Event

James ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Society: Hundred Year History of Pulp and Paper at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, 1913-2013

Friday, April 19, 2013 17:00
Maass Chemistry Building Ruttan Room, Room 322, 801 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0B8, CA
James ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Society and ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ-Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi (The Canadian Interdisciplinary Research Society) present

Hundred Year History of Pulp and Paper at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, 1913-2013

by Dr. Theo van de Ven

Friday, April 19, 2013
Otto Maass Chemistry Building

Reception: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Ruttan Room
Room 322

Presentation: 6:00 p.m.
Room 10


James ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Society One Hundred and Sixty-First Meeting

With the 1913 removal of the American tariff on newsprint, Pulp and Paper emerged as a major Canadian industry. Following World War I, Cellulose and Polymer Chemistry emerged as strong research areas, supported by the Pulp and Paper Research Institute that opened at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ in 1927. 

Dr. van de Ven is Paprican/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in "Colloid and Papermaking Chemistry" and Director, Pulp and Paper Research Centre

This meeting will be followed by the Annual Banquet of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ â€“ Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi ²¹³ÙÌý

Thomson House
3650 McTavish Street
7:30 p.m.-10:00 p.m.
$40.00 per person

Members of the James ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Society wishing to attend the banquet should contact

Professor M. A. Whitehead
Department of Chemistry
514-398-6239
tony.whitehead [at] mcgill.ca

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