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A Day in the Life of a Chemist – Video/Photo Experiment Draw

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National Chemistry Week has begun, to celebrate we’d like you to post a photo or video to your Twitter or Instagram of your safe-for-home chemistry activity or research experiments in the lab. As long as there is chemistry involved from baking to growing crystals in the lab, we are excited to see how you stay curious!

Draw rules:

By participating, you give us consent to announce your name and social media account as a winner on our website and social media. Participants must meet the following requirements to be entered into the draw:

  • Reside in Canada
  • Be age 18 and above
  • Use both hashtags #NCW and #CICTOChemWeek in their post/tweet
  • Follow us on Twitter (@CICToronto) or Instagram (@cic_toronto)

Give our post/tweet a like, comment/reply, or a retweet for additional entries.

Prize: $25 VISA gift card

The random draw for a chance at one of three gift cards will be done on October 24, at 5:00 pm EST. 

An Update from CIC Toronto

With growing concerns surrounding COVID19, we have decided to postpone our upcoming CIC Café and CIC Career Fair until further notice. All registrants will be refunded fully and notified once the events are re-scheduled. We will continue to monitor developments as they arise to prioritize the health and safety of our members and community. Please feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. Thank you for your understanding.
 
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CIC Career Exploration Series: Clinical Chemistry

CIC Career Exploration Series: Clinical Chemistry
CIC Career Exploration Series: Clinical Chemistry
CIC Career Exploration Series: Clinical Chemistry

On February 25 2020, CIC Toronto hosted this Career Exploration  Series where the focus was on clinical chemistry. The event speaker was Dr. Amir Babalhavaeji, who completed his PhD in biological chemistry and is currently a second-year fellow in the clinical biochemistry program at the University of Toronto. Amir discussed various roles in the area of clinical chemistry, including clinical technologist and clinical scientist, as well as the training processes involved with these careers. He then explored day-to-day roles of a clinical scientist, which involves quality oversight in the clinical chemistry lab, acting as a liaison between clinicians and technologists, as well as additional roles as an educator and a researcher. Attendees learned about the process by which a new diagnostic test or biomarker is validated and put into practice. Amir also shared from his personal experiences as a trainee in how he addressed various requests or pages sent by clinicians as well as identifying inaccurate sodium measurement results for a commonly used blood test in cases of hypernatremia.

CIC Career Talk 2020

The Chemical Institute of Canada Toronto Section (CICTor) is hosting a Career Talk which will feature informal talks presented by graduates in the chemical field who are currently working in non-traditional careers in a variety of fields.

Join us for the Career Exploration Series talk on Clinical Chemistry, presented by Dr. Amir Babalhavaeji!

This talk will provide an introduction into the role of a clinical chemist and an explanation of the training process to become a clinical chemistry from the perspective of a current trainee fellow. The talk will be followed by a Q&A and networking period. Light refreshment will be served.

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/cic-career-talk-tickets-92817035251

A Talk on the Pharmaceutical Industry and the Roles that Chemists Play

The CIC Toronto Section held a talk on process chemistry and the available chemistry positions in the pharmaceutical industry on October 23rd ,2019. At this event, members and non-members enjoyed a nice introduction to process chemistry, a field that is neglected in academic settings. A brief introduction of the major processes of launching a drug were discussed and where process chemistry is so important. The roles that chemists play in each of the stages of drug development were also discussed, along with the types of jobs that graduate students can achieve. There was a good focus on the idea that these jobs were very unique from one another and that skills off the bench were just as important as skills on the bench.

2019 Federal Election Responses

Scientific advancements have brought forward a series of revolutions that has transformed our perception of world. New scientific discoveries often challenge the justification of power distribution, placing science at the centre of politics. Also, the importance of policies and initiatives can never be ignored as they shape the future of science and determine the speed of its progress. This interdependent relation of science and politics is inherent.

CICTor has set out to provide its members with the updated information regarding both sectors; of science and politics, to enable them to make informed decisions. This information campaign is part of that effort where we wish to provide a comprehensive comparative point-of-view of representatives of all federal parties of various ridings on some very important scientific and community-based issues.

The focus of this campaign was to act as a liaison between voters and their potential federal representatives. For this campaign, we have consolidated questions related to the issues of great importance in terms of upcoming elections. We faced time constraints which led to the inability to get response from all the MP’s but its an effort well-directed.

We set out this year to ask Member of Parliament candidates in Ward 1 and Ward 11 questions on issues that resonate with our members and the greater community. This year, we asked questions on topics from climate change to underemployment of skilled immigrants.

We got a chance to speak to Liz White, Ward 11 candidate of the Animal Protection Party of Canada. To view her responses to our questions, please see: 2019 Federal Election Responses

Please note that the CIC Toronto section does not endorse any candidate, and that the inclusion or absence of responses from candidates does not reflect any bias of the Chemical Institute of Canada. We encourage everyone of the eligible voting age to go out on October 21st to exercise their right to vote for their preferred party!

 

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Role that Chemists Play

The pharmaceutical industry is one of the largest employers of chemists in the world, and there are many different roles that chemists can play in the drug development process. How are new drugs discovered? How do they get manufactured on a large enough scale? What steps are required to bring a drug to market? This talk is designed to give a brief overview of the various stages of the drug development process, with a particular focus on the different roles that chemists play at each stage. This talk is designed to give students an introduction to the types of jobs they could pursue in the pharmaceutical industry after graduating with a B.Sc, M.Sc. or Ph.D.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-pharmaceutical-industry-and-the-role-that-chemists-play-tickets-76082212947

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