2025 April 2 Dear CAP Members, As you may be aware, the CAP has been having issues with its email system. We have been sending regular emails about Congress, Lecture Tour, Award winners, Membership Renewal, etc., but not all members are receiving all communications. If you have not been receiving regular communications from the CAP,… Read more »
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CAP Congress student poster competition abstracts due March 30 / student activities at Congress
Post-deadline abstracts invited If you haven’t already submitted an abstract for the 2025 CAP Congress at the University of Saskatchewan (June 8-13), post-deadline abstracts are now invited. While you can submit for oral presentation, these will only be considered if there are slots still available once the pre-deadline abstracts have been scheduled. If none exist,… Read more »
2025 International Year of Quantum S&T officially launches today – Feb.4
Content: IYQ2025 Opening Ceremony We have a Winner! CAP-IYQ 2025 Design Competition Quantum Canada: Open Doors 2025 IYQ Special Theme Issue of Physics in Canada IYQ 2025 Opening Ceremony The Opening Ceremony of IYQ 2025 is taking place at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris, France, February 4-5, to celebrate the launch of IYQ 2025! There… Read more »
2025 International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) Special Issue of Physics in Canada
The United Nations proclaimed 2025 as the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ). IYQ is a global initiative that aims to strengthen national capacities in the basic sciences and science education. This initiative will highlight the contribution of quantum science to our increased knowledge and understanding of the physical universe, as well as the… Read more »
Get ready: 2025 is the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology!
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! Follow our webpage to find out about upcoming quantum science activities celebrating this special year! Why 2025? 2025 marks 100 years of quantum mechanics… Read more »
Congratulations to the Canadian/U.S. recipients of the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded to two scientists for discovering a way to study the world at a level previously thought impossible. The official citation reads: “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks”. The 2024 Nobel… Read more »
Three CAP members join the Royal Society of Canada – Class of 2024
Congratulations to CAP members Hae-Young Kee (U.Toronto) and Brigitte Vachon (McGill) for their recent appointment as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) and to CAP member Juliette Mammei (U. Manitoba) for her recent appointment to the RSC College. Read the full Royal Society of Canada press release about the complete RSC Class of… Read more »
CAP Submits a brief to the Tri-Councils on the new federal Capstone funding agency
On June 17, the Minister of Innovation, Science, and Industry and the Minister of Health issued a statement tasking the tri-council presidents with preparing a briefing document addressing the “Modernizing the Federal Research Support System for Future Success”. This briefing document, due by the end of July, is to inform the Federal Government’s Fall Economic… Read more »
CAP Submits brief to House of Commons Finance Committee (FINA) re 2025 Federal Budget
As every year, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has invited Canadians to participate in the planning of the 2025 Federal Budget. The CAP’s newly-elected Director of Science Policy and Advocacy, James Fraser, in collaboration with the CAP’s Science Policy Committee and input from our institutional partners, sister societies, and the CAP Board… Read more »
2024 Federal Budget
The CAP’s Science Policy Committee* has completed an analysis of physics-related highlights from the proposed 2024 Federal Budget, entitled “Fairness for Every Generation”. Throughout the year, the CAP will continue to monitor government policy that could affect physics in Canada. In particular, the CAP, and the Canadian physics community at large, will need to follow… Read more »