Polish-Canadian Scientific Society of Saskatoon (Polsko-Kanadyjskie Koło Naukowe w Saskatoon)

 

The Polish-Canadian Scientific Society of Saskatoon, established in 2007, comprises a multidisciplinary group of Canadian scientists of Polish origin affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan and other scientific and medical centers located in the Saskatoon area.  The members have expertise in natural sciences, medicine, mathematics, agriculture and bio-resources, engineering and synchrotron science.

 

The purpose and activities of the Society are as follows:

(i) To contribute to development of science and promote multiculturalism in Canada

(ii) To maintain, develop and promote scholarly research of members in the sciences and, in particular, that of basic and biomedical research, engineering and synchrotron science.

 

(iii) To promote knowledge of Poland and of her culture in Canada; to assist Polish-Canadian and Polish scholars, and to maintain bonds of co-operation between Polish and Canadian scholars. 

(iv) To contribute to research excellence at the University of Saskatchewan

(v) To organize public lectures and meetings, and outreach to other segments of the society (e.g., high schools, aboriginal community) 

Members Lectures for 2012 News Mail us  

 

Marie Skłodowska-Curie  (1867-1934) - the first woman scientist in radioactivity and the first woman who got two different Nobel prices. Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (1473-1543) - portrait from Town Hall in Toruń, Poland - 1580. The Polish School of Mathematics and Its Greatest Discovery - Stefan Banach (1892-1945). Jan Czochralski (1885-1953) an inventor of the art and science of crystal growth. Janusz Korczak (1878-1942)- children's author, humanitarian, pediatrician and child pedagogue.