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Programme 2008-09

Monthly Monday meetings commence with a Member's Reception in the Ruttan Room, The Faculty Lounge, in the Chemistry Department at 5:30 P.M. for cheese, beverages and conviviality, and for members to meet the invited speaker. Then either in the lounge, or in the assigned lecture theatre. The lecture is at 6:00 P.M. Members and their guests then retire to Le Caveau for dinner with the speaker.

22 September : Dr. Steven J. Melnick
Pharmaceutical Medicine in Crisis! A search for harmony between Western and traditional medicine systems
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27 October : Prof. Patrick Ayotte
Life and death of a snowflake: Molecular beam studies of elementary heterogeneous atmospheric chemistry processes.
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24 November : Prof. Jean Paris
The Forest Biorefinery, an Opportunity for the Canadian Pulp & Paper Industry, not a Panacea.
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15 December Christmas Talk and Party: Prof. Alex Koukoulas
Going Green: Opportunities and Challenges for the Green Revolution
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2009

26 January : Prof. Michael von Grünau
Vision on the go: How well can we see when we walk?
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23 February : Prof. Sylvain Robert
Global warning - Recent facts about the state of the ozone layer and global warming
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30 March : Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji
Bonding with Bugs: Bioadhesion in Environmental and Biomedical Processes
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3 April : Annual SigmaXi Field Trip
Centre d’expertise sur les Matières résiduelles

17 April Annual Banquet and Lecture: Dr. Robert Boily
Challenges Facing Scientific Knowledge at the Dawn of the XXIst Century
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