The CAP has established 14 internal divisions and 1 external division to more deeply support and promote specialized areas of interest in physics. Division Chairs participate on the CAP Advisory Committee and the Congress Program Committee. For more information on a Division and its activities, follow the links below.
Internal Divisions
| Committee to Encourage Women in Physics (CEWIP)
Chair: A.W. Peet |
Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP)
Chair: Johnathan Burchill |
| Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC)
Chair: Karl-Peter Marzlin |
Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP)
Chair: Graeme Luke |
| Division of Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI) (formerly: Division of Instrumentation and Measurement Physics and Division of Industrial and Applied Physics)
Chair: Kirk Michaelian |
Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP)
Chair: Gerald Gwinner |
| Division of Physics Education (DPE)
Chair: Patricia Mitchler |
Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)
Chair: Luc Beaulieu |
| Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
Chair: Michael Bradley |
Division of Surface Sciences (DSS)
Chair: Steve Patitsas |
| Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP)
Chair: Ariel Edery |
Division on the History of Physics (DHP)
Chair: Louis Marchildon |
| Particle Physics Division (PPD)
Chair: Alison Lister |
External Divisions
| Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) |