Activities

Locations and Attendance

Year Venue Number of Participants Keynote Speaker Keynote Title
2011 Memorial University of Newfoundland 463 Dr. Rolf Heuer, Director-General, CERN The Large Hadron Collider LHC: Entering a new era of fundamental science
2010 University of Toronto 855 Dr. Charles Townes, University of California at Berkeley 50th Anniversary of the Laser
2009 University of Moncton 418 Dr. Laurent Drissen, Université Laval The Splendours and Miseries of Massive Stars
2008 Laval University 642 Dr. Raymond Laflamme, Institute for Quantum Computing/University of Waterloo Harnessing the Quantum World
2007 University of Saskatchewan 601 Dr. Carl Wieman, University of British Columbia A Science Education in the 21st Century : Using the Tools of Science to Teach Science
2006 Brock University 460 Ernest L. McFarland, University of Guelph Energy: Where on Earth are we Going?
2005 University of British Columbia 585 Dr. Clifford Will, Washington University, St. Louis Was Einstein Right?
2004 Delta Hotel Winnipeg (organized by U.Manitoba) 688 Dr. P. James E. Peebles, Princeton University A Cosmic Picture Show: Images from Astronomy
2003 University of Prince Edward Island 501 Dr. David Southwood, Director of Science, European Space Agency Space Near and Far - Exploring our Universe and our Place in it
2002 Quebec Convention Centre 1089 Dr. Eric Cornell, University of Colorado Bose-Einstein Condensation Experiments in an Ultracold Atomic Gas
2001 University of Victoria 389 Dr. Kip Thorne, Caltech University Gravitational Waves : A New Window onto the Universe
2000 York University 495 Robert Park, American Physical Society Voodoo Science
1999 University of New Brunswick 303 Robert (Bob) McDonald, Host of CBC's 'Quirks and Quarks' Program Science in the Third Millennium : A Journalist’s Perspective
1998 University of Waterloo 433 Dr. Steven Chu, Stanford University Laser Cooling and Trapping of Atoms and Particles
1997 University of Calgary 360 Dr. Carol Christian, Director, Public Outreach, Space Telescope Science Institute Recent Results from the Hubble Space Telescope
1996 University of Ottawa 485 Sir John Maddox, Former Editor of "Nature" Magazine Where is Science Heading?
1995 Laval University 662 Prof. Arthur L. Schawlow, Stanford University Fifty Years of Physics and Physicists
1994 University of Regina 280 Prof. Allan Bromley, Sterling Professor of the Sciences, Yale University Physics and the 21st Century
1993 Simon Fraser University 405    
1992 University of Windsor 401 Prof. Kenneth Wilson, Ohio State University Overall Issues for Educational Reform in the U.S.
1991 University of Manitoba 332 Richard Taylor, Stanford Linear Accelerator Centre Inside the Proton
1990 Memorial University of Newfoundland 287    
1989 University of Guelph 473    
1988 University of Montreal (joint with APS) 620    
1987 University of Toronto 656    
1986 University of Alberta 350    
1985 University of New Brunswick 349    
1984 University of Sherbrooke 552    
1983 University of Victoria (joint with CASCA) 545 The Honorable Donald J. Johnston, Minister of State, Economic Development and Science & Technology Opening Address
1982 Queen's University/Royal Military College 494    
1981 Dalhousie University 402    
1980 McMaster University 511    
1979 University of British Columbia 443    
1978 University of Western Ontario 423    
1977 University of Saskachewan 357    
1976 Laval University, joint with APS/SMF 824    
1975 York University 609    
1974 Memorial University of Newfoundland 571    
1973 University of Montreal 581    
1972 University of Alberta 645    
1971 Carleton University 804    
1970 University of Manitoba joint with APS/SMF 842    
1969 University of Waterloo 548    
1968 University of Alberta 516    
1967 University of Toronto with APS/SMF 1200    
1966 University of Sherbrooke 341    
1965 University of British Columbia 388    
1964 Dalhousie University      
1963 Laval University      
1962 McMaster University      
1961 Sir George Williams University      
1960 Queen's University      
1959 University of Saskatchewan      
1958 McMaster University      
1957 University of Ottawa      
1956 University of Montreal      
1955 University of Toronto with APS      
1954 University of Manitoba      
1953 University of Western Ontario      
1952 Laval University      
1951 McGill University/University of Montreal with Learned Societies      
1950 McMaster University      
1949 Laval University      
1948 National Research Council      
1947 University of Western Ontario      
1946 University of Toronto