For several months, members of the quantum ecosystem from across Canada have been coming together to work on a proposal for activities to celebrate the year 2025 in a fun way!
Why 2025? 2025 marks 100 years of quantum mechanics and several important papers. To mark this centennial, in June 2024 UNESCO declared 2025 as the international year of quantum science and technology. Throughout the world, efforts will be made to raise even greater public awareness of the importance of this science and its applications. The official launch by UNESCO will take place on February 4 in Paris.
The Canadian Association of Physicists, its members and partners are therefore preparing several activities in this regard! Conferences, competitions, gatherings: the IYQ Task Force has given itself the mission of promoting the activities organized across Canada in addition to preparing some special projects.
Two special invitations are outlined below!
Sponsoring IYQ Canada initiatives
All stakeholders in quantum science and technology, including universities, research institutes, scientific societies, charitable foundations, industry and companies, are invited to support and benefit from IYQ 2025.
We are happy to offer everyone the opportunity to sponsor the IYQ Canada team’s activities that we are hoping to undertake throughout the year. Activities planned (so far) by the team include a nation-wide student design competition for IYQ Canada merchandise, a nation-wide Quantum Day celebration “Quantum Canada Open Doors”, the production and distribution of Quantum education outreach kits for teachers, the production of a special issue of Physics in Canada as well as dedicated Quantum conferences and local events with more to be announced in the coming weeks.
Sponsorship opportunities are outlined on the CAP’s IYQ webpage.
CAP-IYQ 2025 Design Competition – deadline January 10, 2025
The CAP invites all physics students in Canada to create a design for the Canada-wide celebration of the International Year of Quantum 2025 – compete for the prize of $1000, and see your design on t-shirts, mugs etc. distributed across the country in 2025!
Please send your ideas as pdf or jpeg to info@cap.ca Note that designs that work both in color and in black and white will be considered more versatile. The jury will start reviewing the submissions on January 3.
Full details about the competition can be found on the CAP’s IYQ webpage.
For more information on the IYQ Task Force and regional members, and for information about sponsorship opportunities for Canadian IYQST initiatives, visit the
International Year of Quantum Science and Technology Canada website.