30 This meeting was followed by a more abstract meeting, which was designed to focus on networking and drawing in inspiration outside of the cosmetic science industry. It was held at the Cincinnati Observatory, also known as “The Birthplace of American Astronomy”. Guests were able to enjoy a private tour of the historic facility and view Jupiter and Saturn under the oldest telescope in the country – a beautiful, 16-foot long wood and brass telescope made in 1845. In October, our Annual Golf Outing Fundraiser was held at California Golf Course. The weather was perfect, and games and challenges were incorporated this year to add an extra layer of fun. This was followed by cocktail hour and dinner at Sandbar, which included raffle items and a cornhole tournament. Overall, it was a great success. We are pleased to see the Golf Outing grow each year and are looking forward to it again in 2020! We wrapped up the year with our Student Symposium at the Sharonville Convention Center, where we invited cosmetic science students from the University of Cincinnati and University of Toledo to network with our industry professionals, discuss topics relevant to the cosmetic industry, and share their work in a poster session. Networking events included Networking Bingo and “speed- dating” roundtable discussions. Discussion included Important Job Search Skills by Bethany Hanson (University of Cincinnati), The other side of fear: balancing the misinformation equation by Dennis Abbeduto (Colonial Chemical) and Overcoming the challenges in preservatives in cosmetics by Cristiane Pacheco (Chemyunion Inc.). We continue to improve on our Student Symposium each year, and we plan to do as such for 2020.

31 Ontario 2019 was a great year for the Ontario Chapter of the SCC. We have grown the membership to almost 290 members with a 10% increase over last year, 30% increase in membership over the last 3 years and 66% increase over 10 years. Thank you all for supporting us. We supported the Seneca College by awarding 2 scholarships to students from their Cosmetic Science Certificate Course, and we presented our speaker of the year award to Ben Schwartz of AAK for his full day seminar on the Chemistry of Lipids in September 2018. We started the year with our first of 3 evening meetings in February. Tia Alkaz spoke about “Rethinking Preservation and the use of Novel Antimicrobial Peptides as Natural Alternatives for Upholding Product Integrity”. In May, Laure-Anne Gillon gave us a talk titled, “When Algae Adaptations Benefits the Skin” and in November Marguerite O’Neal talked to us about “Finding Career Certainty During Disruption”. In addition to our 3 regular evening meetings we held many additional events. In March we hosted a Chemical Supply Chain Management Program for Cosmetic Regulations. In partnership with Responsible Distribution Canada we organized a one-day course to help all navigate the Cosmetic regulations in Canada. David Saucier led us through this topic and made regulations fun and interesting. In April we welcomed Seneca College Students, Faculty and their Families to present their Capstone projects. Paula Dumouchel-Clay also presented ideas on Time Management. In September we gave the stage to Joe Dallal to lead our Education Day seminar. Joe’s talk on Skin & Hair Cosmetic Science: from basics to cutting edge was very well attended and as always extremely well received. The Education Day is always a highlight of our education platform. And while we spent a lot of time on Education, we also had time to have some fun! We started the summer off with a member appreciation boat cruise in June. While the weather was not looking good all day, Mother Nature cooperated and rewarded us with clear skies and warm winds and the 60+ members had a wonderful time enjoying this free event with dinner, cocktails, good music and great views of the Toronto skyline. In July, we held our annual Golf Tournament with approximately 80 participants. The weather was perfect, and everybody had a great time. Our Holiday Dinner Dance was held in November. It was a great evening where 230 members and spouses enjoyed the fabulous food and atmosphere at the Venetian Banquet Hall, music and performances by Matt Dean, dance performance by Latin Energy and all-around wonderful evening. Our annual Toy Drive to benefit the Salvation Army’s Toy Mountain was held again during our Holiday Dinner and it was a great success. Through the generosity of all of you, we were able to collect over 300 toys to make Christmas a little better for many children. Thank you all for donating!