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

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Current Events

TRIUMF Hosts Spring InterActions Meeting

17 May 2012

TRIUMF recently hosted the annual spring meeting of the InterActions collaboration, an international group of particle physics communicators.

Awards & Honours

Dr. Myers Awarded CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal

27 April 2012

Robert Myers has been awarded the CAP-TRIUMF Vogt Medal for Contributions to Subatomic Physics for his work on string theory.

Current Events

TRIUMF Recruiting Passionate Speakers

20 April 2012

TRIUMF is looking for scientists passionate about their work and interested in public speaking

Workshops & Conferences

High School Students Attend Masterclass

19 April 2012

High school students from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island attended the Particle Physics Masterclass at UBC and UVic.

From the Director

Adieu to Jean-Michel Poutissou

12 April 2012

Jean-Michel Poutissou, and his wife Renee, fully retired from TRIUMF at the beginning of April. Over the years, they have contributed to nearly every success of the lab. 

Current Events

Makoto Fujiwara Wins John Dawson Award

04 April 2012

TRIUMF scientist, Makoto Fujiwara, has won the 2011 John Dawson Award for his work on the ALPHA project at CERN.

Current Events

Science World Hosts Emily Carr/TRIUMF Art

04 April 2012

Starting this weekend, a collection of art created by Emily Carr University students through TRIUMF's Artists in Residence program will be displayed at Science World. 

Current Events

TRIUMF to Change its Name

01 April 2012

In an unexpected turn of events related to the release of the Government of Canada's Budget 2012 this past Thursday evening, TRIUMF will be changing its name.

From the Director

Measuring Research

28 March 2012

Measuring the quality of research--or the researcher--has long been a challenge.  The Globe & Mail has recently featured an effort to rank Canada's talent, and TRIUMF-associated stars do well.

Current Events

Meet One of Canada's Smartest People

17 March 2012

Laura Suen, a TRIUMF Research Assistant, placed second in the CBC's "Canada's Smartest Person" challenge.