The CAP has established 13 internal divisions and 1 external division to more deeply support and promote specialized areas of interest in physics. Division Chairs participate on the CAP Advisory Committee and the Congress Program Committee. For more information on a Division and its activities, follow the links below.
Internal Divisions
| Division of Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI)
2022/23 Chair: Steffon Luoma |
Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC)
2022/23 Chair: Jens Lassen |
| Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP)
2022/23 Chair: David Themens |
Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP)
2022/23 Chair: Robert Wickham |
| Division for Gender Equity in Physics (DGEP)
2022/23 Chair: Svetlana Barkanova |
Division on the History of Physics (DHP)
2021/22 Chair: Francesco Barletta |
| Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP)
2022/23 Chair: Michael Gericke |
Division of Physics Education (DPE)
2022/23 Chair: Daria Ahrensmeier |
| Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)
2022/23 Chair: Valerie Booth |
Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
2022/23 Chair: Ahmad Hamdan |
| Division of Surface Sciences (DSS)
2022/23 Chair: Steve Patitsas |
Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP)
2022/23 Chair: Randy Lewis |
| Particle Physics Division (PPD)
2022/23 Chair: Maximilian Swiatlowski |
External Divisions
| Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) |