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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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Theo Moudakis @theomoudakis.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Today's #ClassicCartoon
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A once great country is now a joke, lead by a narcassitic moron. Ontario comes from an indigenous word for sparkling water or great lake. www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Trump moves to rename Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' amid trade spat with 'entitled' Canada | CBC News
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake America as tensions with Canada worsen.
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Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Before Europeans arrived, these were some of the names for The Great Lakes: Superior: gichi-gami (great sea) Erie: erielhonan (long tail) Michigan: michigami (long body of water) Ontario: Ontarí'io\kanadario (great lake\beautiful water) Huron: karegnondi (fresh water sea)
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
CJC presents Chemistry Sings the Blues, a special issue honouring Prof. Willie J. Leigh (1953–2024) and his influential career in photochemistry and chemical education. View the full issue ▶️ ow.ly/9gWi50YTvSt Cover 📸 Omobolanle (Eva) Ojo #Chemistry #Chemsky WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
📰 Kinetic studies of the interaction of borane–amines with alkoxyl radicals and ketone triplets: relevance to polarity reversal catalysis 👥 Saba Didarataee, Melissa Cely-Pinto, Mahtab Hamrahjoo, Juan C. Scaiano ▶️ ow.ly/5rVs50YTytL 📸 Omobolanle (Eva) Ojo #ChemSky univmiami
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
📰 Silylium ions in selenium-rich platforms describes silylselenonium formation, reversible selenium coordination, and maintained chemical reactivity Read the full article in this special issue▶️ ow.ly/Klqw50YTxwn 📸 Omobolanle (Eva) Ojo #Chemistry #Chemsky WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📰 Weak interaction alters the photochemical reactivity of 1,5-dienes within a supramolecular organic capsule 👥 Sujit Kumar Ghosh, Amal Sam Sunny, and Vaidhyanathan Ramamurthy ▶️ ow.ly/6KXH50YTyrv 📸 Omobolanle (Eva) Ojo #Chemistry #ChemSky WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
CJC presents Chemistry Sings the Blues, a special issue honouring Prof. Willie J. Leigh (1953–2024) and his influential career in photochemistry and chemical education. View the full issue ▶️ ow.ly/OYJx50Z6bp6 Cover 📸 Omobolanle (Eva) Ojo #Chemistry #Chemsky WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁
Illustration of a person playing harmonica surrounded by chemical formulas and musical notes on a blue background.
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
The Canadian Journal of Chemistry is expanding its editorial team! Applications for Associate Editor roles are open until June 30, 2026 Apply here▶️ ow.ly/S8V050ZaggM #ChemSky
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Rob Scott @saskchemprof.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
My personal belief system is that truth (and kindness) will always win out, but man, it's been bleak lately. Great column by Derek reminding us that the truth matters.
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Marcus Drover @marcuswdrover.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨 Our dept. is hiring an X-ray Facility Manager / Research Scientist. This is a fantastic opportunity to lead a state-of-the-art X-ray facility (SCXRD/PXRD). Reach out if you have any questions! 💼 Apply here: lnkd.in/eYnH-j23
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Jen Love 🇨🇦 🐸 #NoKings @jenlove.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Please RT #ChemSky #RealTimeChem
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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 08/03/2026
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. George could have written this yesterday.
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Rockets & Penises in the Persian Gulf | George Carlin | Jammin' In New York (1992)
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... BC doing the lord’s work. I hate time changes.
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B.C. to end time changes, adopt year-round daylight time | CBC News
March 8 will be the last time British Columbians have to change their clocks, B.C. Premier David Eby announced Monday.
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Nessa Carson @supersciencegrl.co.uk · 26/02/2026
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The boys’ club: How Epstein’s influence shaped the exclusion of women in STEM
In one email, an AI researcher suggested it’s “hard to be brilliant if you are worrying if you look fat or why another woman hates you.”
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Trade Matthews. It for winning gold… the other thing.
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Canadian Journal of Chemistry @canjchem.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Looking for the right home for your research? CJC publishes high-quality work in all branches of chemistry. Explore the scope and see if it’s the right fit for your next manuscript. Publish with us ▶️ buff.ly/qRGD95g
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/.... And students in 2006 were significantly better in university than those coming in with 20% higher HS grades.
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Go Seahawks
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
It was only a matter of time before US citizens were being killed for no reason. What has that country become?
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
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. www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/4...
Photo of Professor Phil A. W. Dean, at a formal function smiling. He was know for his jovial spirit and love of life.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Boycott CBS.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Chemistry Sings the Blues: Professor William (Willie) J. Leigh, FCIC 1953–2024 cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Chemistry Sings the Blues: Professor William (Willie) J. Leigh, FCIC 1953–2024
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Wow. Who would have thought I now hate soccer.
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Glenn Facey @uottawanmr.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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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Abe Oudshoorn @abeoudshoorn.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
www.cbc.ca/news/health/...
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What’s the point of getting a flu shot this year? Here’s what the science says | CBC News
Some scientists say this year's flu shot isn't well matched to a key strain that could spread widely in the months ahead. So, is there still a point in getting it? Medical experts say: absolutely. Her...
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Jocelyn Sinclair @jocelynsinclair.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Please consider signing this open letter to protect funding status and application information (including de-anonymized info on the evaluators/reviewers, entire contents of appllications, and EDI/identity data) from Tri-Council funding applications #CdnScience docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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Steph @stephy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
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 🧪⚗️ Learn more about EWOC at EWOChem.org Register: forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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EWOC – Empowering Women in Organic Chemistry
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
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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Western University @westernu.ca · 18/09/2025
#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...
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
The level of stupidly in the US leadership now is off the charts.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
June 30. The end of 30 years @westernu.ca as a professor of chemistry. Tomorrow I start my 31st….
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Wow. The US really had gone all handmaids tale so quickly. Doesn’t anyone want to fight it?
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
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/...
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N6.bul.-. Spectroscopic and Theoretical Studies of an Unusual Pseudohalogen Radical Anion
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Kyle Grice @gricechemistry.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
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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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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Charlie Angus @charlieangus104.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
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...
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Iceland is stunning- awesome adventure vacation with the family.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Travelling in Europe reminds me how shitty hotel breakfasts are in Canada. So easy to do….love a European breakfast.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Non-elected “leader” says what? Why doesn’t he wait to see how a financial leader handles things before criticizing?
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
The answer to the question can America ever be bought? #dictatortrump
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Removing the arts is how civilization collapses. RIP America.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
My ethics wouldn’t allow me to do this. Hell, ethics shouldn’t allow anyone to do this.
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PressProgress @pressprogress.ca · 30/04/2025
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."
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Journalist in Poilievre’s Viral ‘Apple’ Video Says Election Results Bring Him ‘Satisfaction’
Don Urquhart believes Canadians 'dodged a bullet'
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Western University @westernu.ca · 28/04/2025
#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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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
This is my type of #orgo
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Canada eh? 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @canadaeh14.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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: 195 | CPC: 115 Vote smart → Liberals: 220 | CPC: 84 PLEASE REPOST THIS WE ALL NEED TO KNOW THIS!
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Greg Gloor @ggloor.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
w. t. f. how is this guy polling in double digits?
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Canada eh? 🇨🇦 🇺🇦 @canadaeh14.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
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 PLEASE REPOST THIS WE ALL NEED TO KNOW THIS!
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