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May 23, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... And students in 2006 were significantly better in university
than those coming in with 20% higher HS grades.
than those coming in with 20% higher HS grades.
Ontario high schoolers need higher grades to get into university than ever before, data shows | CBC News
The numbers paint a stark picture of what it’s like to be a graduating student in the province right now, as university admissions ramp up and education experts call for an overhaul of both the high s...
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February 5, 2026 at 4:11 AM
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... And students in 2006 were significantly better in university
than those coming in with 20% higher HS grades.
than those coming in with 20% higher HS grades.
Go Seahawks
The guy on the right is New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft, photographed at the Kennedy Center premiere of “Melania.” #GoSeahawks!
February 1, 2026 at 12:26 AM
Go Seahawks
It was only a matter of time before US citizens were being killed for no reason. What has that country become?
The Department of Homeland Security accused the victim of being a "rioter" and that the ICE officer who pulled the trigger was "fearing for his life." Mayor Jacob Frey rejected claims of self-defense. n.pr/3YNX6Cx
ICE agent fatally shoots woman in Minneapolis amid immigration crackdown
The Department of Homeland Security accused the victim of being a "rioter" and that the ICE officer who pulled the trigger was "fearing for his life." Mayor Jacob Frey rejected claims of self-defense.
n.pr
January 7, 2026 at 8:38 PM
It was only a matter of time before US citizens were being killed for no reason. What has that country become?
My long time colleague, Prof. Phil A. W. Dean passed away at the end of Dec. He was a gentleman, outstanding colleague, and superb educator. He was also a loving husband, dad, grandad and great grandad! Sympathies to his wife of 60+ yrs Midge and his family.
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January 6, 2026 at 4:28 PM
My long time colleague, Prof. Phil A. W. Dean passed away at the end of Dec. He was a gentleman, outstanding colleague, and superb educator. He was also a loving husband, dad, grandad and great grandad! Sympathies to his wife of 60+ yrs Midge and his family.
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Chemistry Sings the Blues: Professor William (Willie) J. Leigh, FCIC 1953–2024 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
Chemistry Sings the Blues: Professor William (Willie) J. Leigh, FCIC 1953–2024
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December 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Chemistry Sings the Blues: Professor William (Willie) J. Leigh, FCIC 1953–2024 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
Wow. Who would have thought I now hate soccer.
December 6, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Wow. Who would have thought I now hate soccer.
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Which one would you put on your pancakes? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/06/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
November 15, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Which one would you put on your pancakes? u-of-o-nmr-facility.blogspot.com/2016/06/nmr-... #nmr #nmrchat #chemsky
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Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) is hosting a virtual symposium on Friday, November 14th 3-4:30 pm EST. Keynote speaker Dr. Vy Dong will be presenting “Choose Your Own Adventures in Catalysis” #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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EWOC – Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry
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October 29, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry (EWOC) is hosting a virtual symposium on Friday, November 14th 3-4:30 pm EST. Keynote speaker Dr. Vy Dong will be presenting “Choose Your Own Adventures in Catalysis” #chemsky 🧪⚗️
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Flu and Covid vaccine in me. Protecting me and others around me. Thank you Ontario for following the science and making it easy for us to get.
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Flu and Covid vaccine in me. Protecting me and others around me. Thank you Ontario for following the science and making it easy for us to get.
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#WesternU is a place where people of many backgrounds come together to learn with one another.
Diversity is our strength – let’s lean on it.
Read more: uwo.ca/community-up...
Diversity is our strength – let’s lean on it.
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Messages to the Community
Messages to the Community
uwo.ca
September 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
#WesternU is a place where people of many backgrounds come together to learn with one another.
Diversity is our strength – let’s lean on it.
Read more: uwo.ca/community-up...
Diversity is our strength – let’s lean on it.
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The level of stupidly in the US leadership now is off the charts.
Burgum to CNBC: "The intermittent sources, the unreliable and expensive sources like solar and wind -- you don't know when the wind's gonna blow, we do know when the sun is gonna shine and it's not 24 hours a day."
September 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The level of stupidly in the US leadership now is off the charts.
June 30. The end of 30 years @westernu.ca as a professor of chemistry. Tomorrow I start my 31st….
July 1, 2025 at 3:39 AM
June 30. The end of 30 years @westernu.ca as a professor of chemistry. Tomorrow I start my 31st….
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Wow. The US really had gone all handmaids tale so quickly. Doesn’t anyone want to fight it?
A sitting U.S. Congressman is demanding the deportation of a U.S. citizen because he doesn’t like a democratic election result.
June 28, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Wow. The US really had gone all handmaids tale so quickly. Doesn’t anyone want to fight it?
To think I was one electron away from
fame :) I remember the theory group asking if I could grow a crystal pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
fame :) I remember the theory group asking if I could grow a crystal pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
June 15, 2025 at 12:02 PM
To think I was one electron away from
fame :) I remember the theory group asking if I could grow a crystal pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
fame :) I remember the theory group asking if I could grow a crystal pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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Yay! J. Chem. Educ. paper out on removing DCM from teaching labs! It was a delight to work with Dr. Vosburg and his students, especially because I graduated from Mudd, which is where David teaches now (he started the year after I graduated so we didn't overlap). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
Alternatives to Dichloromethane for Teaching Laboratories
New US regulations restricting dichloromethane (DCM), also called methylene chloride, may prompt instructors of teaching laboratories to avoid its use entirely. This commentary addresses the hazards, ...
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May 29, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Yay! J. Chem. Educ. paper out on removing DCM from teaching labs! It was a delight to work with Dr. Vosburg and his students, especially because I graduated from Mudd, which is where David teaches now (he started the year after I graduated so we didn't overlap). pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
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The lowdown on MAGA's ambassador to Canada.
This guy is bad news. There is a reason Trump put him on the Canada file.
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This guy is bad news. There is a reason Trump put him on the Canada file.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-mag...
Trump's MAGA Ambassador: The Lowdown on Pete Hoekstra
This past week has been interesting in terms of the messaging coming out of Washington.
charlieangus.substack.com
May 29, 2025 at 12:19 PM
The lowdown on MAGA's ambassador to Canada.
This guy is bad news. There is a reason Trump put him on the Canada file.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-mag...
This guy is bad news. There is a reason Trump put him on the Canada file.
charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-mag...
Iceland is stunning- awesome adventure vacation with the family.
May 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Iceland is stunning- awesome adventure vacation with the family.
Travelling in Europe reminds me how shitty hotel breakfasts are in Canada. So easy to do….love a European breakfast.
May 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Travelling in Europe reminds me how shitty hotel breakfasts are in Canada. So easy to do….love a European breakfast.
Non-elected “leader” says what? Why doesn’t he wait to see how a financial leader handles things before criticizing?
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticizes the Liberal govt's decision not to release a spring budget: “Mr. Carney said during the election campaign that he had a plan, and he took great delight in saying that ‘a slogan is not a plan’. Well, a budget is a plan."
#cdnpoli
#cdnpoli
May 15, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Non-elected “leader” says what? Why doesn’t he wait to see how a financial leader handles things before criticizing?
The answer to the question can America ever be bought? #dictatortrump
Trump on getting a free luxury plane from Qatar: "I would never be one to turn down that kind of an offer."
May 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The answer to the question can America ever be bought? #dictatortrump