CAP member Paul Corkum, National Research Council and the University of Ottawa, has been announced as the winner of the 2025 APS Medal for Exceptional Achievement in Research, the largest prize awarded by the American Physical Society. The award is in recognition of “the synthesis of plasma physics, strong-field spectroscopy, and electron scattering concepts to… Read more »
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New Physics Faculty in Canadian Universities
Welcome to New Physics Faculty Members! We are pleased to welcome the following new faculty members who have joined Canadian Physics Departments since August 2023. This list was compiled from data provided by physics departments. If you have been missed, please contact us at info@cap.ca and we will update this webpage. George Bepete, Concordia University;… Read more »
CAP Member Dr. Robert Boily Elected to be next President of the National Academy of Sciences
CAP member Dr. Robert Boily, C.Q., Ph.D., FRSC, FAPS, FInstP, FEIC, FAAAS, (Inforex) has been elected to be the next president of the Academy of Sciences of Canada, one of three Academies that make up the Royal Society of Canada. He will serve a 4-year term, one year as President Elect (2024-2025) and three years… Read more »
2024 Killam Research Fellowship awarded to CAP member Marie-Cécile Piro
The CAP congratulates CAP member Marie-Cécile Piro, University of Alberta, who was awarded a Killam Research Fellowship for her research on solving one of the greatest mysteries of our universe: dark matter. “The 2024 Killam Prize and Dorothy Killam Fellowship recipients join a long-standing tradition of honouring research excellence in Canada,” said Bernard F. Miller, KC,… Read more »
The CAP receives $300,000 donation to its Foundation to expand its annual lecture tour
A $300,000 donation supports the CAP Lecture Tour to foster inclusive physics education and raise awareness of physics research and its impacts among Canada’s youth Ottawa, Ontario, 2023 November 21. The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) is excited to announce that it has recently received a $300,000 donation to the CAP Foundation to support the… Read more »
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences today announced that the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics is being awarded to three scientists for discovering a way to study the world at a level previously thought impossible. The official citation reads: “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in… Read more »
CAP News Bulletin – February 2023 (#19.1)
On behalf of the CAP and the CAP Foundation, we would like to thank you for your support in 2022 and to wish you the very best in 2023. In this News Bulletin, you will find updates on the following: Greetings from the President Important dates coming up Review of CAP EDI practices 2022… Read more »
Government of Canada launches National Quantum Strategy to create jobs and advance quantum technologies
| Source: Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada The strategy will see major investments in quantum research, talent and commercialization. CAP members Dr. Raymond Laflamme and Dr. Stephanie Simmons will serve as co-chairs of a new Quantum Advisory Council. Waterloo, Ontario, January 13, 2023. Quantum science and technologies are at the leading edge of research… Read more »
CAP members featured on CBC Ideas Theatre and Physics programs, March 2022
Theatre and Physics – Two part series by CBC Ideas features Canadian physicists — available now on CBCListen — In November 2021, as part of its English Theatre program, the National Arts Centre in Ottawa staged a Theatre and Physics Symposium, a week long exploration of plays and particles. Each play was followed by a… Read more »
2022 Killam Prize awarded to Canadian physicist Jeff Dahn
The CAP congratulates Canadian physicist, Jeff Dahn, Dalhousie University, who was awarded a 2022 Killam Prize. Jeff Dahn is a towering thought leader in battery science working to make lithium-ion batteries last decades. He is recognized worldwide as a pioneer of the batteries now used to power everything from power tools to electric vehicles. These… Read more »