This year, the Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Undergraduate Lectures will be offered in a semi-hybrid format from February 16th to March 25th. 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.
| Date | Location of talk | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mon, 16-Feb-2026 3:30 pm UTC | Memorial University of Newfoundland | Prof. Gavin Hester | Too Frustrated to Order: The Tale of Quantum Spin Liquids |
| Thu, 19-Feb-2026 4:30 pm UTC | Université Laval | Prof. Marie-Cécile Piro | Towards detecting the invisible: Dark Matter |
| Tue, 24-Feb-2026 3:00 pm UTC | Carleton University | Prof. David Sivak | Evolution is an Engineer: Life’s Molecular Machines |
| Thu, 26-Feb-2026 | University of Ottawa | Prof. David Sivak | Evolution is an Engineer: Life’s Molecular Machines |
| Fri, 27-Feb-2026 | Université de Montréal | Prof. Marie-Cécile Piro | Towards detecting the invisible: Dark Matter |
| Tue, 03-Mar-2026 | University of Saskatchewan | Prof. Douglas Scott | The Physics of Science Fiction Films |
| Wed, 04-Mar-2026 1:00 pm UTC | University of Regina | Prof. Douglas Scott | The Physics of Science Fiction Films |
| Fri, 06-Mar-2026 11:30 am UTC | University of Winnipeg | Prof. Douglas Scott | The Physics of Science Fiction Films |
| Sat, 07-Mar-2026 4:00 pm UTC | University of Prince Edward Island | Prof. Paul Scholz | Fast radio bursts: What are they and where do they come from? |
| Thu, 12-Mar-2026 | Université Sherbrooke | Prof. Mauricio Barbi | Physics Applied to Paleontology - Search for Soft Tissues in Fossils |
| Fri, 13-Mar-2026 1:00 pm UTC | Bishop's University | Prof. Mauricio Barbi | Physics Applied to Paleontology - Search for Soft Tissues in Fossils |
| Wed, 18-Mar-2026 1:30 pm UTC | University of Lethbridge | Prof. Joern Davidsen | Physics of Complex Systems: Criticality in nature |
| Wed, 25-Mar-2026 | Simon Fraser University | Prof. Manu Paranjape | Gravity and Quantum Mechanics/Gravitation et la Mécanique Quantique |