2024 CAP Lecture Tour Schedule

This year, the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Undergraduate Lectures will be offered in a hybrid format from March 1st to April 2nd. Each talk will be hosted by a CAP Member Department. The confirmed speakers and event dates are shown in the table. Click on the titles below to see the abstract, biographical notes, promotional video (if available), and links to the CAPhys YouTube livestream site when available. Please note that the table can be sorted by clicking on the column headers. Zoom links will be added to the schedule the morning of the talk. More lectures may be added; please visit back regularly for updates.

NOTE: The lecture and speaker information are available in the language of the talk only.

Student attendees in Zoom will have the opportunity to pose questions to the speaker immediately following the talk.



Use the mouse in the header to sort on that column.
Date Location of talk Speaker Title
Fri, 01-Mar-2024 2:00 pm ESTUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresProf. Philipe St.-JeanPhotonique quantique topologique
Tue, 05-Mar-2024 12:00 pm ESTMount Allison University (Virtual)Dr. Olivia Di MatteoAn introduction to quantum computing and software for physics applications
Thu, 07-Mar-2024 12:30 pm ESTSimon Fraser University (Virtual)Dr. Benedict NewlingSome Notes, on Musical Acoustics
Tue, 12-Mar-2024 12:30 pm EDTBrock University (Hybrid)Prof. Ania KwiatkowskiIt's a trap! What one trapped ion can tell us about the universe
Tue, 19-Mar-2024 3:30 pm EDTCarleton University (Hybrid)Prof. Gopolang MohlabengSearching for dark matter from the laboratory to the cosmos
Tue, 02-Apr-2024 5:30 pm EDTUniversity of SaskatchewanProf. Jason HoltThe atomic nucleus as a window to new physics