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Chemistry Division

The Chemistry Division is committed to raising the standards of chemistry education, participating in Science Atlantic’s annual ChemCon, and organizing lecture tours featuring notable scientists.

ChemCon

This year ChemCon’s theme is “The Future of Chemistry”. We intend to highlight future developments in chemistry that change how we do things, like the march towards using renewables rather than fossil fuels. Inversely, the future of our world can impact how we do chemistry as well, like how new advancements in AI are changing the way that we do chemistry.

The 2026 Chemistry Conference (ChemCon) will be held May 5 to 7 at the University of New Brunswick.

Keynote speakers will include Dr. Anna Klinkova (University of Waterloo) and Dr. Michael Freund (Dalhousie University).

Registration deadline is April 29, 2026.

Abstract submission deadline is April 29, 2026.

More information about the conference schedule, accommodations, maps, and keynote speakers can be found on the ChemCon 2026 website.

If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers at chemcon@unb.ca

Hosting Schedule

2025-2026: UNB
2026-2027: MUN
2027-2028: Hfx (MSVU)
2028-2029: Acadia
2029-2030: MtA
2030-2031: Hfx (SMU)
2031-2032: StFX
2032-2033: CBU
2033-2034: MUN
2034-2035: Hfx (Dal)
2035-2036: UPEI

News and Events

Awards

Thanks to the support of our generous conference sponsors, each year ChemCon recognizes the achievements of some of Atlantic Canada’s top undergraduate and graduate chemistry students through a variety of awards.

About

The Chemistry Division was established at the inaugural meeting of APICS in 1962. During its first 25 years, the Division was successful in raising the standards of instruction in chemistry in the Atlantic region’s public school system and instrumental in ushering in an era of transferable university credits.

One of the division’s major functions is organizing student conferences. ChemCon was initially held every second year until 1985, when its popularity justified holding them annually. The conference is now held every May.

The division has been sponsoring and organizing annual visiting lecture tours and sharing the costs of bringing speakers to regional symposia since its inception. With the help of the Chemical Institute of Canada (CIC), the Science Atlantic Chemistry Division continues to promote the exchange of information between chemists in the Atlantic region through the organization of the annual Science Atlantic-CIC Lecture Tour.