National Public Lecture Tour

"Was Einstein Right?"

Biography of Dr. Will  :  short version    long version

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Locations

Dr. Will's tour began with the Herzberg Memorial Public Lecture in the Chan Centre of the University of British Columbia on Sunday, June 5, 2005. This talk was the Keynote Address of the 2005 CAP Congress. The talk was preceded by a performance, by the Borealis String Quartet, of a composition especially commissioned by the Canadian Association of Physicists in celebration of the World Year of Physics. The piece was composed by Aaron Hryciw, a PhD physics student at the University of Alberta.

During the Fall of 2005, Dr. Will will complete his national tour. At this time, it is planned that, to supplement the BC talk on June 5, the tour (which will include the string quartet where noted) will reach an additional 20 centres across Canada, as follows:

October 17 - 27

City	Coordinator	Location	Date	Time
London	Jodi Guthrie, UWO	Public Lecture, with quartet - Althouse College Auditorium, University of Western Ontario, 1137 Western Road Directions Parking	Monday, 2005 Oct. 17	7:00 p.m. public
Hamilton	Ralph Pudritz, McMaster U. "Origins Lecture Series" (In collaboration with Brock U.)	Public Lecture, with quartet - Chester New Hall, Room 104, McMaster University Capacity:403 Local Website	Tuesday, 2005 Oct. 18	7:00 p.m.
		McMaster U. for colloquium	Wednesday, 2005 Oct. 19	3:30-4:30 p.m.
Toronto	Michael Luke, U.Toronto (In collaboration with York U., Trent U., Ryerson U.)	Public Lecture - Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, 252 Bloor St. W., Auditorium - Room 161/2 Capacity:500 Direction & Parking Poster	Wednesday, 2005 Oct. 19	7:30 p.m.
Kingston	David Hanes, Queen's U. "Cave Lecture Series" (In collaboration with RMC)	Public Lecture, with quartet - Duncan MacArthur Hall, Faculty of Education (West Campus), Queen's University	Thursday, 2005 Oct. 20	7:00 p.m.
Ottawa	Randall Brooks, CSTM, Richard Hodgson, U.Ottawa, Paul Johns, Carleton U., Diana Hall, Bell High School	high school student lecture - Canada Museum of Science and Technology, Lancaster Road, Ottawa	Friday, 2005 Oct. 21	11:00 a.m. (schools arrive around 10:00 a.m. to tour WYP MegaScience exhibit) - registration handled through schools/ museum
		Location for technical lecture - Carleton U. (Steacie 103) - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective"	Friday, 2005 Oct. 21	2:00 p.m. (for Physics and Engineering Physics Bachelors students and graduate students at Carleton and UOttawa; registration not required)
		Private function - Canada Museum of Science and Technology Capacity:250 Directions	Friday, 2005 Oct. 21 (invitation only)	5:15 p.m. cocktails and exhibit tour; 6:30 p.m. lecture (invitation only event)
		PUBLIC LECTURE, with quartet - Auditorium, Marion Hall, 140 Louis Pasteur, U.Ottawa View Map	Saturday, 2005 Oct. 22 (public)	7:00 p.m. (Register)
St. John's photos of event Corner Brook	John Whitehead, MUN "Celebrate Memorial Lecture"	Public Lecture - IIC 2001, Inco Innovation Centre (with simultaneous broadcast to lecture theatre of Cornerbrook campus), Memorial University St. John'sWebsite St. John's Poster Corner Brook Poster	Monday, 2005 Oct. 24	7:30 p.m. for public, with reception
Antigonish	Michael Steinitz, St. F-X	Public Lecture - Charles Keating Millennium Centre, St. Francis Xavier University Capacity:1000 Local Website Directions	Tuesday, 2005 Oct. 25	8:00 p.m.
Halifax	Anne-Marie Jeffrey Dalhousie Univ. (In collaboration with St. Mary's U., UPEI)	Public Lecture - Scotiabank Auditorium, Marion McCain Arts and Social Sciences Building, 6135 University Avenue, Halifax	Thursday, 2005 Oct. 27	7:00 p.m.

November 7 - 19

City	Coordinator	Location	Date	Time
Sudbury	Franco Mariotti, Science North (In collaboration with Laurentian U., Trent U.?)	tour of SNO lab (underground tour)	Monday, 2005 Nov. 7	9:30 a.m.
		Public Lecture - IMAX Theatre, Science North		7:30 p.m.
Fredericton	Li-Hong Xu, UNB (In collaboration with U.Moncton, Mount Allison U.)	UNB, Room T303, for technical talk - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective"	Tuesday, 2005 Nov. 8	3:30 p.m.
		MacLaggan Hall Auditorium, Room N105, 33 Dineen Drive for public lecture, with quartet		7:30 p.m., followed by reception in Room N18
Quebec City	R. Lessard, Laval Univ. (In collaboration with local CEGEPs)	Public Lecture - salle 1112, pavillon Adrien-Pouliot, Université Laval	Wednesday, 2005 Nov. 9	7:00 p.m.
Montreal (English lecture)	Maria Kilfoil , McGill Univ. RSC "Cutting Edge of Science Series" (in collaboration with Michael Mackey of Royal Society of Canada), and Mariana Frank, Concordia U.	Public Lecture -Redpath Museum, 859 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal (Overflow room arranged at Leacock Building, Room 219, 855 Sherbrooke Street West	Thursday, 2005 Nov. 10	6:00 p.m.
Montreal (French lecture)	Francois Schiettekatte, U.Montreal (In collaboration with UQAM and U.Sherbrooke) Endroit Site Web	Public Lecture - Auditorium Z-110, Pavillon Claire-McNicoll	Friday, 2005 Nov. 11	11:45 a.m.
Sherbrooke (French lecture)	Denis Morris , U. Sherbrooke	public lecture - Room D2-1060, Université de Sherbrooke, Département de physique, 2500 boul Université, Sherbrooke, QC Capacity:400 Local Website	Friday, 2005 Nov. 11	7:30 p.m.
Winnipeg	Randy Kobes, U.Winnipeg and Gerald Gwinner, U.Manitoba "Distinguished lecturer" (In collaboration with Brandon U.)	U.Manitoba/UWinnipeg technical lecture - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective" - exact location tba	Monday, 2005 Nov. 14	2:00 p.m.
		Public lecture, with quartet- Muriel Richardson Auditorium, Winnipeg Art Gallery, followed by a reception at the Art Gallery. (5) Local Website Poster		7:00 p.m.
Regina (register)	Zisis Papandreou, U.Regina (Prairie Particle Physics Institute at Regina) "The Richard Feynman Memorial Lecture Series"	U.Regina for technical lecture - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective"	Tuesday, 2005 Nov. 15	2:00 p.m.
		Public lecture, with quartet - Dr. William Riddell Centre, University of Regina (10) Local Website		8:00 p.m.
Saskatoon (register)	Rob Pywell, U.Sask.	U.Saskatchewan for technical lecture - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective"	Wednesday, 2005 Nov. 16	2:00 p.m.
		Public lecture, with quartet - Convocation Hall, College Building , University of Saskatchewan -- see announcement at U.Sask website. Capacity:350 (unlimited) Local Website		7:30 p.m.
Edmonton	Sharon Morsink , U.Alberta (In collaboration with Athabasca U.)	Visit to local science museum, "Telus World of Science", where meets and talks with local junior and senior high school students	Thursday, 2005 Nov. 17	1:30 p.m.
		Public Lecture, with quartet - Myer Horowitz Theatre, University of Alberta Local Website		6:45 p.m.; reception to follow
Calgary (register)	David Hobill, U.Calgary (In collaboration with U.Lethbridge and Mount Royal College)	U.Calgary for technical lecture - "The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment: A Centenary Perspective"	Friday, 2005 Nov. 18	3:30 p.m.
		Public lecture - University of Calgary, ICT Building, Main Floor		8:00 p.m.
Victoria (register)	Mike Roney , U.Victoria	Public lecture - Fraser Auditorium, Murray and Anne Fraser Building, University of Victoria	Saturday, 2005 Nov. 19	7:30 p.m.

TOUR ENDS NOVEMBER 19TH

NOTE: As the specific details of the tour become available, they will be added to this page and will be posted to the Events Section of the website.