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Canada’s Chemical Industry Roots and Future Prospects
A historical survey traces Canada’s chemical industry from early education in chemistry to pivotal 20th century growth. It credits pioneers, the rise of team research, and NRC support for national prowess, while outlining future areas in metallurgy, forest products, and teaching needs to sustain innovation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ue Shears
Quebec
Montreal
Andrew Fernando Holmes
Canada
McGill University
Henry Holmes Crofts
Toronto
North America
King’s College
New York
Columbia University
Erving
Harvard
University of London
England
Ashmolean Museum
Oxford
Natural Science
Cambridge
Saskatchewan
Europe
Herman Frasch
Imperial Oil Company
Petrolia
Ontario
Pennsylvania
Federal Chemical Service
Inland Revenue Act
Halifax
Frank Shutt
Dominion Experimental Farms
Ottawa
Public
Baeyer, Mond, Hall, Perkin
Thomas L Willson
Ernest Rutherford
Rutherford
Seddy
William Macdonald
H. L. Callendar
Sudbury
British Columbia
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
International Nickel Company
Shawinigan
Commonwealth
National Research Council
N.R.C
Government of
Chemistry and Chemical Research
Research Council
Robert F. Ruttan
McGill
Forest Products Laboratories
Vancouver
Canadian Pulp and Paper Association
Pulp and Paper Institute
Forest Product Laboratories
Chalk River
L. N. Pigeon
Professor Forward
Canadian Shield
Rockies
Ontario Research Foundation
Facor
United States
H. Greville Smith
Canadian Industries Limited
Society of Chemical Industry