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Employment Opportunities / Opportunités d’emplois

For your convenience, the full list of current postings appears below. The actual employment postings with details on how to apply are available on this page of the CAP website. Do you have a position you would like to post to the CAP employment/opportunities page and have circulated to the group subscribed to the CAP… Read more »

2021 Federal Budget provides new funding for quantum technology, artificial intelligence, clean energy technologies, life sciences and student internships

This summary was prepared by: Daniel Banks, PhD, MBA President, TVB Associates Inc. Consultant for Science Policy, Strategy, and Communications Member of the CAP Science Policy Committee   Jump to Related Excerpts from the 2021 Federal Budget:  Launching a National Quantum Strategy Revitalizing the Canadian Photonics Fabrication Centre Renewing the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy Supporting… Read more »

Closure of Physics Programs at Laurentian University

A pdf of the CAP statement below can be obtained here. We encourage all CAP members, their colleagues, students, and postdocs, to participate in any or all of the following avenues of support: Use this form-letter to send a message to your MP Send a letter by e-mail to same group to whom the CAP… Read more »

EDI Survey Team Releases Preliminary Survey Participant Demographics

Canadian Physics Counts – Preliminary Survey Participant Demographics Released  In November 2020, the CAP EDI Survey Team launched the largest-ever survey of the Canadian physics community. The bilingual survey received over three-thousand responses, giving the team the statistical power to investigate research questions that have never been studied before. The survey’s primary objective was to… Read more »

EDI Survey Team Releases Preliminary Survey Participant Demographics

Canadian Physics Counts – Preliminary Survey Participant Demographics Released   In November 2020, the CAP EDI Survey Team launched the largest-ever survey of the Canadian physics community. The bilingual survey received over three-thousand responses, giving the team the statistical power to investigate research questions that have never been studied before. The survey’s primary objective was… Read more »

2021 CAP Lecture Series – First talk is this Mon, Feb 8!

2021 CAP Lecture Series starts February 8th!  The 2021 CAP Lecture Series is an influential and energizing event for undergraduate students in physics departments across Canada. The series features presentations that span a wide range of current topics in physics. Due to the current pandemic, this year’s tour will be held in a virtual format, delivered over… Read more »

New Year Greetings and CAP Program Updates

On behalf of the CAP, we would like to thank you for your support in 2020 and to wish you the very best in 2021. In this news bulletin, you can find updates on the following: President’s Message The CAP celebrates 70 Years since incorporation 2021 CAP Lecture Tour 2021 CAP Congress 2021 CAP Medals,… Read more »

2020 High School/Cégep Teacher Award Recipients Announced (thank you to our sponsors)

13 November 2020 The CAP is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 High School/Cégep Teacher Awards The Canadian Association of Physicists and our award partners highlighted below join members of our physics and high school/cégep teaching communities in congratulating the winners of the 2020 High School/Cégep Teacher Awards. We are very proud of… Read more »

The CAP is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 High School/Cégep Teacher Awards

The Canadian Association of Physicists and our award partners highlighted below join members of our physics and high school/cégep teaching communities in congratulating the winners of the 2020 High School/Cégep Teacher Awards.  We are very proud of these exemplary recipients. 2020 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (Ontario) is awarded to Shawn… Read more »

The CAP and its medal partners present the recipients of the 2020 CAP medals

The Canadian Association of Physicists joins members of our community in congratulating the winners of the 2020 CAP medals.  We are very proud of these exemplary recipients and look forward to their medal talk presentations in the near future.  Details will follow as soon as the schedule has been finalized. 2020 CAP Medal for Excellence in… Read more »