applications under the Ontario ethanol growth...

Potential for spinal cord injury repair strategies.
February 1, 2006... Two innovative new studies in nerve guidance channels have significant implications for peripheral nerve repair and spinal cord injury repair strategies. In a paper published in the January issue of Biomaterials and now available on-line,...

Canada's first commercial-scale biodiesel plant.
February 1, 2006... Rothsay, a division of Maple Leaf Foods, announced the commissioning of Canada's first commercial-scale biodiesel plant. The new facility has the capacity to produce 35 million litres per year of biodiesel and is located in Sainte-Catherine,...

CCPA forecasts substantial increase in sales for 2006.(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... CCPA's year-end survey of members indicates that basic chemicals and resins sales value is expected to increase by 12 percent (5 percent in volume) in 2006. This is following a 5 percent increase in sales value to $23 billion in 2005. Exports...

ChemSketch on Chmoogle.
February 1, 2006... Advanced Chemistry Development, Inc. (ACD/Labs) has integrated their commercial and freeware ChemSketch application to the Chmoogle[R] Web site at www.chmoogle.com. Chmoogle was created by eMolecules, Inc. Chmoogle is the world's leading...

New prize for Medicinal Chemistry.
February 1, 2006... The IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry was established by a gift from the Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter, Ltd., in Budapest, Hungary, to acknowledge the key role that medicinal chemistry plays in improving human health. By...

Hyocine for homicide.(CHEM FUSION)
February 1, 2006... On January 10, 1910, Doctor Hawley Harvey Crippen purchased five grains (325 mg) of hydrobromide of hyoscine at a chemist's shop in London. Also known as scopolamine, this compound can be extracted from henbane, a plant with a long history of...

Poised for renewal: the forest products industry in Canada.(Cover story)
February 1, 2006... Canada is blessed with an abundance of resources, an educated workforce, a diverse manufacturing sector, and the largest single market in the world to our immediate south. Together, these assets have made us one of the world's most successful...

Knock on wood: the effective management of process safety in kraft pulping is anything but child's play.
February 1, 2006... Pulp and paper process safety risks may appear to be less serious than in other industries. But a number of significant side streams of the main fibre line and process liquor cycle in kraft process pulp mills have significant combustive,...

Spanning the distance: Paprican bridges the tremendous gap between fundamental research and commercial applications.(Company overview)
February 1, 2006... Paprican, the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, is the largest research institute dedicated to the pulp and paper industry in Canada. We are a not-for-profit, consortium-based, research institute with a driving vision to deliver...

The paper trail: most people have no idea of the complex chemistry involved in making paper.
February 1, 2006... It was a quasi religious moment. There in front of me, in a display case at the British Museum, lay the original copy of The Adventure of the Missing Three Quarter in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's own hand. Like any other Sherlock Holmes fan, I have...

FRA safety advisory on rail shipments of time-sensitive hazardous materials.(And in REGULATORY NEWS ...)
February 1, 2006... A safety advisory for U.S. DOT's Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) addresses the safety of shipments of time-sensitive hazardous materials (dangerous goods). The concern is based on a recent incident where a tank car of time-sensitive...

Howard Alper elected CIC honorary fellow.(CIC BULLETIN ICC)
February 1, 2006... The CIC board of directors has approved Howard Alper, HFCIC, as the latest CIC member to be granted the title of Honorary Fellow. Alper's contribution to the chemical sciences profession is recognized nationally and internationally. Alper...

Report on the 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference.(CSChe BULLETIN SCGCh)
February 1, 2006... The 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering conference was a great success. It took place October 16-19, 2005, at the Metro Convention Centre in Toronto, ON. The conference brought together a record number of people with almost 1,300 attendees,...

Broader professional issues in chemical/science education.(DIVISION NEWS / NOUVELLES DES DIVISIONS)
February 1, 2006... The central theme of the Chemical Education Division's (CED) symposia at the 2005 Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, May 28 to June 1, 2005, in Saskatoon, SK, was broader professional issues in chemical and science education. A...

CSChE inaugural graduate poster competition.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
February 1, 2006... Graduate students from the University of Toronto organized the inaugural Graduate Student Poster Competition as part of the 2005 Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference. The competition received 41 entries from 19 universities across Canada....

Results of the 55th CSChE student competitions.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)(Brief article)
February 1, 2006... Undergraduate oral student competitions were held at the 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference in Toronto, ON, in October 2005. Here are the final results of these competitions: SNC * Lavalin Student Plant Design Competition ...

Chemical technology--learning about careers.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
February 1, 2006... Thirty-five chemical technology students from Toronto and Hamilton colleges as well as chemical engineering student delegates attending the CSChE Conference attended a half-day career symposium. This event was hosted by the Canadian Society for...

55th CSChE Conference sponsors.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
February 1, 2006... PATRON Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, University of Toronto ELITE Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd Bantrel Inc. Department of Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University Dow Chemical ...

Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry 2005 summary.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
February 1, 2006... The second biennial Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry (BSOC) was held from November 10-12, 2005, in Banff, AB. The intimate and interactive graduate student-organized conference was jointly organized by committees from the Universities of...

Nominate your faculty advisor/Soumettez la candidature de votre conseiller.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ETUDIANTS)
February 1, 2006... Reward your advisor's efforts by nominating him or her for the Student Chapter Faculty Advisor Award. Each Constituent Society offers an award (i.e. three awards are given annually, judging is carried out by each Society). You can find the...

Events / evenements.(Calendar)
February 1, 2006... Canada Conferences February 22-23, 2006. Canadian Nuclear Industry Seminar, "Nuclear's Path Forward--Building for Tomorrow," Ottawa, ON, visit http://cna.ca/pdf/ CNA-06_BroElctrEN_(eBk)_Dec6.pdf for registration discounts May...