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CAP Medal and Award Winners

The Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) and its medal partners are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 CAP medals.

The 2023 medalists have been invited to give a plenary lecture as part of the 2023 CAP Conference program, and to receive their medals at the Medalists' Recognition Dinner in Fredericton, NB on Wednesday, June 21, 2023. Please refer to the Congress-at-a-glance for the schedule of plenary lectures by the CAP medal winners. If any of the medalists are unable to attend the conference, their medal will be presented at another mutually agreed upon time or sent to them separately after the conference.

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The 2023 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Robert Myers, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, in recognition of his ground-breaking research in quantum field theory and quantum gravity, and his central role in the founding of the Perimeter Institute.

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The 2022 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Charles Gale, McGill University, in recognition of his profound contributions as a world leader in high-energy nuclear science, and in the physics of strongly interacting matter under extreme conditions of high temperature and density .

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The 2021 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Robert Brandenberger, McGill University, in recognition of to recognize his coupling of ground-breaking developments in theoretical cosmology with recent dramatic advances in observational astronomy of the early universe.

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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.

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The 2019 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Douglas Bonn, University of British Columbia, in recognition of for his accomplishments in quantum materials that have advanced our understanding of high-temperature superconductors.

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The 2018 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Jean-Michel Poutissou, TRIUMF, in recognition of for his lifelong contributions to the field of experimental particle physics. Jean-Michel’s decades-long research career includes pioneering work on precision measurements of rare decays and their implications for the Standard Model, ground-breaking work on the use of off-axis neutrino beams for studying neutrino oscillations. Moreover, having served as TRIUMF’s Associate/Science Director for 21 years, he’s dedicated decades of outstanding leadership and stewardship in transforming TRIUMF into a world-class multidisciplinary research laboratory.

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The 2017 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Mark Sutton, McGill University, in recognition of for pioneering the development of coherent and time-resolved X-ray scattering techniques for the study of materials, and his resulting contributions to our understanding of materials and phase transitions.

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The 2016 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Gilles Fontaine, Université de Montréal, in recognition of for his pioneering, world-renowned work in theoretical and observational studies of white dwarf stars and the late stages of stellar evolution, including major contributions to the equation of state for white dwarfs and investigations of pulsating compact stars, as well as the discovery of a new class of subdwarf pulsators. His leadership has built what is arguably the preeminent group in the world in this field.

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The 2015 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

John F. Martin, University of Toronto / IPP, in recognition of for his contributions to experimental particle physics and his leadership role in the international physics community.

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The 2014 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

André-Marie Tremblay, Université de Sherbrooke, in recognition of for his pioneering work in the theory of Quantum Materials.

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The 2013 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

David John Lockwood, National Research Council, in recognition of for his distinguished and sustained contributions to the elucidation of the optical properties of solids, low-dimensional semiconductor systems, and in particular light-emission from silicon, as well as his contributions to the advancement of physics in Canada and worldwide.

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The 2012 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Gordon W. Semenoff, University of British Columbia, in recognition of for his seminal contributions to quantum field theory, statistical mechanics and condensed matter physics.

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The 2011 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

See L. Chin, Université Laval, in recognition of for his outstanding contributions to ultrafast intense laser science.

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The 2010 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

J. Richard Bond, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, in recognition of for his broad and fundamental contributions to cosmology and astrophysics, and his leadership which has contributed greatly to Canada's well-recognized efforts in these areas. He has developed the study of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background into a powerful tool for the understanding of the structure and history of our universe.

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The 2009 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Richard Peltier, University of Toronto, in recognition of for his seminal contributions to understanding the physics of the earth, including glacial isostatic adjustment, mantle convection, fluid dynamics of the atmosphere and oceans, and global climate variability.

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The 2008 CAP Medal for Lifetime Achievement in Physics is awarded to

Louis Taillefer, Universite de Sherbrooke, in recognition of for his strong leadership in condensed matter research, resulting in the discovery of multi-component superconductivity, the first observed violation of the Wiedemann-Franz universal ratio of charge and heat conductivities, and an experimental breakthrough in high-temperature superconductors, where quantum oscillations were discovered.

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