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2020 CAP Medal and Award Winners

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The 2020 CAP/DCMMP Brockhouse Medal is awarded to

Alexandre Blais, Université de Sherbrooke, in recognition of for his pioneering contributions to, and continued leadership in, the field of quantum information science. His theoretical research has greatly influenced the forefront experiments in this field.


"I am honoured and thankful for receiving the 2020 Brockhouse Medal and am I thrilled to be a part of the Canadian physics community. This award would not have been possible without the many talented students, postdocs and collaborators with which I had the privilege of working with over the years."

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The 2020 CAP Medal for Excellence in Teaching Undergraduate Physics is awarded to

Kenneth Ragan, McGill University, in recognition of for his overall accomplishments in teaching, and the promotion of quality teaching at his institution and within the CAP. He has taught many different courses spanning the range from large introductory courses for non-specialists to upper-level courses for final-year honours students and graduate students. His deep physics knowledge, along with his passion for physics and for his students, makes him a perfect candidate for the CAP Medal in Undergraduate Physics Teaching.


"I feel honoured and privileged to receive this award from the Canadian Association of Physicists. The CAP and the broader physics community include many outstanding individuals, whose work through the Division of Physics Education enriches and informs us all as educators. I'm deeply honoured to be recognized by this group."

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The 2020 CAP Herzberg Medal is awarded to

Ebrahim Karimi, University of Ottawa, in recognition of for his innovative leadership in developing structured quantum waves for applications to quantum communication and computation, microscopy and materials science.


"It is an absolute honour and privilege to be recognised by our colleagues in the Canadian physics community. This recognition is shared with all the members of SQO team, colleagues, and collaborators. This prestigious Medal and recognition will help us to continue to entice brilliant researchers who are the driving force behind our research endeavors."

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The 2020 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Eric Hessels, York University, in recognition of for his world leadership in advancing the state of the art for high precision atomic physics measurements, and their significance as tests of fundamental physics.


"I am very honoured to receive this award. I would like to acknowledge the hard work and intelligence of my students and collaborators, as the work being honoured here would not have been possible without them.”"

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The 2020 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Contributions to Subatomic Physics is awarded to

Gordon C. Ball, TRIUMF, in recognition of for fundamental contributions to low-energy tests of the Standard Model through ultra-high precision measurements of superallowed Fermi beta decays and for his leadership in the development of the ISAC science program at TRIUMF.


"I am truly honoured to be the recipient of the 2020 CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal. To be chosen for this award by the Canadian Subatomic Physics community is a very humbling experience. I am especially grateful to all my ISAC-science collaborators with whom I wish to share this recognition."

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INO view medal information back to top

The 2020 CAP-INO Medal for Outstanding Achievement in Applied Photonics was not awarded this year.

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The 2020 CAP-CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics was deferred this year.