Dear colleagues, The CAP, a contributing partner to the UNESCO-sponsored International Day of Light, will be highlighting Canadian research, inventions, based on light at the Virtual STEM Expo organized by Youth Science Canada from May 19-30th. Around 10000 students and members of the general public are expected to view this exhibit. The exhibit will also… Read more »
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2020 CAP Congress has been cancelled
Since the outbreak of COVID-19 and particularly following the cancellation of the APS March meeting, the CAP President, 2020 Program Chair, and Executive Director have been in regular communication with the co-chairs of the 2020 CAP Congress Local Organizing Committee to assess the ever-changing status of COVID-19 and its potential impact on the 2020 Congress…. Read more »
Call for nominations for Prizes from Japan (deadline March 6/7 2020)
CAP and Global Affairs Canada would like to raise awareness of the following two prize nomination opportunities from Japan. Canadian physicists are strongly encouraged to consider sumitting a nomination. 1. 2020 Honda Prize : Nomination Deadline March 6, 2020 — 2019 winner was Prof. Geoffrey Hinton of the University of Toronto — 2. The Keio Medical Science Prize… Read more »
Reminder : Nominate a worthy colleague for a 2020 CAP Medal/Award – Deadlines are from Jan.15 – Feb.28, 2020
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 »
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 »