Grouping: CAP News

The Canadian Association of Physicists’ Educational Trust Fund (CAP-ETF)  and the OSA Foundation (OSAF) are pleased to announce that the inaugural Stoicheff Memorial Graduate scholarship is being awarded to Wilson Brenna from the University of Waterloo who, as as an undergraduate and graduate student, has demonstrated both academic excellence as well as leadership in helping… Read more »

Opening Plenary Speaker at CAP 2012 Congress involved in physics research milestone published today (Mar. 7) in Nature In a paper published online today (Mar. 7) by the journal Nature (www.nature.com/nature/index.html ), the ALPHA collaboration at CERN, reports an important milestone on the way to measuring the properties of antimatter atoms.  In an international effort… Read more »

In an earlier newsletter we reported how, following the removal of the exemption for Natural Scientists from the 2010 Ontario Professional Engineering Act, a joint Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO)-Natural Sciences Task Force was assembled and developed recommendations to establish and Overlapping Practices Committee and a national committee, working with Engineers Canada to determine the… Read more »

The 15 member Joint Engineering and Natural Scientists Task Force (JENSTF) which included representatives from 7 Natural Science Societies has submitted it’s report to PEO Council (attached below) and the two major recommendations have been accepted. The CAP was represented by Paul Vincett and Henry van Driel (who also served as co-chair). PEO Council unanimously… Read more »

Beginning in 2011, Canadians will no longer have free access to the NRC e-journals; however, NRC Research Press is offering a special rate to CAP members for the Canadian Journal of Physics. Canadian members – $50 CAD + tax for the e-subscription; $160 CAD + tax for print. Members residing outside of Canada – $50… Read more »

Over the past two years, CAP has been lobbying for the federal government to take steps toward construction of a new multipurpose research reactor. For example, in its brief to the House of Commons Finance Committee in August 2010, CAP called for “a formal engineering design, costing, and business analysis”. There is now concrete evidence… Read more »

It is with profound sadness that the CAP learned today of the passing of Randy Kobes on Sunday, September 19th. Dr. Kobes passed away after a recent battle with lung cancer. Dr. Kobes, Associate Dean of Science at the University of Winnipeg, has been a CAP member since 1988. He was Regional Councillor in 1992-1993… Read more »

Allan Morrish, a pioneer of magnetism in Canada, died in hospital in Winnipeg on 27th August 2010 at the age of 89. A native of Winnipeg, and a strong advocate for Canada’s central city, Allan was born to Agnes and Stanley Morrish on 21st April 1921. He grew up during the depression and he completed… Read more »

The largest assembly of Canadian physicists ever at a CAP-only (i.e. not joint with other societies) Congress took place in Toronto from June 7th to the 11th! The meeting brought together the largest number of Canadian physicists ever, with more than 800 physicists who will learned about recent progress made in Canada ranging from particle… Read more »

The CAP is pleased to announce the results of the 2010 CAP High School Prize Exam. Please follow this link for the results.