Electrochemistry in Canada
ECS Canada News
ECS Canada Section Awards 2025
2025 Canada Section Student Award Recipient:
Tyra Lewis, Trent University
The Canada Section Student Award was established in 1987 to recognize promising young engineers and scientists. The recipient is a student pursuing a PhD degree at a Canadian university in any area of science or engineering in which electrochemical science and technology and/or solid state science and technology is the central consideration.
ECS Canada Section Awards 2024
2024 R. C. Jacobsen Award recipient:
Venkataraman Thangadurai
Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary.
The ECS Canada Section R. C. Jacobsen Award was established in 1986 to recognize notable and significant contributions to the functioning of the ECS Canada Section.
Prof. Thangadurai received this award due to his consistent commitment to advancing electrochemistry research and supporting the electrochemical community in Canada.
2024 Canada Section Student Award:
Shipeng Jia (McGill University)
Anu Adamson (Dalhousie University)
- The Canada Section Student Award was established in 1987 to recognize promising young engineers and scientists. The recipient is a student pursuing a PhD degree at a Canadian university in any area of science or engineering in which electrochemical science and technology and/or solid state science and technology is the central consideration.
Executive Committee
Section Officers 2023 - 2025
- Chair: Steen Schougaard (UQAM)
- Vice-Chair – Membership: Venkataraman Thangadurai (U Calgary)
- Vice-Chair – Programs: Christian Kuss (U Manitoba)
- Secretary/Treasurer: Sanela Martic (Trent U )
- Immediate Past Chair: Heather Andreas (Dalhousie)
Councilors
- Brad Easton (Ontario Tech)
- Christa Brosseau (SMU)
Members-At-Large
- Hogan Yu (SFU)
- Brian McLean (St.FX)
- David Wilkinson (UBC)
- Kristin Poduska (MUN)
- Zhifeng Ding (Western)
- Joshua Byers (UQAM)
- Liliana Trevani (Ontario Tech)
Web Master
Brad Easton (Ontario Tech)
Meetings
Meetings
2025 ECS Canada Section Fall Meeting
The meeting was dedicated to Professor David W. Shoesmith on the occasion of his 80th birthday, to acknowledge and honor his exceptional contributions and lasting influence in electrochemistry and corrosion science. The meeting took place on Oct 20th, 2025, at the University of Western Ontario, and was hosted by Dr. Jamie Noel. See link for detailed program: https://ecswestern.org/ecs-canada-section-fall-meeting-2025/
2025 ECS Canada Section AGM at ECS Montreal
The ECS Canada Section will hold it's annual general meeting on Wednesday May 21 at 12 pm EDT. The meeting will be held during the 247th ECS Meeting in Montreal in Room 520DE at Palais des Congrès. All section members are welcome to attend.
ECS Canada Section Spring Meeting 2024
The ECS Canada Section Spring Meeting honored the contributions of Daniel Bélanger to Electrochemical Science and the Electrochemical Community in Canada. The meeting took place on June 7th, 2024, at the University of Manitoba, Winnipeg. The meeting was hosted by Dr. Christian Kuss.
See link for detailed program: https://ecscanada24.wordpress.com/
ECS Canada Section Spring Meeting 2023
The ECS Canada Section Spring Meeting was held at Queen’s University in Kingston, ON.
The title of the meeting was: "Recent Trends and Advances in Electrochemistry and Electrocatalysis in Canada".
The meeting was organized by Prof. Gregory Jerkiewicz.
The keynote lectures were delivered by Christophe Coutanceau, Professor at Université de Poitiers, and Andrew Stuart, President and CEO at Hydrogen Optimized. Gianluigi Botton, Science Director at the Canadian Light Source, presented an overview of the CLS capabilities and explained how it serves the Canadian industry, government, and university researchers. Invited speakers from Canadian universities and research institutions furthered the discussions of recent research and industrial advances during their lectures and in open conversation during the student poster session and networking breaks. The meeting offered Canadian students and researchers an opportunity to connect with fellow electrochemistry researchers, as well as to explore current and upcoming goals from an industrial perspective.