Dear Members of the Inorganic Community,

The Westcott Memorial Travel Award was established by the CSC Inorganic Division in 2023 to acknowledge the many contributions of the late Dr. Steve Westcott to the Canadian Inorganic Chemistry community.  During his 27 years as a Professor of Chemistry at Mount Allison University, Steve mentored hundreds of undergraduate students, published extensively with his research group the “Wild Toads”, and was a very active member of the chemical community.  Through the generosity of an anonymous donor, we are able to honour Steve’s dedication to undergraduate research by providing financial support for an undergraduate student to attend the annual CSC national conference. 
 
Award information and the Nomination Form can be found below. The deadline for nominations is February 23, 2026.

This is a call for nominations for the 2026 Awards for Graduate (Doctoral/Masters) Work in Inorganic Chemistry (AGWIC-D / AGWIC-M) and the 2026 Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry (AURIC).

These awards recognize excellence in inorganic chemistry research at the graduate and undergraduate levels. In all cases, the awards are meant to recognize an outstanding STUDENT rather than an outstanding project, so emphasis should be placed on the student's research skills, dedication, initiative, etc.

The deadline for submission of nominations is Friday November 21st.
Nominations should be sent by e-mail to Dave Herbert ([email protected]), Vice-Chair, CSC Inorganic Division.
Please see the terms of reference (attached) below for each award which include a full explanation of the submission package.
Happy nominating!

Congratulations to all presenters who put on some amazing posters at CSC 2025! The inorganic division poster prize winners are:

Graduate:
Gabriel, Jobin, IN, (CA/IN) Main Group Magic with Molecules & Macromolecules (Abstract number: 190, Marcus Drover)
Suhjung, Chun, IN, (CA/IN) Main Group Magic with Molecules & Macromolecules (Abstract number: 808, Joe Gilroy)
Sofia, Sirohey, IN, (CA/IN/OR) YOW! Frontiers in Sustainable Molecular Catalysis (Abstract number: 1152, Laurel Schafer)
Brady, Austen, IN, (IN) Inorganic General Session (Abstract number: 735, Marcus Drover)
Mukaila, Ibrahim, IN, (IN) Molecule-based Magneto-optic Materials (Abstract number: 378, Kathryn Preuss)
 
Undergraduate:
Kathryn, Stephens, IN, (IN/MT/OR/PTC) Crystalline Materials - Structure to Function (Abstract number: 2350, Louise Dawe)
Sabrina, Hussain, IN, (IN) Inorganic General Session (Abstract number: 2332, Gab Menard)

The 2025 CSC ID AGM will be held on Wednesday, June 18 from 6:15 - 7:15 pm ET in Meeting Room 211.  Below you will find a link to the 2024 minutes and the 2025 Agenda.

Congratulations to the 2025 Awards for Graduate (Doctoral/Masters) Work in Inorganic Chemistry (AGWIC-D / AGWIC-M) and Award for Undergraduate Research in Inorganic Chemistry (AURIC) winners!

AGWIC-D: Joseph Zurakowski (Windsor / Western, Supervisor: Marcus Drover)
AGWIC-D Honourable mention: Matthew Wiebe (Victoria, Supervisor: Ian Manners)
AGWIC-M: Mitchell Demchuk (Windsor / Western Supervisor: Marcus Drover)

AURIC: Jonah Nelson (Calgary, Supervisor: Roland Roesler)