Curriculum+Vitae

183 Walden Drive, Kanata, Ontario, K2K 2K7 613-592-3077 HGRAV046@uottawa.ca; smithfamilyphpd@sympatico.ca Fluently Bilingual: English and French: reading, writing and speaking.
 * Helen Patricia Graves Smith **
 * CONTACT INFORMATION **

B.Ed to be conferred, June 2010 Int/Sr Chemistry and Math University of Ottawa, ON Ph.D. conferred June 1991 Chemistry University of Ottawa, ON. B.Sc. conferred May 1986 Honours Chemistry Mount Allison University, NB.
 * DEGREES **

anticipated for Spring 2010 Français langue seconde, partie 1 Lakehead University, ON
 * ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS **

Second Practicum Woodroffe High School, OCDSB First Practicum Nepean High School, OCDSB SCH3U and SCH4U Volunteer W.Erskine Johnston Public School, OCDSB LD class for 2 hours weekly
 * EXPERIENCE in schools 2009-2010 **

Collection and Research Division, Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa, ON. __Assistant to the Curator July 1994 to present__ term position Assistant Curator Physical Sciences & Space January to December 2006
 * WORK EXPERIENCE **

Public Programs Division, National Museum of Science and Technology, Ottawa, ON. Senior Demonstrator September 1992 to July 1994 Acting/Head of Interpretation 6 weeks in Fall 1993

National Research Council of Canada, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Ottawa, ON. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Assistant Research Officer December 1991 - March 1992 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. =<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">__Post-doctoral Fellow June - November 1991__ = <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Heritage College, Hull, QC. Instructor 2 sessions/week Fall 1991

University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. Laboratory Demonstrator 2 afternoons/week 1986-1991

Pulp and Paper Research Institute of Canada, Pointe Claire, QC. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Summer Student Researcher 1985 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> University of Victoria, Victoria, BC <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NSERC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellow 1984 <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Laboratory Assistant 1983-86

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">19 Conference Papers since 1986: 16 presentations and 3 as co-author. 3 publications, 1 book chapter, 1 book review, and 3 Refereed Papers
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<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">camping, canoeing, figure skating, photography, knitting. **Chemistry Institute of Canada**: member since 1985, has involved serving on the Ottawa Local Section Executive, visits to schools and judging at the Ottawa Regional Science Fair. Secretary for the Chemical Education Division 2003-2006.
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Girl Guides of Canada **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: member since 1972, currently a Resource Guider.
 * Canadian Science and Technology Historical Association (CSTHA)**: member since 2003. treasurer since 2009. member of local organizing committee for 14th biennial conference, Ottawa ON Sept 29-Oct 2 2005.
 * Science Teachers’ Association of Ontario (STAO)**: member since 2009.
 * Canadian Association of Science Centres (CASC)**: member of program committee for annual conference, London ON June 12-15 2008.
 * Pathmaker Programme**: 1990-96, involved visits to schools by women in non-traditional careers to promote math and science.

Ontario Volunteer Service Award – 20 years 2005 Recognition for continuous service to Girl Guides of Canada
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">AWARDS **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">

WITT (Women in Trades and Technology) Award for Education 1996 Recognition for contributions to the advancement of women in trades and technology

FCAR (Fonds pour la Formation de Chercheurs et l'Aide à la recherche) 1989-90 OGS (Ontario Graduate Scholarship) offered-1989 Girl Guides of Canada Scholarship 1989-90

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">University __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> __of__ __Ottawa__ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Chemistry Department Demonstrator Award 1990-91 Supplementary Merit Scholarship 1989-90 Graduate Research Scholarship 1986-87

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Mount __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> __Allison__ __University__ __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">: __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> C.N. Brown Scholarship (academics & extracurricular) 1985-86 Deans' List Scholarship 1985-86 Murray Sears Award in Chemistry 1984-85 Marjorie Young Bell Scholarship (academics) 1982-83, 1983-84

Avon Scholarship (academics) offered-1982

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">David Schneider Nepean High School - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board 613-722-6551 David.Schneider@ocdsb.ca
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">REFERENCES: The following people have agreed to be contacted. **

Robin Howard Visiting Professor – University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education Vice-principal (retired) - Ottawa Catholic School Board 613-225-3113 rhowar2@uottawa.ca

Sandra Corbeil, Manager, Education, Programs and Events / Gestionnaire Éducation, programmes et événements Manager, Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame / Gestionnaire, Panthéon canadien des sciences et du génie Canada Science and Technology Museum / Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada 613-990-4043 scorbeil@technomuses.ca

**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS **

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">R.C. Brooks and H.P. Graves Smith, E-Cassiopeia, (2006), __128.__ http://www.casca.ca/ecass/issues/2006-me/ “Willard Boyle: New inductee to the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame”

H.P. Graves Smith; contribution to “Reader’s Guide to the History of Science”, A. Hessenbruch editor, Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 2000, 763-764. "Women in Science: chemical sciences."

Book review: The World of Physical Chemistry by Keith J. Laidler, in Cdn. Chemical News, (1996), __48(4)__, 45.

H.P. Graves Smith, Canadian Guider, (1994), __64__, 6-7. "Making a Scientist."

C. Detellier, H.P. Graves, K.M. Briere; Chapter 4 in "Isotopic Applications in NMR Studies", 2nd volume in "Isotopes in the Physical and Biomedical Sciences", E. Buncel and J.R. Jones editors, Elsevier, 1991, 159-211. "Alkali Metal NMR Studies of Synthetic and Natural Ionophore Complexes."

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Refereed __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> __Papers:__ R. C. Brooks and H.P. Graves Smith, Physics in Canada, (2005), __61__, 97-102. “Learning Opportunities Outside the Classroom.”

K.M. Brière, H.P. Graves, T.S. Rana, L.J. Maurice and C. Detellier, J. Phys. Org. Chem., (1990), __3__, 435-442. “23Na Nuclear Magnetic Resonance study of the complexation of Sodium Tetraphenylborate by [5,5]-Dibenzo-30-crown-10 in Nitromethane, Acetonitrile, Acetone and Pyridine."

H.P. Graves and C. Detellier, J. Am. Chem. Soc., (1988), __110__, 6019-6024. "Separation by 23Na NMR of the Unimolecular and Bimolecular Components of the Dissociation Kinetics of 18-crown-6-Na + in some Non-aqueous Solvents."

__<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Conference __<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> __Presentations:__ //H.P. Graves Smith// ; CSTHA 15th Conference, Toronto ON. Oct. 11-14 2007. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“The Trade Literature and Archive Collections of the Canada Science and Technology Museum”

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 89th Canadian Chemical Conference, Halifax, NS. May 27-31 2006. "Precision, accuracy, error and uncertainty: metrology and chemistry."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 88th Canadian Chemical Conference, Saskatoon, SK. May 28-June 1 2005. "Links between our Country, our Chemistry and our History."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 87th Canadian Chemical Conference, London, ON. May 29-June 1 2004. "The Chemistry Lab: A Changing Work Environment." “Raymond Urgel Lemieux: Member of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame.”

//H.P. Graves Smith// and R.C. Brooks; CSTHA 13th Conference, Kingston ON. Oct. 17-19 2003. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">“The Origins, Purpose and Operation of the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame”

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 39th IUPAC Congress & 86th Canadian Chemical Conference, Ottawa, ON. Aug. 10-15 2003. "Public Understanding of Chemistry: A Museum Perspective."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 84th Canadian Chemical Conference, Montreal, QC. May 30-June 2 2001. "Pills, Potions, Powders and Pastes. Museum artefacts tell the stories of some pharmaceutical products."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 82nd Canadian Chemical Conference, Toronto, ON. May 30-June 2 1999. "Sharing History and Teaching Science. The artefacts’ double bill."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 79th Canadian Chemical Conference, St. John’s, NF. June 23-26 1996. "THAT OLD JUNK ?!? Preserving the History of Chemistry for the Nation”

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">; 77th Canadian Chemical Conference, Winnipeg, MB. May 29-June 2 1994. "Chemistry Outside the Lab: Inspiring the next generation." Also published in “Careers of Canadian Women in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering”, S.L. Boyd editor, C.I.C., 1995, 23-26.

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. Detellier //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, H.P. Graves Smith; XXII International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Linz, Austria. July 14-19 1991. "The Metal Association Interchange Mechanism of Cation - Crown ether Complexes in Low Donicity Solvents."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; 74th Canadian Chemical Conference, Hamilton, ON. June 2-6 1991. Poster: "Further Evidence of a Metal Association Interchange Mechanism for the Dissociation of Cation - Crown ether Complexes."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; XXI International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Ottawa, ON. August 5-10 1990. Poster: "23Na and 13C NMR Studies of the Sodium Cation - 18crown6 Complex."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves Smith //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; 73rd Canadian Chemical Conference, Halifax, NS. July 15-20 1990. "The Dissociation Mechanisms of Sodium Complexes with Synthetic and Natural Ionophores and the Role of the Counter-anion."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; 57ième Congrès de l'Association Canadienne Française pour l'Avancement des Sciences (ACFAS), UQAM, Montréal, QC. May 15-18 1989. "Étude par RMN du 23Na du rôle de l'anion sur la cinétique et sur les mécanismes de dissociation du complexe (Na,18C6) + dans l'acétone."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. Detellier //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, H.P. Graves, K.M. Brière; XIX International Conference on Solution Chemistry, Lund, Sweden. August 15-18 1988. "Role of the Solvent on the Mechanisms of Crown ether-Alkali metal Cation Complexes."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">C. Detellier //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, K.M. Brière, H.P. Graves; 4th Chemical Congress of North America, Toronto, ON. June 5-10 1988. "Mechanisms of Dissociation of Crown ether-Alkali metal Cation Complexes. Role of Solvent."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; ACFAS, l'Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB. May 9-13 1988. "Séparation par RMN du Sodium-23 des contributions unimoléculaire et bimoléculaire à la cinétique de dissociation du 18-couronne-6-sodium dans divers solvants."

//<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">H.P. Graves //<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">, C. Detellier; ACFAS, l'Université d'Ottawa, Ottawa, ON. May 19-22 1987. "Mécanismes de décomplexation du 18-couronne-6-sodium.''