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The 2020 Inaugural Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarships
The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce that the inaugural Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarships are being awarded to two outstanding aspiring physics educators. With the help of the Allan Carswell Physics Educator Scholarship, valued at up to $5000 each, the winners will pursue a career in physics education at the secondary school… Read more »
Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship
Boris P. Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship Congratulations Matthew Robbins! The CAP is pleased to announce that the 2020 Stoicheff Scholarship is awarded to Matthew Robbins, University of Waterloo, for leadership in developing the theory of Bose-Einstein condensates as a novel detector of gravitational waves that would open a new window on the universe for astronomical… Read more »
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded with one half to Roger Penrose of the Univ. of Oxford (UK), for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity and the other half jointly to Reinhard Genzel,… Read more »
Dr. Robert Mann, University of Waterloo, appointed Editor-in-Chief for Canadian Journal of Physics
As of August 2024, Dr. Robert Mann has been appointed as the Executive Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Science Publishing (CSP). CSP is now accepting applications for the Co-Editor-in-Chief of the CJP. More info here. The CAP would like to officially congratulate former CAP President, Dr. Robert Mann, on his appointment as Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal… Read more »
Survey: 2021 CAP Virtual Congress
28 August 2020 Dear CAP members, Given the difficult circumstances we are all working under at the moment the CAP Board has decided to hold the 2021 annual CAP congress as a virtual conference. Following our traditional timing, we are looking at holding the conference in the week starting June 7. The organizing… Read more »
The CAP stands against racism
Black lives’ encounters with the police end, disproportionately, in violence in one form or another. The CAP unequivocally condemns racism of any form in the strongest terms. We stand in solidarity with our members from black and indigenous communities and all who face violence and discrimination. We re-affirm here our commitment to equity, diversity and… Read more »
The CAP is inviting expressions of interest in submitting a contribution for a Special Issue of Physics in Canada
The CAP is inviting expressions of interest in submitting a contribution for a Special Issue of Physics in Canada: Inclusion for Excellence in the Physics Community in Canada Deadline extended to Monday July 6, 2020 submit ideas to pic.inclusive.excellence@outlook.com While the COVID-19 pandemic has dramatically impacted many of our lives these past few months, it… Read more »
CAP Press Release – Hundreds of physicists across Canada gather virtually to address anti-Black racism
[PRESS RELEASE / FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE] — official pdf version of release can be seen by clicking here — June 10, 2020 (Ottawa, On) – On June 10, almost 500 physics students, staff, researchers and faculty members from all across Canada participated in an online session to identify and implement concrete actions to combat… Read more »
CAP takes action in support of academic Strike for Black Lives
Academic Strike for Black Lives 2020 June 10 In support of the academic Strike for Black Lives organized by our physics colleagues in the US (https://www.particlesforjustice.org), the CAP is ceasing all regular activities and cancelling CAP virtual Congress sessions on June 10. Click here for the revised schedule of events. Session hosted by the CAP Equity,… Read more »