updated: 29 December 2006

January 2007

Dr. Chandra Madramootoo
Water, Water Everywhere
But not a drop to drink

Monday, 22 January 2007
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room

December 2006

JOIN US FOR THE ANNUAL CHRISTMAS RECEPTION
11 December, details

Congratulations to the 14 winners of the 2006 Undergraduate Research Competion who were made associate members of Sigma Xi. read more

Dr. Chris Williams
Molecular Modeling and
Computer-Aided Drug Design:
An overview of methods with application
to tyrosine kinase inhibitors

Monday, 11 December 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.

November 2006

Congratulations to the 14 winners of the 2006 Undergraduate Research Competion who were made associate members of Sigma Xi. read more

Dr. Ronald Stewart
Our Winter Storms:
The Science Of Their Precipitation

Monday, 27 November 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 10
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room

October 2006

Our Chapter has received a
Certificate of Recognition for the fiscal year 2006 from Sigma Xi

Dr. Hans Larsson
Hunting Dinosaurs and other fossils
in the Canadian High Arctic:
what ancient climate
change may tell us

Monday, 23 October 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry, room 217
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruttan Room

 

September 2006

You are cordially invited to our Second Entin lecture:

Dr. David R. Colman
Evolution, Structure and
Assembly of the Myelin Sheath

Monday, 25 September 2006
Otto Maass Chemistry
Public Lecture: 6:00 P.M.
Ruttan Room
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Council Meeting: 4:30 P.M.
to be announced
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Member Reception: 5:30 P.M.
Ruthan Room

 

SUMMER 2006
The McGill-Montreal Chapter has a
new co-president:
Dr. Juan Vera
Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering

We have new secretaries:
Mr. Thomas D. Lazzara
Ms. An Thien Ngo

Pictures and information about our third Sigma Xi Excellence in Undergraduate Research Awards
are available: Click here.

You may also view our trip to the McCord Museum
in April 2006: Click here.

 

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January 2007

Our January Lecture:
Monday, 22 January 2007, 6:00 P.M.
McGill University, Otto Maass, room 10


Dr. Chandra Madramootoo
Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural
and Environmental Sciences
McGill University

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Water, Water Everywhere,
But not a drop to drink

Canada has over 10% of the world’s water resources and the general perception is that Canada is water rich. While this is true from a broad national perspective, there are parts of the country which experience water shortages, particularly in the prairie region and the North. A more serious consideration in Canada is the restriction being imposed on the use of our freshwater resources due to water pollution by anthropogenic sources. So while we might appear to have an abundance of freshwater, there are serious challenges with respect to the protection and management of the resource.  We also need to be mindful of the severe problems of water shortages, and the lack of access to water and sanitation facilities by people particularly in the developing world.  Some 1 billion people have inadequate access to safe drinking water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation.  More alarmingly, about 1.8 million children die each year from diseases caused by unclean water and poor sanitation.  These staggering statistics are difficult to comprehend or justify when we consider that over 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. The presentation will explore the root causes of today’s global water crisis, and will also describe potential roles for Canada in breaking down the barriers to poverty and disease caused by water insecurity.

Click on the image to see the global distribution of regions where water demand is under stress (red)
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