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Recent News from CAP

  • CAP's response to NSERC's request for feedback on the Discovery Grants program focuses on three areas of concern
    March 29, 2013
  • Changes proposed for NSERC Post Graduate Scholarship system
    March 28, 2013
  • Proposed 2013 Federal budget seeks return to balanced budgets
    March 22, 2013
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Latest CAP News Bulletin
March 18, 2013 - Vol. 12 No. 1

History

Please find below two articles published in the CAP's Physics in Canada the history of the CAP.

A Brief History of the Canadian Association of Physicists, by Donald D. Betts (March/April 2000)

The Evolution of CAP Activities, by Francine M. Ford (March/April 2000)

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