Canadian Chemical News articles from March 2001

Canadian Chemical News archives from March 2001

Life Long Learning is Education Through Mutual Collaboration.
March 1, 2001... Le present numero de l'Actualite chimique canadienne porte sur le theme de l'education. J'aimerais prendre l'occasion qui m'est offerte pour discuter des initiatives de Ia Societe canadienne de genie chimique (SCGCh) suite a l'adoption de son...

PERSONALS/PERSONNALITES.
March 1, 2001... Industry Chaviva Hosek, former Prime Minister's Office policy director, is now the president and CEO of The Canadian Institute of Advanced Research (CIAR), the Toronto-based think tank. CIAR was created in 1982 to provide top researchers...

Obituaries.
March 1, 2001... Ferrers Clark, MCIC, director of Information Services and Product Development (ISPD) at CISTI, died of a sudden heart attack on Saturday, January 6, 2001. Director of ISPD for the past four years, Clark joined NRC more than 20 years ago. He was...

Sweet Sorrow.
March 1, 2001... The death of Raymond Lemieux, FCIC, covered in the September 2000 issue of ACCN, elicited much response from readers. Below, Christopher K. Jankowski, FCIC, offers his perspective on this great scientist. To most of us, Professor Raymond U....

SAIT Unveils PanCanadian Centre.
March 1, 2001... On February 9, 2001, at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT), Irene Lewis, President and CEO of SAIT and Nancy Laird, senior vice-president marketing and information technology of PanCanadian Petroleum Limited officially opened...

Dupont Canada to Launch Fuel Cell Initiative.
March 1, 2001... DuPont Canada, Inc., with its global DuPont counterparts, is forming a fuel cell business unit to establish a strong presence in an estimated $10 billion total market for fuel cells by the year 2010. The goal of DuPont Fuel Cells is to apply...

CFI Invests Another $9.6 Million.
March 1, 2001... David Strangway. president and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) announced on January 22, 2001 an investment of $9.6 million to provide world-class research facilities for new faculty at 25 Canadian universities. Under the...

Microfluidics R&D Agreement Announced.
March 1, 2001... MDS Sciex, a global leader in the research, design and production of mass spectrometers, and Micralyne Inc., a leader in the emerging field of microfluidics, or lab-on-a-chip technology, announced they have reached a multi-year agreement to...

Researchers Develop Liquid Form of DNA.
March 1, 2001... For the first time, scientists at thc University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have successfully created a liquid form of DNA, the complex helical molecule that serves as the blueprint for development and growth of all living things. ...

NSERC Announces $32 M for Strategic Target Areas.
March 1, 2001... NSERC is introducing significant changes to its Strategic Projects Grants competition to stimulate research in the following areas: * Biosciences * Environment and Sustainable Development * Information and Communications...

Hydrogen Storage Venture Underway.
March 1, 2001... Shell Hydrogen, Hydro-Quebec and Gesellschaft fur Elektrometallurgie (GfE) plan to establish a joint venture to develop, manufacture and market hydrogen storage products. The companies believe safe and convenient storage is crucial for the...

Chemical Sales flit Record High in 2000.
March 1, 2001... According to the annual year-end survey of business conditions and short-term prospects compiled by the Canadian Chemical Producers' Association (CCPA), sales of Canadian manufactured chemicals reached a record high $20 billion during 2000. ...

Help! Disaster Has Struck.
March 1, 2001... The preparation of Chemputing may be both challenging and fun, but it is also accompanied by some serious hazards. I tend to install and try a lot more software than most of you. All too often, I try to push the software a bit and get...

Smoke and Mirrors.
March 1, 2001... Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? The trouble is, if the mirror is on a bathroom wall, then, after a shower, we cannot tell at all. Vanity aside, all that condensation on the mirror certainly makes life difficult when...

The Engineer and Life Long Learning.
March 1, 2001... The evolution of the workplace is begging workers to pursue professional development throughout their careers. Engineering is a constantly evolving profession, and engineers have always recognized the necessity of continually improving...

The Value of Professional Associations.
March 1, 2001... Professional associations offer many opportunities for life long leaming. As people try to balance their professional lives with their family's needs and their own personal interests, professional associations and societies are coming...

Professional Competency in the New Century.
March 1, 2001... Life long learning through courses is beneficial to both employees and employers. The rate of technological shift is now so great as to demand constant renewal of professional competency throughout the working life of chemical...

Leveraging Knowledge in the Chemical Industry with e-Learning.
March 1, 2001... Life long learning through online training could very well be the way of the future. Here, the president of an online training software company tells why. For years we've been bearing about knowledge workers, the information economy, and...

Celebrating Chemistry in the High School.
March 1, 2001... High school students at Roncalli High School find unique ways to celebrate chemistry and spread their enthusiasm throughout District #2. Teaching science is a rewarding career but the most fascinating part of it all is watching a child...

To Drill or Not To Drill?
March 1, 2001... Some fresh ideas for teaching high school chemistry. A few weeks ago I was sitting opposite a college teacher at dinner, who said, "I don't know what high school chemistry teachers think they are teaching, but when I get students they can't...

Educating Undergraduate and Practising Chemical Engineers in Process Control Using a Real-time Approach.
March 1, 2001... The real-time approach to the education of chemical engineers in the fundamentals of process control teaches the subject in the same way that it is practised in the chemical and processing industries. The classical approach to process...

Une formation en plasturgie a l'Universite Laval! Pourquoi pas?
March 1, 2001... Pour la premiere fois au Canada, une formation universitaire dans le domaine du genie de la plasturgie est offerte par l'Universite Laval. L'industrie de la plasturgie est un des secteurs les plus performants de l'economie canadiennc avec...

A Training Program in Polymer Processing at Universite Laval? Absolutely!
March 1, 2001... For the first time in Canada, a training program in polymer engineering and processing is available at Universite Laval The plastic products industry is one of the highest performing sectors of the Canadian industry, outgrowing the total...

[(GWC).sup.2]: A Joint Success!
March 1, 2001... A 25-year anniversary is the reason behind the celebrations. The Guelph-Waterloo Centre for Graduate Work in Chemistry and Biochemistry [(GWC).sup.2] has been in existence for over 25 years as a unified graduate program between the...

Evaluating Intellectual Capital -- III. Evaluating Investment Opportunities.
March 1, 2001... Abstract This is the third in a series of articles evaluating intellectual capital. The first article examined the key components of intellectual capital and various approaches at measurement. The second examined the management of...

2000 An Active Year in Government Relations.
March 1, 2001... The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering (PAGSE) continues to be a pro-active force in fostering the common interest and addressing issues concerning research and development of science in Canada. The CIC and Constituent Societies are...

CSChE and Life Long Learning -- 2001.
March 1, 2001... Diana Del Bel Belluz, MCIC, is the Canadian Society for Chemical Engineering (CSChE) Executive Coordinator -- Eastern Canada for 2001. Her main responsibility will be to work with the CSChE Board of Directors, Local Sections, and CIC Subject...

Toronto's Student Awards Night.
March 1, 2001... Student Awards Night 2000 took place on October 25 at the Faculty Club of the Mississauga campus of the University of Toronto. The guest speaker was Helle Tosine of the Ontario Ministry of the Environment. Tosine's talk focussed upon the...

Better Wines Through Chemistry in Vancouver.
March 1, 2001... On November 30, members of the Vancouver CIC Local Section held their annual dinner meeting. After enjoying a buffet dinner at the Simon Fraser University Diamond Centre and voting in the new executive, over 50 members were treated to an...

2000 MSED/Bayer Inc. Graduate Award in Polymer Science.
March 1, 2001... Royale Underhill (PhD, 2000) of the University of Calgary (Supervisor Prof. Guojun Liu, MCIC) and Colin Li Pi Shan of the University of Waterloo (Supervisors Prof. J.B.P. Soares and Prof. A. Penlidis) are the recipients of the 2000 MSED/Bayer...

Student Symposium Storms Calgary.
March 1, 2001... The CSCT Western Canadian Student Symposium was held in Calgary, AB on February 9-10, 2001, hosted by the CSCT Chemistry Club and the Chemical Technology Program at SAIT. The symposium was attended by students and faculty from three prairie...

CSCT Looking for Colleges to Host 2001 Student Syruposiums.
March 1, 2001... The CSCT Board of Directors has received a grant from the Chemical Education Trust Fund (CETF) to sponsor one more student symposium in 2001. In the past we have hosted three very successful events. One in April 1999 at the New Brunswick...