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Professor of Chemistry @WesternU, Abu el Banat (3 + dog), Partner, Ringette Referee, wanna be painter, guitarist and curler (watch out retirement). he/him/dad 🇨🇦
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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.
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Diversity is our strength – let’s lean on it.
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Messages to the Community
Messages to the Community
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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.
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Trump's MAGA Ambassador: The Lowdown on Pete Hoekstra
This past week has been interesting in terms of the messaging coming out of Washington.
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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.
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This guy is bad news. There is a reason Trump put him on the Canada file.
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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."
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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
Removing the arts is how civilization collapses. RIP America.
Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.
Sweeping cuts hit NEA after Trump administration calls to eliminate the agency
Hours after the Trump administration proposed eliminating the National Endowment for the Arts from next year's federal budget, hundreds of arts groups in the U.S. were told their grants were canceled.
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May 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Removing the arts is how civilization collapses. RIP America.
My ethics wouldn’t allow me to do this. Hell, ethics shouldn’t allow anyone to do this.
Pierre running in an Alberta riding that just went Conservative by over 80% of the vote is like me trying to win the local talent show by demanding my parents be the judges www.ctvnews.ca/politics/art...
Conservative MP gives up seat for Pierre Poilievre to run in byelection
A Conservative MP is giving up his seat to allow Pierre Poilievre to run in a byelection after Prime Minister Mark Carney said he’d be ready to call one “as soon as possible.”
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May 2, 2025 at 10:57 PM
My ethics wouldn’t allow me to do this. Hell, ethics shouldn’t allow anyone to do this.
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The journalist in Poilievre’s viral "apple" video feels "a substantial degree of satisfaction that Pierre Poilievre lost."
"Canadians saw through his three-word grade-school rhyming, and his toxicity and bullying nature which points more to a tearing down, not a unifying of our country."
"Canadians saw through his three-word grade-school rhyming, and his toxicity and bullying nature which points more to a tearing down, not a unifying of our country."
Journalist in Poilievre’s Viral ‘Apple’ Video Says Election Results Bring Him ‘Satisfaction’
Don Urquhart believes Canadians 'dodged a bullet'
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April 30, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The journalist in Poilievre’s viral "apple" video feels "a substantial degree of satisfaction that Pierre Poilievre lost."
"Canadians saw through his three-word grade-school rhyming, and his toxicity and bullying nature which points more to a tearing down, not a unifying of our country."
"Canadians saw through his three-word grade-school rhyming, and his toxicity and bullying nature which points more to a tearing down, not a unifying of our country."
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#WesternU celebrates outstanding educators across campus who are committed to inspiring, engaging and supporting students. 🎉🏆Congratulations to the 2024-25 recipients of the Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching recognize educators across campus - Western News
The 2024-25 Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching recognize educators making “outstanding contributions to the academic development of students.”
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April 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#WesternU celebrates outstanding educators across campus who are committed to inspiring, engaging and supporting students. 🎉🏆Congratulations to the 2024-25 recipients of the Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching.
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w. t. f. how is this guy polling in double digits?
you know how the US government is scrubbing people of colour and queer people not just from its ranks but its histories? well pierre poilievre wants to bring that to canada
Conservatives update platform to include omitted 'anti-woke' promise | CBC News
The Conservative Party has republished the English-language version of its platform after what it says was a "publishing oversight" resulted in the omission of a previous commitment to crack down on "...
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April 23, 2025 at 4:45 PM
w. t. f. how is this guy polling in double digits?
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April 22, 2025 at 11:43 AM
If you’re in Canada, check out smartvoting.ca before you vote.
It helps you vote strategically in your riding to stop a CPC win by avoiding vote-splitting on the left.
Vote with your heart → Liberals: 191 | CPC: 120
Vote smart → Liberals: 213 | CPC: 91
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It helps you vote strategically in your riding to stop a CPC win by avoiding vote-splitting on the left.
Vote with your heart → Liberals: 191 | CPC: 120
Vote smart → Liberals: 213 | CPC: 91
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