Sigma Xi HeadquartersMcGill-Montréal Chapter (1921)

2004-2005 Activities

Monthly Monday meetings commence with a Members' Reception in the Ruttan Room (the Faculty Lounge, 3rd Floor) in the Chemistry Department at 5.30 pm for cheese, wine and conviviality, and for members to meet the invited speaker. Then either in this lounge, or in the basement lecture theatre, room 10, the Lecture is given at 6PM. Room numbers are subject to change, however, so please check abstract for the correct location.  Members and their guests then retire to Le Caveau for dinner with the speaker.

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The McGill-Montreal Chapter of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, an Honour Society which has been dedicated to encouraging Interdisciplinary Research for over 125 years presents the 2004-2005 lecture series:

STRUCTURES IN SCIENCE

 

September 27

Dr. Derek Gray

Department of Chemistry,
McGill University

Chiral Stuctures in Trees


October 25

Dr. Howard Powles

Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Science to Support Protection and Recovery of Aquatic Species
Under Canada's New Species at Risk Act

For those who enjoyed the two songs that Howard Powles sang with guitar accompaniment and would like to get a copy of " TheVirgin Sturgeon", Fish Songs Compiled by Howard Powles, Canadian Aquatic Resources Section, go to the following website http://www.fisheries.org/cars/index.htm

Or order from:

Canadian Aquatic Resources Section
53 Lorrie St.
Gatineau, Quebec, Canada
J9H 4G6

 

November 11

 

 

 

Canadian / International Northeast Symposium (CINES)

The McGill-Montreal Chapter is proud to present the
First Symposiun since discontinuing the forum as part of
The First Annual Meeting in Montreal of Sigma Xi.

Registration Fee: $75 Symposium & Annual Meeting
                              $50 Symposium Only


                      Please click here for details

 

November 22

 

Dr. Jan Aylsworth

Landslides in Flatland: Catastrophic Earthflows in the Ottawa-Montreal Area

 

January 31

Dr. Masad Dahma

Department of Chemistry                      POSTPONED
McGill University
DNA and Genetic Medicines

Due to the postponement of Dr. Dahma's talk, Dr. Whitehead has kindly agreed to fill in under short notice.

Dr. M. A. Whitehead

Professor Emeritus
Department of Chemistry

McGill University
The Fun of Theory; The Joy of Experiment

 

February 28

 

Dr. Bruce Trigger

Department of Anthropology
McGill University

Symbols of Power in Early Civilizations: A Cross-Cultural Study of Monumental Architecture

 

March 21

Dr. Jerome Rousseau

Department of Anthropology
McGill University
The Origins of Social Structure

 

April 15

ANNUAL BANQUET

Bjarni V. Tryggvason
Astronaut
Canadian Space Agency

Experiments in Physical Science in the Free Fall Environment of Space

 



 

May 13

SPRING TRIP

Industrial Materials Institute
75 mortagne Blvd.
Boucherville, Quebec