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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 23h
Congratulations. I look forward to reading it.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
That’s one hell of drive from Calgary. Why didn’t you just fly out of Calgary :) 407 for the win
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Ugh. Congratulations.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
You nailed it! Sadly.
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
How is it flights from Toronto to Calgary are being cancelled. Weather in Calgary?
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Yikes. They were working :). Time for a change in meds or dose.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Our true contribution is the people we train and what they do….his legacy is not the papers but his family and students.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
But so good.
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
I swear the same thing happens to me but I’m old.
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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 · 04/03/2026
Awful.
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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
19thnews.org/2026/02/epst... 🧪
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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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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Guilty
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
I watched a Nobel laureate present their work in 6 slides in 40 minutes.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Or watch them at 5x speed.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
If it is a make up test for those that missed and need academic consideration and you do not have that permission I would treat it as academic offence and say zero on the grade.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Wishing you a good outcome and speedy recovery.
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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
Social card promoting journal scope for the Canadian Journal of Chemistry.
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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 · 22/01/2026
Crappy. I hope Prognosis is good.
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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 · 08/12/2025
That looks easy better than KFC! Well done young man
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Wow. Who would have thought I now hate soccer.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Yes: art.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
I too was disappointed. It accepted anion today but not last week…. So maybe brownian will make the cut next time.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Those sound more like Canadian pancakes. An honest pancake anyone can enjoy. Sweet, not bitter.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Yes. Because that describes every reaction.
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WorkentinChem 🇨🇦🍁 @workentinchem.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I guess we’ll need more Allen wrenches.
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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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