Transcript Canadian Association of Physicists

L'Association
canadienne des
physiciens et
physiciennes
The Canadian
Association
of Physicists
The 2011 CAP
Undergraduate Lecture Tour
Celebrating and promoting:
• 100th anniversary of Superconductivity
• 25th anniversary of High-Tc
• current developments in physics
• physics in Canada and the CAP !
www.cap.ca
WITH THANKS TO:
Our institutional and corporate sponsors in celebration of
Superconductivity’s 100th Anniversary:
• Atlantic Provinces Interprovincial Council for Sciences
• Canadian Institute for Photonic Innovations
• Canadian Light Source
• Institute for Quantum Computing
And to all of the individual CAP members and member
departments who contribute to the
Educational Trust Fund, which
supports this tour.
What is the Canadian Association of
Physicists?
• A national
network of physicists working in Canadian
educational, industrial, and research settings (~ 1600 members!)
• A strong and effective advocacy group for support of, and
excellence in, physics research and education.
• A sponsor and supporter of physics events
and activities in Canada, including:
- CAP annual congress
- Our journal: Physics in Canada
- Canadian Undergraduate Physics Journal
- Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference
CAP represents the voice of Canadian physicists to government,
granting agencies, and international scientific societies.
Student Memberships
CAP offers free memberships to
undergraduate Physics students*
Physics graduate students* are
offered one year’s free Full
membership and reduced fees in
first four years after graduation.
Careers in Physics website :
* (in Canada)
Winners of best student posters at
2010 CAP Congress are presented with
their prizes during the banquet
Join CAP online today: www.cap.ca
www.cap.ca
Student Activities and Opportunities
The CAP's Educational Trust Fund (ETF) is a charitable fund
which supports the many activities undertaken by the CAP in
support of physics education and physics student activities. The
fund derives all of its income from Member donations.
The ETF supports many activities to
encourage excellent physics students, e.g.:
• the annual CAP Lecture Tour
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the CAP High School Prize Examination
the Lloyd G. Elliot University Prize Examination
the Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference
the Canada-Wide Science Fair
the Canadian Physics Olympiad
Thank you again to our many donors!
Please consider giving online today !
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Professional Certification
P.Phys.
The Canadian Association of Physicists offers a professional
certification program, now with over 228 members.
Undergraduate students in 3rd and 4th year physics (or closely
related programs) and graduate students are encouraged to
write the Professional Certification exam, which is one of the
requirements of the program.
The Professional Certification exam is offered in late January
in Physics departments across the country.
for more information, visit : www.cap.ca
The 2011 CAP Undergraduate
Lecture Tour
Special thanks to our National and Regional Coordinators, the CAP
Office, volunteer fund raisers, our individual and corporate sponsors,
CAP member / host physics departments,
our outstanding CAP volunteer speakers,
Canadian physics student societies and
YOU – our audience !
We hope
you enjoy
this event !
H. Kamerlingh Onnes
H. Kamerlingh Onnes