The PC₃ Community
Current Vision
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Online modular computational chemistry courses (Intro and Advanced)
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Targeted toward graduate students in chemistry (master’s and PhD level)
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Focus on the applied aspects of computational chemistry
Main goals
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Develop a robust and sustainable computational chemistry training program with open access material.
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Expose students to Canadian researchers in this field.
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Enhance students’ exposure to a variety of modelling tools.
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Increase collaboration amongst computational chemistry scientists.
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Broaden the student experiences beyond the single-instructor/single-institution model.
Why a National Approach Matters?
Canada has a strong and close-knit theoretical and computational chemistry community in its university system. The community is small - on average, one faculty member per department per university - in comparison to other sub-disciplines in chemistry, and this makes it difficult for individual chemistry departments to offer robust computational training programs at the graduate level. The PC₃ project is a collaborative approach to address this important gap in computational chemistry training at the graduate level. The project gathers faculty from institutions across Canada with the aim of developing and delivering graduate-level applied computational chemistry courses. In addition to creating a standard, high-quality, and sustainable training program in the field, students are expected to benefit from an experience that goes beyond the single instructor/single institution model and exposure to a wide the latest research. We expect the PC₃ model to be extendable to students outside of Canada, thereby addressing the UN Sustainability Goals 4 and 10, Quality Education and Reduced Inequalities.
The PC₃ program started its work in 2020. We had several meetings with computational chemistry faculty researchers from across Canada. With help from the group, we made important decisions about the format and structure of the program. We envision that this program will have significant impacts on teaching and research activities among the computational chemistry community in Canada.
PC₃ Faculty (in alphabetical order)
Meet Our Faculty
