2025 CAP Lecture Tour Schedule

This year, the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Undergraduate Lectures will be offered in a semi-hybrid format from January 30th to April 3rd. 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). 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 if the talk will be streamed. 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.


Use the mouse in the header to sort on that column.
Date Location of talk Speaker Title
Thu, 30-Jan-2025 1:30 pm ESTWestern UniversityDr. Matthew StukelThe search for dark matter with the coldest detectors in our universe
Fri, 31-Jan-2025Memorial University of Newfoundland (AUPAC)Dr. Pablo BianucciPrisoner Photons: Trapping light for fun (and profit?) (Presenting at AUPAC - Time/Date TBC)
Thu, 06-Feb-2025York UniversityProf. Daniel StolarskiNew results for non-perturbative quantum field theory
Tue, 11-Feb-2025Carleton UniversityProf. Sarah RugheimerJames Webb - Unveiling the Hidden Cosmos
Fri, 14-Feb-2025 3:30 pm ESTMcGill UniversityProf. Sarah RugheimerJames Webb - Unveiling the Hidden Cosmos
Fri, 21-Feb-2025 1:30 pm ESTUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresProf. Nicolas CowanClimate Physics: from Lava Planets to Global Warming
Thu, 06-Mar-2025University of OttawaProf. Kai WangQuantum photonics with metamaterials
Mon, 10-Mar-2025Queen's UniversityProf. Kai WangQuantum photonics with metamaterials
Tue, 11-Mar-2025 3:30 pm EDTUniversity of SaskatchewanDr. Labani MallickAccreting Massive Black Holes at the Center of Galaxies and their Impact on Small Sub-pc to Large Galactic Scales
Wed, 12-Mar-2025 11:00 am EDTTrent UniversityProf. Kai WangQuantum photonics with metamaterials
Thu, 13-Mar-2025 1:30 pm EDTUniversity of ReginaDr. Labani MallickAccreting Massive Black Holes at the Center of Galaxies and their Impact on Small Sub-pc to Large Galactic Scales
Thu, 13-Mar-2025University of ManitobaDr. Kate OatwayAm I still a Physicist? – Life as an Environmental Consultant
Fri, 14-Mar-2025 1:30 pm EDTUniversity of WinnipegDr. Kate OatwayAm I still a Physicist? – Life as an Environmental Consultant
Wed, 02-Apr-2025 3:00 pm EDTUniversity of AlbertaProf. Tobias JungingerRadiofrequency Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators
Thu, 03-Apr-2025 3:30 pm EDTThompson Rivers UniversityDr. Camille Bélanger-Champagne Blue Screen of Death: Can Cosmic Rays Crash Your Computer?
Thu, 03-Apr-2025 3:30 pm EDTUniversity of LethbridgeProf. Tobias JungingerRadiofrequency Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators
TBAUniversity of Nothern British ColumbiaDr. Camille Bélanger-Champagne Blue Screen of Death: Can Cosmic Rays Crash Your Computer?
TBAUniversité LavalProf. Nicolas CowanClimate Physics: from Lava Planets to Global Warming
TBATBDProf. Ganesh RamachandranStacking with randomness and frustration: the curious case of lithium and sodium
TBATBDDr. Ivan IorshTaming the Electromagnetic Vacuum: harnessing quantum vacuum fluctuations in electromagnetic cavities for quantum technlogies applications.