CIC
Award for Chemical Education
The CIC Chemical Education
Award, formerly the Union Carbide Award
recognizes a person who has made outstanding contributions in Canada
in education at any level in the field of chemistry or chemical
engineering. The award is sponsored by The Chemical Education Trust
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Gordon S. Bates was born in Montréal. He
obtained his BSc (Honours; 1972)) from the University of Western Ontario and
his PhD (NRC 1967 Science Scholar; 1976) from the University of Alberta. He
remained in Edmonton (NRC Postdoctoral Fellow) until he joined the
University of British Columbia in 1977 where he is an Associate Professor.
He has received teaching citations from the Science Undergraduate Society of
UBC, and also the 1997 Chemical Manufacturers Association Responsible Care®
National Catalyst Award for Excellence in Chemistry Teaching. He established
chemistry awards at the University
of British Columbia, including a graduate
student travel programme (over 300 grants to date).
He helped found (1986) the Do-It-Yourself Chemistry programme that reached
over 25,000 elementary school children. This concept became the model for
the BC government’s Scientists and Innovators in the Schools programme. He
is also the co-author of a book introducing chemistry to young (ca. 10-12 years)
children. Since 1987 he has been involved nationally and internationally in
the International Chemistry Olympiad. In addition, he chaired the Scientific
Committee for the 29th IChO (Montréal; 1997). He is also now the chemistry
co-ordinator for the Michael Smith Science Challenge (Grade 10).
Bates' CIC activities have included: Executive member of the Vancouver
CIC Local Section
(1979-2000); Regional Councillor (1986 - 1988); Coordinator of the High
School Affiliates Programme (1995-date); founder of the CIC High School
Plaque programme in BC; member of the Accreditation Committee (2002-2005); a
Chemical Education Division organizer for the CSC meetings in Sherbrooke
(1993), Whistler (1998) and Vancouver (2002). He has also been involved in
the organization of other chemistry conferences held at UBC and most
recently was Chair of the ChemEd 2005 biennial chemistry education meeting
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Award for Chemistry Teaching in Community and Technical Colleges
(formerly the NOVA Chemicals Award)
The Award for
Chemistry Teaching in Community and Technical Colleges is presented to
an outstanding teacher in the area of chemistry,
biochemistry, chemical engineering technology or chemical technology
at community or technical colleges.
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Not offered in 2006 |
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Award for High School Chemistry Teachers
(formerly the Bayer Award for High School Chemistry Teachers) The Award
for High School Chemistry Teachers recognize excellence in the teaching of chemistry at the
secondary school level.
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Not offered in 2006 |
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The
Clara Benson Award
The Clara Benson Award is for
a distinguished contribution to chemistry by a woman.
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Sponsored by
Canadian Council of University Chemistry Chairs (CCUCC)
Françoise Winnik,
MCIC
Département de chimie et Faculté de pharmacie
Université de Montréal |
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François Winnik graduated from the
École Supérieure de chimie de Mulhouse and obtained her PhD in 1979
from the University of Toronto where she studied under the
supervision of Peter Yates. After two years of post-doctoral studies
in Medical Genetics with Jeremy Carver of the University of Toronto,
she joined the Xerox Research Center of Canada where she was a
research scientist for twelve years. In 1993, she moved to the
academic world to become associate professor in the Departments of
Chemistry and Physics of McMaster University (Hamilton, ON). In June
2000, she moved to Montréal to take up a position of professor in
the Department of Chemistry and Faculty of Pharmacy of the
Université de Montréal. She has spent extended periods of time in
Japan and France as a visiting professor in institutions such as the
Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Institute of Physical and
Chemical Research (RIKEN, Saitama), the universities of Osaka, Tokyo
and Kyoto and the École Supérieure de Physique et Chimie
Industrielles de Paris (France). She is a senior editor of Langmuir,
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Reg Friesen Award
Awarded annually to the best paper presented by graduate or
undergraduate students at the education sessions at both the annual
CSC and CSChE conferences. This award is sponsored by the CIC
Chemical Education Division.
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For more
information on CSC winners, please refer to the
2006 Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition
Web site
2006 CSChE winners will be announced following the 2006 Canadian
Chemical Engineering Conference.
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CSC Undergraduate Student
Poster Competition
An award for student posters on undergraduate
research in any branch of chemistry. Submissions report on research
to which a student has made a substantial contribution as an undergraduate.
Sponsored by the Canadian Society for Chemistry and organized by the
CIC Chemical Education Division at the annual Canadian Society for
Chemistry Conference.
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Student Awards |
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