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Discovery Channel’s Jay Ingram to address Sustainable Chemistry Summit
July 7, 2011
KINGTON, ON -- Jay Ingram, co-host and producer of the popular Daily Planet, television’s first daily science show, will share his insights into successful science communications at GreenCentre Canada’s Sustainable Chemistry Summit this September.
An award-winning science journalist, author and educator, Mr. Ingram is renowned for his ability to communicate the wonders and complexities of science in an accessible, entertaining, often humorous way.
Mr. Ingram cemented his reputation as Canada’s “Mr. Science” when he hosted CBC Radio’s popular science program, Quirks and Quarks for more than a decade. In the 1980s he was contributing editor to the children’s publication Owl Magazine, and in the 1990s wrote a weekly science column for the Toronto Star.
He has hosted two radio documentaries, one of which, The Talk Show, about language, won a Science in Society Journalism Award. He has also been a science contributor for CBC TV. He is a prolific author, with 11 books to his credit, three of which have won Canadian Science Writers’ Awards.
A passionate advocate for science literacy in the media, he has trained generations of journalists as chair of the Banff Centre’s Science Communications Program.
His honours include 1984 Royal Society of Canada McNeil Medal for the Public Awareness of Science, the 1986 Sandford Fleming Medal from the Royal Canadian Institute for his work popularizing science, and the 2001 Michael Smith Award for Science Promotion by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. He has been awarded four honorary degrees from Carleton University, McGill University, McMaster University and King’s College, Halifax. He was the inaugural winner of the Award for Contributions to Public Understanding from the Canadian Society for Brain Behaviour and Cognitive Science. He has been recognized with an Order of Canada for a lifetime of renowned service in communications.
Mr. Ingram is a graduate of the University of Toronto, with a Masters degree in microbiology.
The Sustainable Chemistry Summit takes place in Kingston, Ontario, Canada from Sept. 16-18, 2011.
About the Sustainable Chemistry Summit:
The Sustainable Chemistry Summit: From Lab to Market offers a rare, firsthand look at green chemistry’s innovators and their work in university research labs and in industry. Aimed at industry, researchers and commercialization professionals, the three-day gathering will highlight new directions in green chemistry research and product development. The event also includes a half-day, pre-conference session, Green Chemistry 101, led by Dr. Philip Jessop, GreenCentre Technical Director and Canada Research Chair in Green Chemistry at Queen’s University.
www.greencentrecanada.com/summit/index.html
About GreenCentre Canada:
GreenCentre Canada is a national Centre of Excellence for commercializing early-stage green chemistry discoveries generated by academic researchers and industry. Funded by the province of Ontario, the Government of Canada, and industry sponsors, GreenCentre Canada is dedicated to developing environmentally friendly alternatives to traditional chemical and manufacturing products and practices. It is governed and operated with the assistance of industry sponsors from across the chemical value chain. Founded in 2009, GreenCentre is located at Innovation Park at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
http://www.greencentrecanada.com/
Contact:
Mary Anne Beaudette
Director, Communications
GreenCentre Canada
P: 613. 533. 6000 xt 78238
E: Maryanne.beaudette@greencentrecanada.com
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