Upcoming Deadlines to Recognize Excellence and Peers in Canadian Physics We need your help to recognize excellence in Canadian physics. Nominate a colleague today for one of these prestigious awards or positions. Deadlines are from January 15 to February 28, 2020. Medals for Research: CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse medal to recognize and encourage outstanding experimental or theoretical contributions… Read more »
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Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship Announcement
The Canadian Association of Physicists and the Canadian Association of Physicists Foundation are thrilled to announce the creation of the Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship, made possible by a very generous gift from the Carswell Family Foundation. Starting in 2020, the Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship, valued at up to $5000, will be awarded annually…. Read more »
Four CAP members appointed Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC)
Congratulations to CAP members Kimberly Strong (U.Toronto), Michel Gingras (U.Waterloo), Robert Boyd (uOttawa), and Donna Strickland (U.Waterloo) for their recent appointment as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. The complete list of 2019 Fellows and incoming class of The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists can be found here. Kimberly Strong Department of Physics,… Read more »
Manitoba-born James Peebles, 2 others awarded 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that the 2019 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded with one half to Winnipeg-born James Peebles, Princeton Univ. (US), “for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology” and the other half jointly to Michel Mayor, Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland) and Didier Queloz, Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland) and Univ…. Read more »
Recipients of 2019 CAP Awards for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics
Please join us in congratulating this year’s CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics winners. Louay El Halabi British Columbia and Yukon The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the 2019 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (British Columbia and Yukon) is awarded to Louay… Read more »
2019 CAP Medal Recipients Announced
The CAP and its medal partners are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 CAP medals. 2019 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics Douglas Bonn, University of British Columbia 2019 CAP Herzberg Medal Paul Barclay, University of Calgary 2019 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics Jaume Gomis, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics… Read more »
Congress Update: Post-Deadline abstracts are being accepted starting 8 pm EDT Mar.20
2019 CAP Congress: Post-Deadline abstracts are being accepted starting 8 pm EDT Starting 8 pm EDT today, March 20th, the CAP will be accepting post-deadline abstracts for the 2019 Congress at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby B.C, (June 3 – June 7) Oral Presentations There are a limited number of slots for oral submissions still… Read more »
SciPol News: Proposed 2019 Federal Budget provides new funding for science and students
Proposed 2019 Federal Budget provides new funding for science and students The following is a quick analysis of science-related highlights from the proposed 2019 Federal Budget, entitled “Investing in the Middle Class”, prepared by the CAP’s Science Policy Committee. Throughout the year, CAP will continue to monitor government policy that could affect physics in… Read more »
The CAP congratulates Robert Myers on being appointed new Director of Perimeter Institute
The CAP is delighted to congratulate Robert Myers on being appointed the new Director of Perimeter Institute. Robert Myers, a theoretical physicist, has been consistently ranked one of the most influential scientists in the world. As Perimeter Institute Founder and Board Chair Mike Lazaridis stated in a press release, “Rob’s contributions as a scientist are second… Read more »
CAP loses strong advocate with death of retired journalist Peter Calamai
Peter Calamai (1943-2019) Peter Calamai, CAP Foundation Board member, member of the Order of Canada, and recipient of the 2008 CAP-COMP Peter Kirkby Memorial Medal for Outstanding Service to Canadian Physics, passed away on Tuesday, January 22nd in his home in Stratford, Ontario. “We’ve really lost ‘one of the good ones’. He provided such wisdom and… Read more »