Grouping: CAP News

On 2018 October 9th, CAP President, Bruce Gaulin, and JPS President, Hikaru Kawamura, signed a Reciprocal Agreement between CAP and JPS. The signing ceremony, which was organized by the CAP’s Director of International Affairs, Rituparna Kanungo, was held at the Embassy of Japan in Ottawa, hosted by His Excellency Kimihiro Ishikane, Ambassador of Japan.  … Read more »

The recent and much-publicized presentation at CERN’s “Workshop on High Energy Physics and Gender” by Alessandro Strumia, a Professor of Physics at the University of Pisa has been a source of much concern for the physics community worldwide. The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) joins many other organizations and individuals around the world in condemning… Read more »

  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics”, with one half to Arthur Ashkin (US) and the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou (France) and Donna Strickland (U.Waterloo, Canada). Dr. Ashkin is recognized for his… Read more »

On September 12, 2018, the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development appointed joint CAP-CASCA member Dr. Sarah Gallagher of Western University as the first Science Advisor to the Canadian Space Agency. The CSA‘s mandate is to advance the knowledge of space through science, and ensure that space research benefits Canadians. Space… Read more »

Congratulations to CAP members Andrea Damascelli, Manuella Vincter, and Luc Vinet, for their recent appointment as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada. Congratulations also to Julie Hlavacek-Larrondo who was appointed to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.  The complete list of 2018 Fellows and incoming class of of The College of New… Read more »

In this issue: CAP NEWS Message from the President CAP Strategic Planning Update CONGRESS UPDATE OTHER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS Register for 2019 Canadian Conference for Women in Physics (CCUWiP) / Bid to host 2020 Invitation to Participate in the 2018 Global Survey of Scientists Physics Departments invited to nominate experts for CNC-IUTAM DIVISION UPDATE – DAMOPC CAP… Read more »

The CAP is delighted to congratulate Paul Corkum on being awarded the highest accolade possible from the UK Institute of Physics – the Isaac Newton Medal and Prize. Professor Corkum, a physicist at the University of Ottawa and the National Research Council of Canada, and long-time member of the CAP, is the first Canadian citizen to… Read more »

The CAP is delighted to congratulate Neil Turok and Suzanne Fortier on their appointments, on Friday, June 29, 2018, as Officers to the Order of Canada. The appointments will be formally conferred by Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette during an investiture ceremony in the coming year.   Neil Turok, O.C. (Honorary), Director of the Perimeter… Read more »

Please join us in congratulating this year’s CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics winners.   Giselle Lawrence British Columbia and Yukon The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is pleased to announce the 2018 CAP Award for Excellence in Teaching High School/CEGEP Physics (British Columbia and Yukon) is awarded to Giselle Lawrence, Brentwood… Read more »