2026 CAP Lecture Tour Schedule

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. Please note that times are listed in the local time of the talk.

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 In person location and
online talk link		 Speaker Title
Mon, 16-Feb-2026 3:30 pm UTCmun.webex.com/mun/j.phpProf. Gavin HesterToo Frustrated to Order: The Tale of Quantum Spin Liquids
Thu, 19-Feb-2026 4:30 pm UTCUniversité LavalProf. Marie-Cécile PiroTowards detecting the invisible: Dark Matter
Fri, 20-Feb-2026 1:45 pm UTCUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresDr. Hilding NeilsonSpace is part of the Land: Moving from colonialism and space exploitation to Indigenous models of operating in Space
Mon, 23-Feb-2026Université LavalDr. Hilding NeilsonSpace is part of the Land: Moving from colonialism and space exploitation to Indigenous models of operating in Space
Tue, 24-Feb-2026 3:00 pm UTCCarleton UniversityProf. David SivakEvolution is an Engineer: Life’s Molecular Machines
Thu, 26-Feb-2026University of OttawaProf. David SivakEvolution is an Engineer: Life’s Molecular Machines
Fri, 27-Feb-2026 4:30 pm UTCUniversité du Québec à Trois-RivièresProf. Marie-Cécile PiroTowards detecting the invisible: Dark Matter
Tue, 03-Mar-2026University of SaskatchewanProf. Douglas ScottThe Physics of Science Fiction Films
Wed, 04-Mar-2026 1:00 pm UTCUniversity of ReginaProf. Douglas ScottThe Physics of Science Fiction Films
Fri, 06-Mar-2026 11:30 am UTCUniversity of WinnipegProf. Douglas ScottThe Physics of Science Fiction Films
Sat, 07-Mar-2026 4:00 pm UTCUniversity of Prince Edward IslandProf. Paul ScholzFast radio bursts: What are they and where do they come from?
Tue, 10-Mar-2026 4:00 pm UTCUniversity of GuelphProf. Heliudson BernardoThe Quantum Hall Effect for Gravity
Wed, 11-Mar-2026Perimeter InstituteProf. Heliudson BernardoThe Quantum Hall Effect for Gravity
Thu, 12-Mar-2026Université SherbrookeProf. Mauricio BarbiPhysics Applied to Paleontology - Search for Soft Tissues in Fossils
Fri, 13-Mar-2026 1:00 pm UTCBishop's UniversityProf. Mauricio BarbiPhysics Applied to Paleontology - Search for Soft Tissues in Fossils
Wed, 18-Mar-2026 1:30 pm UTCUniversity of LethbridgeProf. Joern DavidsenPhysics of Complex Systems: Criticality in nature
Wed, 25-Mar-2026Simon Fraser University (talk in English)Prof. Manu ParanjapeGravity and Quantum Mechanics/Gravitation et la Mécanique Quantique
Tue, 31-Mar-2026 1:00 pm UTCYork UniversityProf. Amir MirzaeiFueling the Future: Physicists and Hydrogen Economy