​Winter 2026​

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• January: We welcome Alex (undergraduate volunteer) to the group.

• Christine is awarded the 2025 Faculty of Science Excellence in Graduate Mentorship Award. Congratulations!

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​Fall 2025​

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• September: We welcome Kate Skinner (MSc student) and Justin Laurie (undergraduate volunteer) to the group. Emily starts her CHEM 4000 thesis project in the lab.

• October: Maryam gives an oral presentation at the 12th Banff Symposium on Organic Chemistry in Alberta.

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​Summer 2025​

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• May: We're excited to welcome Emily as a volunteer undergraduate researcher to join our group.​

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• June: The Le Group travels to Ottawa for the CSC meeting, where Dusty, Ali, Maryam, and Jesse presented their research. Maryam wins an oral presentation prize in the symposium Advances in Complex Molecule Synthesis: New Methods and Strategies. Christine attends the 2025 CSC Organic/Bioorganic Young Investigator Workshop. Maryam gives a poster presentation at the annual Technology-Enhanced Pharmaceutical Discovery summer conference at York University and wins a poster presentation prize.

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• July: Christine is promoted to Associate Professor with tenure, and gives an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference in Organic Reactions and Processes in Smithfield, RI.

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• August: Christine attends the 21st European Symposium on Fluorine Chemistry in Lisbon, Portugal.​

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