Canada's National Laboratory for Particle and Nuclear Physics Laboratoire national canadien pour la recherche en physique nucléaire et en physique des particules

About TRIUMF

About-TRIUMF

About Us

TRIUMF is one of the world’s leading subatomic physics laboratories. It brings together dedicated physicists and interdisciplinary talent, sophisticated technical resources, and commercial partners in a way that has established the laboratory...

Message from the Director

There is a new level of buzz and activity at TRIUMF. You can sense the anticipation in the air. Everywhere, things are moving and stuff is appearing around the site—boxes, shipping crates, metal pipes, cables magnets, vacuum pumps. No longer are we the "tidy" laboratory, at least not for the next few years. People are busy, very busy. Busy with science. Busy with projects...

Local Community

As a world-leading research laboratory, TRIUMF takes its commitment to the citizens of Canada seriously. A key component of that commitment is a formal education & outreach program with a mission of promoting science and research in the public arena...


International Partners

The pursuit of key questions in physics requires the pooled talents and resources of multiple nations. No country can insulate itself from the global scientific community without seriously handicapping its own scientific and technological ability...

 

Canadian University Partners

Canadian research is largely driven by the research programs of Canadian universities. In many fields, including nuclear and particle physics, the scientific quest for a greater understanding of nature exceeds the resources of any single institution...

Driving Canadian Innovation

TRIUMF’s mission focuses both on basic research and its translation into the commercial market with added-value products and services. TRIUMF has positioned itself as a bridge across the traditional “valley of death” that separates inspiration and discovery...