When Dr. Amila O. De Silva sat down with us on December 5th, 2019, it felt like sitting down with a friend. Our discussion began with ways to prepare for careers as scientists in the public sector, and quickly moved into the challenge of maintaining a healthy mindset throughout graduate studies.
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Contributed by JoAnn Chen, Monika Satkauskas, and Mireille Ghoussoub
During a lunch break on 11 April 2019, Dr. Mona Nemer, Canada’s Chief Science Advisor (CSA), sat down with graduate students in Lash Miller, and engaged in a conversation that spanned from her own experience leading a cardiac b...
Contributed by Mireille Ghoussoub
“I have a tendency to focus on the things I suck at”, admits Nicole Goodwin, explaining that she decided to pursue organic chemistry after she received a B in her college course (it was her lowest mark). Though it might be an unconventional attitude, Goodwin’s s...
On February 12th, we joined the global chemistry community in hosting an informal breakfast for the entire Chemistry Department at the University of Toronto in celebration of IUPAC 100. Each campus showed their own unique personalities with varying breakfast offerings. In the downtown campus, panc...
This year’s round table discussions began with Dr. Mita Dasog from Dalhousie University. After brief introductions, our conversation started with technical questions inspired from her research talk, “From Shake and Bake Chemistry to Water-Splitting Materials.” From there, we touched on a variety o...