The CAP 2018 Lecture Tour will take place from January through April at participating physics departments across Canada. Confirmed speakers and event dates are shown in the table, which will be updated as the schedule is finalized. Click on the titles below to see the abstract and biographical notes. Please note that the table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers.
Date | Location of talk | Speaker | Title |
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Thu, 18-Jan-2018 | École Polytechnique de Montréal | Dr. Thomas Grégoire | Looking beyond the Standard Model with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) |
Fri, 02-Feb-2018 | Université de Montréal | Prof. Na Young Kim | Quantum Innovation Laboratory |
Mon, 05-Feb-2018 | University of Victoria | Prof. Federico Rosei | What type of Energy for the future of humanity? |
Tue, 06-Feb-2018 | Memorial University | Dr. Graeme Luke | Exotic Probes and Extreme Conditions Reveal New States of Quantum Matter |
Tue, 06-Feb-2018 | Kwantlen Polytechnic University | Prof. Federico Rosei | What type of Energy for the future of humanity? |
Tue, 06-Feb-2018 | Carleton University | Dr. Erica Caden | What we don't know about neutrinos! |
Wed, 07-Feb-2018 | University of Moncton | Dr. Graeme Luke | Exotic Probes and Extreme Conditions Reveal New States of Quantum Matter |
Thu, 08-Feb-2018 | University of Ottawa | Dr. Erica Caden | What we don't know about neutrinos! |
Fri, 09-Feb-2018 | University of Manitoba | Prof. Judith Irwin | Feedback, Flares, Fountains and Flows -- How Galaxies Refuse to Sit Still |
Tue, 13-Feb-2018 | University of Windsor | Dr. Graeme Luke | Exotic Probes and Extreme Conditions Reveal New States of Quantum Matter |
Fri, 16-Feb-2018 | Concordia University | Dr. Stanley Greenspoon | What's New in the Search for Exoplanets and Extraterrestrial Life |
Mon, 26-Feb-2018 | University of Northern BC | Prof. Stephen Morris | The subtle physics of icicles |
Wed, 28-Feb-2018 | University of Regina | Prof. Stephen Morris | The subtle physics of icicles |
Fri, 02-Mar-2018 | University of Alberta | Prof. Stephen Morris | The subtle physics of icicles |
Mon, 05-Mar-2018 | Okanagan College | Prof. Ken Clark | Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown |
Tue, 06-Mar-2018 | University of BC - Okanagan Campus | Prof. Ken Clark | Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown |
Tue, 06-Mar-2018 | Lakehead University | Dr. Pierre Gorel | Digging into Mysteries: the Search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB. |
Thu, 08-Mar-2018 | University of British Columbia | Prof. Ken Clark | Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown |
Fri, 09-Mar-2018 | Simon Fraser University | Prof. Ken Clark | Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown |
Fri, 09-Mar-2018 | Acadia University | Prof. Michael Steinitz | The Mechanics of Scientific Publishing, Peer Review, and Ethics in Publishing |
Tue, 13-Mar-2018 | McMaster University | Dr. Pierre Gorel | Digging into Mysteries: the Search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB. |
Tue, 13-Mar-2018 | Laurentian University | Prof. Jan Cami | The Search for Life in the Universe |
Wed, 14-Mar-2018 | University of Guelph | Dr. Pierre Gorel | Digging into Mysteries: the Search for Dark Matter at SNOLAB. |
Wed, 14-Mar-2018 | Trent University | Prof. Stephen Morris | The subtle physics of icicles |
Thu, 15-Mar-2018 | University of Toronto | Dr. Erica Caden | What we don't know about neutrinos! |
Fri, 16-Mar-2018 | University of Brandon | Dr. Arundhati Dasgupta | Quantum Field Theory with Star Operators |
Fri, 16-Mar-2018 | University of Waterloo | Dr. Erica Caden | What we don't know about neutrinos! |
Tue, 20-Mar-2018 | University of New Brunswick - Fredericton | Prof. Jan Cami | The Search for Life in the Universe |
Wed, 21-Mar-2018 | Bishop's University | Prof. Na Young Kim | Quantum Innovation Laboratory |
Wed, 21-Mar-2018 | Université de Sherbrooke | Prof. Na Young Kim | Quantum Innovation Laboratory |
Wed, 21-Mar-2018 | St Francis Xavier University | Prof. Jan Cami | The Search for Life in the Universe |
Thu, 22-Mar-2018 | University of Western Ontario | Prof. Ken Clark | Dark Matter: How to Hunt for the Unknown |
Thu, 22-Mar-2018 | Mt. Allison University | Prof. Jan Cami | The Search for Life in the Universe |
Fri, 23-Mar-2018 | Saint Mary's University | Prof. Jan Cami | The Search for Life in the Universe |
Fri, 23-Mar-2018 | University of Ontario Inst. Tech. | Prof. Stephen Morris | The subtle physics of icicles |
Fri, 23-Mar-2018 | University of Winnipeg | Dr. Erica Caden | What we don't know about neutrinos! |
Tue, 27-Mar-2018 | University of Saskatchewan | Dr. Arundhati Dasgupta | Quantum Field Theory with Star Operators |
Wed, 28-Mar-2018 | Queen's University | Prof. Federico Rosei | What type of Energy for the future of humanity? |
Thu, 29-Mar-2018 | Royal Military College | Prof. Federico Rosei | What type of Energy for the future of humanity? |
Thu, 05-Apr-2018 | University of Lethbridge | Dr. Thomas Grégoire | Looking beyond the Standard Model with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) |
Fri, 06-Apr-2018 | University of Calgary | Dr. Thomas Grégoire | Looking beyond the Standard Model with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) |
Thu, 12-Apr-2018 | Université de Québec à Trois-Riviêres | Prof. Na Young Kim | Quantum Innovation Laboratory |
Fri, 13-Apr-2018 | McGill University | Prof. Na Young Kim | Quantum Innovation Laboratory |
Tue, 24-Apr-2018 | Université de Laval | Prof. Federico Rosei | What type of Energy for the future of humanity? |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Locke Spencer | |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Thomas Koffas | A new paradigm for a new era: The ITk detector for the High-Luminosity LHC at CERN |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Blair Jamieson | Can neutrinos solve the mystery of missing anti-matter in the universe? |
TBA | University of PEI | Prof. Caroline Boudoux | Light at Heart - Fiber optics from laboratory to market |
TBA | Wilfrid Laurier University | Prof. Caroline Boudoux | Light at Heart - Fiber optics from laboratory to market |
TBA | Ryerson University | Prof. Caroline Boudoux | Light at Heart - Fiber optics from laboratory to market |
Not Given | Not Given | Prof. Robert Stamps | Magnetics with a twist |
Not Given | Not Given | Mr. Andrew Erlandson | Muon Tomography: Putting particle physics to work for nuclear safety and security |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Stanley Yen | Neutrinos from an exploding star |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Iain McKenzie | Probing Materials with Nuclear Techniques: What Can Spin-Polarized Radioactive Probes Tell Us About the Behaviour of Matter at the Microscopic Level? |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Valery Radchenko | Production and application of medical radionuclides at TRIUMF |
TBA | Trinity Western University | Prof. An-Chang Shi | Soft Matter: Where Physics Meets Chemistry and Biology |
TBA | University of the Fraser Valley | Prof. An-Chang Shi | Soft Matter: Where Physics Meets Chemistry and Biology |
Not Given | Not Given | M. Jean-Michel Ménard | Spectroscopie térahertz ultra-rapide des matériaux quantiques |
Not Given | Not Given | Prof. Patrick Hall | Surveying the Universe |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Levon Pogosian | The Accelerating Universe: Lambda, W and Beyond |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Jacob Burgess | The Atomic Dance |
Not Given | Not Given | Prof. Jean-Michel Ménard | Ultrafast terahertz spectroscopy of quantum materials |
Not Given | Not Given | Dr. Silvia Scorza | Whispers in the Dark |
Not Given | Not Given | Prof. Simon Viel | À la recherche de la matière sombre / A Search for Dark Matter |