Jews in Science: In person with Dr Joe Schwarcz

Joe Schwarcz, PhD, CM is Director of McGill University’s “Office for Science and Society” which has the mission of separating sense from nonsense. He is the recipient of numerous awards for teaching chemistry and for interpreting science for the public. He was the first non-American to win the American Chemical Society’s prestigious Grady-Stack award for popularizing chemistry. In 2015 he was awarded the Balles Prize for Critical Thinking by the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry. Dr Joe” has hosted a radio show on science for forty-five years, has appeared hundreds of times on television, writes a regular newspaper column and is the author of twenty best-sellers. He has been awarded four honorary doctorates and is a Member of the Order of Canada. Professor Schwarcz teaches a course on “Food and Nutrition” that with 2700 students holds the record for the largest enrolment for any university course in Canada. He is also an amateur magician, often spicing up his presentations with a little magic.

Lunch will be served at noon.

Wedesday, June 10, 2026 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at KBI

Cost: $18.00