Canadian Chemical News articles from July 2005

Canadian Chemical News archives from July 2005

The evolution of the CSCT.(Canadian Society for Chemical Technology)(Organization overview)(Column)
July 1, 2005... The Canadian Society for Chemical Technology (CSCT) started 30 years ago as an organization within The Chemical Institute of Canada. It was designed to provide identification for the growing group of professionals graduating from community...

Scott Kroeker.(Industry)(Rh Award in April 2005)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Scott Kroeker, MCIC, of the University of Manitoba department of chemistry, received an Rh Award in April 2005 for his work in establishing an internationally recognized centre for solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The annual Rh...

Douglas Stephan, FCIC, was awarded the LeSueur Memorial Award by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Canada.(Industry)(LeSueur Memorial Award by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Canada)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Douglas Stephan, FCIC, was awarded the LeSueur Memorial Award by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) Canada. He is head of the chemistry and biochemistry department at the University of Windsor. The award was given in recognition of...

Melanie O'Neill.(Government)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Melanie O'Neill, MCIC, is a recipient of NSERC's latest Discovery Grant. She is an assistant professor of chemistry at Simon Fraser University. The prize funding will enable O'Neill to continue investigating a window that the human eye provides...

Bruce Arndtsen, MCIC, was named a William Dawson Scholar by McGill University.(University)
July 1, 2005... Bruce Arndtsen, MCIC, was named a William Dawson Scholar by McGill University. He is director of graduate studies in the department of chemistry at McGill.

University of Manitoba.(University)(Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Theodore Schaefer, FCIC, has been appointed a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Manitoba. This is an honour given after retirement to individuals who have rendered distinguished service to the university and who have...

L' Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) est heureuse d'annoncer que Rene Roy, professeur au departement de chimie de l'UQAM et titulaire d'une Chaire de recherche du Canada en chimie therapeutique a recu le Prix et la Medaille d'or de l'Organisation mondiale de la propriete intellectuelle (OMPI).(Distinction; University of Quebec Chemistry Professor Rene Roy receives Gold Medal Prize from World Organization of Intellectual Property)
July 1, 2005... "Universite du Quebec a Montreal (UQAM) est heureuse d'annoncer que Rene Roy, professeur au departement de chimie de l'UQAM et titulaire d'une Chaire de recherche du Canada en chimie therapeutique a recu le Prix et la Medaille d'or de...

In memoriam.(PERSONALS / PERSONNALITES)(Obituary)
July 1, 2005... Roger Moore Butler, FCIC, passed away peacefully on May 19, 2005 at the Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, AB. Butler was born on October 14, 1927 in Ilford, England. Butler lived in Canada during WWII and returned to England where he studied...

Errata.(PERSONALS / PERSONNALITES)(Correction notice)
July 1, 2005... The statements of policy were reversed for the CSChE Board of Directors Nominations for president and vice-president on pp. 39 and 40 of the May 2005 issue of ACCN. Our sincere apologies to Paul Stuart, MCIC, and David T. Fung, FCIC. The...

First client for CLS.(Synodon Inc. to use Synchrotron facility of Canadian Light Source Inc.)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Synodon Inc., of Edmonton, AB, manufacturers of an advanced airborne sensor system to detect leaks in natural gas pipelines, will be the first paying customer of the Canadian Light Source Inc. (CLS) synchrotron facility. The contract for...

Federal funding for sustainable transportation.(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Eleven projects designed to contribute to a more environmentally friendly transportation system have been selected to receive funding under the Moving on Sustainable Transportation program, The Honourable Jim Karygiannis, Parliamentary...

Survey on HR in the chemical industries.(Labour Market Partnerships (LMP))(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... National Silicates will receive nearly a quarter of a million dollars in funding for an employment project to conduct a study that will identify current issues, skills shortages, and training opportunities in the Canadian chemical industry. The...

Trucking crisis impacts chemical industry--Dow responds.(Dow Chemical Co. (Midland, Michigan))
July 1, 2005... Fundamental changes within the North American economy and the trucking industry have prompted companies to re-evaluate their trucking and transportation policies. Overcapacity in the trucking industry through the last recession resulted in...

Nano applications in the pulp sector.(nanotechnology)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... NanoQuebec and the Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada (Paprican) have signed an agreement targeting the development of nanotechnology applications for the forestry sector. Paprican sees nanotechnology development as one of the keys...

Shipments and trade statistics for the Canadian chemical industry in 2004.
July 1, 2005... Statistics Canada has released its 2004 shipments, imports, and exports, by industry. The data is shown below in billions of dollars. The change compared to 2003 is shown in brackets. This data will be up on the Strategies chemicals home page...

McMaster Solar Car races.(McMaster Solar Car Project's newly launched solar car Phoenix to be seen at North American Solar Car Challenge)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Team members of the McMaster Solar Car Project unveiled one of Canada's entries into the first-ever North American Solar Car Challenge. Named Phoenix, the solar car features a redesigned aerodynamic shell, a three-wheel chassis system for...

A short line's superior service.(partnership between Superior Propane Inc. and Ottawa Central Railway )
July 1, 2005... Working in partnership is paying off for Superior Propane and Ottawa Central Railway (OCR), as both businesses continue to revel in the success of a joint project they undertook in Ottawa, ON. A steady customer of OCR's, Superior was...

BWC expert meeting concludes.(Biological Weapons Convention )
July 1, 2005... The third United Nations Meeting of Experts from States parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on their Destruction was held in Geneva...

The pivoting monitor.(CHEMPUTING)(Neo-Flex stand and Pivot Pro software are excellent for documentation)
July 1, 2005... Most of my work involves preparing documentation. I thought one of those premium-priced 19" LCD monitors that pivot from landscape to portrait mode might get rid of that annoying scrolling up and down the page. As no dealer I visited could show...

Biodiesel transport.(CHEMFUSION)
July 1, 2005... Bears, it seems, are not particularly fond of French fries. We know this because of a "bear attractant analysis" conducted by researchers at Washington State University's Bear Research Conservation and Education Facility on behalf of...

"Sign" language: regulated classification and identification of goods are required prior to transportation.
July 1, 2005... Many different goods are transported across North America--by road, rail, marine, or air. Some goods, if improperly contained or improperly secured, can cause a transportation accident. Due to their chemical or physical properties, some goods...

In a different light: the implications of terrorism for dangerous goods emergency response planning.
July 1, 2005... The events of September 11, 2001 caused North Americans to view emergency preparedness in a different light. Preparedness for transportation accidents involving dangerous goods is no exception. Transport Canada, through the requirements of the...

On the right track: new short line railways across Canada add an extra dimension to the safe transportation of hazardous goods.
July 1, 2005... Moving dangerous goods is nothing new for the railways. They have been transporting them for decades and they now account for about 12 percent of the total business of the carriers. However, the creation of some 40 new short line railways...

A day in the life of a TC inspector.(Transport Canada)
July 1, 2005... As part of our everyday lives, we have come to rely on a variety of chemicals. We use gasoline, fuel, and propane to power our cars, and to heat our homes. Most of us use municipal water treated with chlorine. Whether it is the paint on your...

Transporting dangerous goods.(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... Each day nearly 80,000 shipments of dangerous goods are moved by road, rail, water, and air in Canada. The vast majority of shipments of dangerous goods reach their destinations safely---out of 30,000,000 shipments of dangerous goods in 2004,...

Doing the right thing: a brief history of Responsible Care[R].
July 1, 2005... Responsible Care[R] is the result of an evolutionary process. Its foundations probably came from three sources: the unique challenges faced by the chemical industry; the institutional innovation that characterizes Canada's approach to issues;...

A cut above.(management descipline and leadership skills for improved performance)
July 1, 2005... The CSChE's Process Safety Management Guide outlines the 12 elements of management discipline. "Doing the right things" becomes the 13th element. Successful leaders understand the vital importance of trust in the workplace and among their...

CNC/IUPAC Travel Awards for 2006./Bourses de voyage du CNC/UICPA pour 2006.(CSC BULLETIN SCC)(Brief article)
July 1, 2005... The Canadian National Committee for the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (CNC/IUPAC) established a program of Travel Awards for young Canadian scientists in 1982. These Awards are financed jointly by the Canadian Society for...

Canadian chemistry and IUPAC.(International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry)(Organization overview)
July 1, 2005... IUPAC is known to all chemists, and indeed to many others. IUPAC's activities in the naming of new elements and in nomenclature of chemical compounds often appear in the popular press and are noticed by the general public. They also appear in...

Canada's 2005 chemistry Olympiad Finalist.(STUDENT NEWS / NOUVELLES DES ESTUDIANTS)
July 1, 2005... The National Olympiad Finals (NOF) took place May 29-June 5, 2005, at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, MB. The following students, listed in order of their ranking in the competitions, have been selected to form the two teams that the...

Canada.(EVENTS / EVENEMENTS)(Brief article)(Calendar)
July 1, 2005... Conferences August 14-18, 2005. IUPAC 11th International Symposium on Novel Aromatic Compounds (ISNA-11), St. John's, NL. Contact: Graham Bodwell; tel.: 709-737-8406: e-mail: gbodwelt@mun.ca. August 16-19, 2005. 12th Canadian...

U.S. and overseas.(EVENTS / EVENEMENTS, Chemical department)(Calendar)
July 1, 2005... August 13-21, 2005. IUPAC 43rd General Assembly, Beijing, China. Contact: IUPAC Secretariat; tel.: + 1 919-485-8700; fax: + 1 919-485-8706; e-mail: secretariat@iupac.org. December 15-20, 2005. Pacifichem 2005 Congress, Honolulu, HI. Web...