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
| Division for Gender Equity in Physics (DGEP)
2021/22 Chair: James Botte |
Division of Atmospheric and Space Physics (DASP)
2021/22 Chair: Emma Spanswick |
| Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canada (DAMOPC)
2021/22 Chair: Jens Lassen |
Division of Condensed Matter and Materials Physics (DCMMP)
2021/22 Chair: Michel Gingras |
| Division of Applied Physics and Instrumentation (DAPI)
2021/22 Chair: Steffon Luoma |
Division of Nuclear Physics (DNP)
2021/22 Chair: Michael Gericke |
| Division of Physics Education (DPE)
2021/22 Chair: Daria Ahrensmeier |
Division of Physics in Medicine and Biology (DPMB)
2021/22 Chair: Cornelia Hoehr |
| Division of Plasma Physics (DPP)
2021/22 Chair: Ahmad Hamdan |
Division of Surface Sciences (DSS)
2021/22 Chair: Steve Patitsas |
| Division of Theoretical Physics (DTP)
2021/22 Chair: Randy Lewis |
Division on the History of Physics (DHP)
2021/22 Chair: Francesco Barletta |
| Particle Physics Division (PPD)
2021/22 Chair: Matthias Danninger |
External Divisions
| Canadian Geophysical Union (CGU) |