The CAP has established 13 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: Chitra Rangan |
Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP)
Chair: Emma Spanswick |
| Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC)
Chair: Karl-Peter Marzlin |
Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP)
Chair: Michel Gingras |
| Division of Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI)
Chair: Steffon Luoma |
Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP)
Chair: Corina Andreoiu |
| Division of Physics Education (DPE)
Chair: Daria Ahrensmeier |
Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)
Chair: Emily Heath |
| Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
Chair: Lénaïc Couëdel |
Division of Surface Sciences (DSS)
Chair: Steve Patitsas |
| Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP)
Chair: Mark Walton |
Division on the History of Physics (DHP)
Chair: Patrick Clancy |
| Particle Physics Division (PPD)
Chair: Marie-Cécile Piro |
External Divisions
| Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) |