- CLS Tour for Teachers
- CLS Machine Tour
- CLS Beamlines Tour
- CLS-Non-Technical Tours
- CLS Storage Ring Tours
- Expert-led Tour of CLS and REIXS Beamline
CLS Tour for Teachers (On-site sign-up)
Monday, June 9, 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Max 30 guests
Tour led by CLS tour guides. Guests are invited to stay for a group discussion in CLS meeting room #2068 from 5-5:30pm with Tracy Walker and CLS education team.
Description:
Tour the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron and one of the largest science projects in Canada’s history. The CLS speeds up electrons to produce intensely bright synchrotron light that helps scientists study materials at a molecular level. Over 1,000 researchers from around the world use the CLS every year. During your tour, you will learn about the CLS’ history, how the machine works, and how researchers have used this facility to conduct groundbreaking research in the fields of health, agriculture, the environment, and advanced materials.
After the tour, stay for a discussion with Tracy Walker, CLS’ education program lead, and other members of the CLS education team.
The CLS education team is committed to transforming STEM education by showing educators how to integrate experiential learning and inquiry practices into their teaching practices. They engage educators in immersive, hands-on learning opportunities that educators can apply in their classroom. Educators can also bring students to CLS to participate in programs. The CLS education team prioritizes inclusivity by connecting to Indigenous Ways of Knowing and respecting Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Expressions. Explore CLS programs to empower future generations and embrace Indigenous communities through science.
CLS Machine Tour
Tuesday, June 10, 1:00-2:30 p.m.
Max 40 guests
Description:
Tour the Canadian Light Source, a 2.9 GeV storage ring, 3rd generation synchrotron facility, and the only one of its kind in Canada.
Synchrotron light’s high brilliance, high intensity, sharp focus, and tunability give synchrotron science a huge advantage over conventional techniques. Many synchrotron techniques can be performed with little to no sample manipulation or preparation before analysis, detecting even low concentrations of elemental forms. Fast, in-situ, non-destructive experiments allow scientists to use our tools in a broad range of research areas.
This tour will focus on the CLS machine components as well as the booster ring and the 12-cell double-bend achromat lattice storage ring.
CLS Beamlines Tour
Tuesday, June 10, 3:00-4:30 p.m.
Max 40 guests
Description:
Tour the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron.
Synchrotron light’s high brilliance, high intensity, sharp focus, and tunability give synchrotron science a huge advantage over conventional techniques. Many synchrotron techniques can be performed with little to no sample manipulation or preparation before analysis, detecting even low concentrations of elemental forms. Fast, in-situ, non-destructive experiments allow scientists to use our tools in a broad range of research areas.
This tour will focus on several CLS beamlines that are particularly relevant to the physics community: REIXS – Resonant Elastic and Inelastic X-ray Scattering, QMSC – Quantum Materials Spectroscopy Centre, CMCF – Canadian Macromolecular Crystallography Facility, and BXDS – Brockhouse Diffraction Sector.
CLS Non-Technical Tours
Wednesday, June 11, 10:00-11:00 a.m.; Thursday, June 12, 2:00-3:00 p.m.; Friday, June 13, 2:00-3:00 p.m.
Max 10 guests per tour
Description:
CAP delegates and/or their companions are invited to tour the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron and one of the largest science projects in Canada’s history. The CLS speeds up electrons to produce intensely bright synchrotron light that helps scientists study materials at a molecular level. Over 1,000 researchers from around the world use the CLS every year. During your tour, you will learn about the CLS’ history, how the machine works, and how researchers have used this facility to conduct groundbreaking research in the fields of health, agriculture, the environment, and advanced materials.
CLS Storage Ring Tour
Wednesday, June 11, 2:30-4:00 p.m.
Max 10 guests
Description:
Take a tour of the Canadian Light Source, a 2.9 GeV storage ring, 3rd generation synchrotron facility, and the only one of its kind in Canada.
Synchrotron light’s high brilliance, high intensity, sharp focus, and tunability give synchrotron science a huge advantage over conventional techniques. Many synchrotron techniques can be performed with little to no sample manipulation or preparation before analysis, detecting even low concentrations of elemental forms. Fast, in-situ, non-destructive experiments allow scientists to use our tools in a broad range of research areas.
This tour will focus on the CLS machine components and the 12-cell double-bend achromat lattice storage ring.
The tour will be led by Mark Boland, professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Physics and Engineering Physics and past machine director at the CLS, alongside a member of CLS’ accelerator operations and development (AOD) group.
Expert-led Tour of CLS and REIXS Beamline
Thursday, June 12, 2:30-3:30 p.m. and Friday, June 13, 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Max 10 guests per tour
Description:
Tour the Canadian Light Source, Canada’s only synchrotron.
Synchrotron light’s high brilliance, high intensity, sharp focus, and tunability give synchrotron science a huge advantage over conventional techniques. Many synchrotron techniques can be performed with little to no sample manipulation or preparation before analysis, detecting even low concentrations of elemental forms. Fast, in-situ, non-destructive experiments allow scientists to use our tools in a broad range of research areas.
This tour will focus on the science that can be performed at various CLS beamline, specifically SGM, PGM (X-ray absorption spectroscopy), REIXS (Resonant Elastic and Inelastic X-ray Scattering and fluorescence). REIXS is a state-of-the-art soft X-ray scattering facility featuring high flux, high resolution and full polarization control. Suitable for studying novel and advanced quantum materials, including strongly correlated electron systems, spintronic materials, high Tc superconductor, nano-scale biomaterials, and more.
The tour will be led by Dr. Alexander Moewes, professor in the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, Canada Research Chair in Materials Science with Synchrotron Radiation, and Beamteam leader for the inelastic scattering end station of the CLS REIXS beamline.