The awards will be conferred at the 2006 SCI Canada Annual Awards Ceremony and Dinner, to be held on February 21, 2006 at the Wyndham Bristol Place Hotel, Toronto, Ontario. Four awards will be presented at that time in recognition of outstanding achievement in service, industry and leadership,’ said SCI Canada Events Chair and Phancorp Inc. President Isabel Alexander.

‘These awards are given for major contribution to development and implementation of strategies, which have resulted either in the strengthening of Canadian industry or academic or research institutions in the field of chemistry,’ said Alexander.

Recipients are usually key managers from Canadian industry or Canadian academics, with a clear industry connection, who have had strategic influence on Canadian industry in their field of endeavour, or those who through their leadership have strengthened key institutions relied upon by Canadian industry.

• The Canada Medal is awarded for outstanding service to a Canadian industry that is based on chemistry for its processes and/or services. This year, SCI Canada will present this award to Frank Dottori who, with three other executives, founded Tembec, reviving a pulp mill in Témiscaming, Quebec, that had been shut down. He was Tembec’s President and ceo from 1979 until January 2006 and has received numerous awards, the most notable being his appointment as Member the Order of Canada in 1989.
  
• Purvis Memorial Award
  The Purvis Memorial Award is given for major contribution to development and implementation of strategies, which have resulted either in the strengthening of Canadian industry or academic or research institutions in the field of chemistry. This year’s recipient is Michael Klein, a knight in the order of the French Legion d’Honneur.
  
• Julia Levy Award
  Established by biopharma company QLT in honour of its founder, the Julia Levy Award recognises successful innovation in Canada in bio-medical science and engineering. This year’s recipient is Michael Abrams, president and ceo of AnorMED and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia.
  
• Kalev Pugi Award
  The Kalev Pugi Award is made to an individual or team for research and development projects during the past 10–15 years that embody qualities of creativity and determination, good experimental design and project management, and which had a significant beneficial impact on the sponsoring company or on society. This year SCI Canada honours Peter Clark, a professor of chemistry at the University of Calgary and a prominent researcher.