Elizabeth Dowdeswell has been appointed president of the Nuclear Waste Management Association, an organization representing utilities that produce used nuclear fuel as a by-product of electricity generation. Dowdeswell has had a long career in government, education and international affairs. Past positions include ADM at Environment Canada and a delegate to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change….

The Science Council of British Columbia has named the winners of its 23rd annual science council awards. They are: Dr Jeff Young (New Frontiers in Research); Drs Michael O’Shaughnessy, Julio Montaner and Martin Schechter (Solutions Through Research); Dr Keith Promislow (Young Innovator); Dr Denis Connor (BC S&T Champion of the Year); Dr Philip Hill (Industrial Innovator); and, Dr Hal Weinberg (Career Achievement). FMI: www.scbc.org under What’s New....