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1 The Canadian Association of Physicists L'Association canadienne des physiciens et physiciennes The 2015 CAP Lecture Tour www.cap.ca CAPhys The Canadian Association of Physicists @CAPhys Celebrating and promoting: Current developments in physics Physics research and education in Canada The CAP The International Year of Light

2 What is the Canadian Association of Physicists? A national network of 1600 member physicists working in Canadian educational, industrial, and research settings; The voice of Canadian physicists to government, granting agencies, and international societies; A sponsor and supporter of physics events and activities in Canada, including: - CAP annual congress - Our journal: Physics in Canada - Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference

3 What can CAP do for you? A professional certification program for practicing physicists Events and activities, including: - CAP annual congress - Our journal: Physics in Canada - Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference - University Prize Examination - Stoicheff Memorial Graduate Scholarship - and more! Free memberships to: - undergraduate physics students*. - Physics graduate students* (one year’s free full membership and reduced fees in first four years after graduation.) Join the CAP today at www.cap.ca *in Canada

4 NEW ON THE CAP website! List of graduate programs offered in physics departments at Canadian institutions, with links to the departmental websites (based on the annual survey of CAP departmental members) http://www.cap.ca/en/students-educators/graduate-programs

5 International Year of Light and Light-based Technologies (IYL2015) http://www.light2015.org/Home.html Opening ceremonies - Paris, January 19-20, 2015 CAP activities:  CAP Lecture Tour  Special issues of Physics in Canada – No. 1 and No. 4 (2015)  Focus on light at the June 2015 CAP Congress (University of Alberta)  Public lecture: Miguel Alcubierre – “Faster than the Speed of Light”  Student activities at various universities  Activities by many other groups: CLS, COPL, CPIC, Science Museums... Check CAP web site for updates on activities – www.cap.ca/iyl2015

6 The 2015 CAP Lecture Tour Special thanks to all contributors to the CAP Foundation which supports this tour, including: Individual Members Member Departments Corporate Members Science Atlantic And our National and Regional Coordinators, the CAP Office, volunteer fund raisers, our sponsors, CAP member/host physics departments, our outstanding CAP member volunteer speakers, Canadian physics student societies and YOU – our audience ! We hope you enjoy this event!


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