2025 High School Teacher Workshop
The CAP High School Teachers Workshop will be held on Monday, June 9, 2025, at the University of Saskatchewan as part of the CAP’s 2025 Congress. This exciting and informative workshop will offer high school teachers an opportunity to meet colleagues from across Canada, as well as access to innovative learning techniques and educational resources. The day will feature world experts in physics through workshop activities and speakers, including tours of the Canadian Light Source, USask Observatory, and Physics and Engineering Physics Labs.
Registration details (registration opens mid-April):
The reduced fee registration deadline is May 16, 2024. You can access the registration system at https://crm.cap.ca. After you log in, please go to “Your Events” and then go to “Register for the 2025 CAP Congress”
Registration fee is $25 for CAP High School Teacher members.
The registration fee is $75 for non-members.
To become a High School Teacher CAP member, please follow https://cap.ca/membership/hscc-membership/. The 2025 CAP High School Teacher Membership Fee is $30.
Registration fee increases after May 16 for both members and non-members: https://cap.ca/congress-conference/2025-cap-congress/2025-registration-fees/
On the registration form, please make sure to select at least Monday for the “Attending on (Days)” option. Please note that teachers who pre-register can choose to attend only the High School Teachers Workshop Day (Monday) or select to attend other individual or all days of the CAP Congress at no extra fee.
Canadian Science Publishing
The Canadian Journal of Physics is again organizing a professional development workshop at the CAP Congress. Here are the details for the workshop this year.
Publishing Processes and Peer Review – hosted by Canadian Journal of Physics
Join the Canadian Journal of Physics for a structured discussion on the publishing industry and the processes and roles involved in a manuscript’s publication. From authorship and submission to author rights and protections post-publication, we’ll discuss how your research is assessed and handled in physics journals across publishers. Best practices for peer review, as an author or a reviewer, will also be presented.
We welcome physicists from all career stages to ask questions, reflect on their publishing experiences, and learn something new! The discussion will be hosted by Journal Development Specialist Jocelyn Sinclair, and Editors-in-Chief of CJP Prof. Marco Merkli (Memorial University of Newfoundland) and Dr. Zahra Yamani (Canadian Nuclear Laboratories).
Physics, Climate Change, and the Transition to Sustainability
Not limited to climate science, topics such as mitigation strategies and the energy transition will also be addressed. This event aims to highlight the essential contribution of the physics community in Canada to this critical issue.
Organizers: Rachel Wortis and Kris Poduska
Open to contributed talks
Improv-phys-ation for Culture Change
Interactions are fundamental to physics, be they physical forces between systems or social dynamics between humans. Let’s create a camaraderie-filled laboratory to uncover biases and test assumptions underlying our day-to-day interactions with each other and with physics. Join us to apply the tools and techniques of improvisational theater (improv) in this interactive session. We will playfully experiment with what we can learn from engaging in improv exercises to build healthier physics learning and research communities.
Resources/inspirations:
- Specta(c)tor Theatre Forum
- improv in physics education: Improv-phys-ation
- improv in higher ed: Yes, And Higher Ed Network
improv/play for cultural change: Global Play Brigade