Departmental Colloquium

For Winter 2026

The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy organizes a weekly colloquium during the winter and fall semesters. The physics colloquium is an important community event for all department members, including faculty, undergraduate students, graduate students, and all researchers, to learn about various research activities and exciting developments in the worldwide physics community. Undergraduate students are especially encouraged to attend. After the colloquium, we encourage undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral scholars to meet with speakers in the physics lounge. Currently, the physics colloquium takes place on Fridays at 1:30 pm  in STI A unless indicated otherwise. You can find this semester’s colloquium schedule below.

 

Date Speaker Affiliation Research Interest/Area
Jan 9 John Schreiner Âé¶¹ÍøÕ¾ Medical Physics
Jan 23 Mike McDonald MIT Black holes, Galaxies
Jan 29 * Chi-Kwan "CK" Chan Steward Observatory, U of Arizona Black holes, Astrophysics
Jan 30 Geoffrey Hinton University of Toronto Artificial intelligence (AI)
Feb 17-20   R E A D I N G    W E E K  
Feb 27 Stewart Prager Princeton University Astrophysics
March 5 ** Spencer Pitcher Stellarex Group Ltd, CEO Fusion Energy Development in Canada
March 6 Kathryn Hartling Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) Nuclear Physics
March   TBA  
March   TBA  
Apr    TBA  

* Please note that January 29th talk is a special colloquium held on Thursday at 2:30pm, STI C.
** Please note that March 5th talk is a special colloquium held on Thursday at 2:30 pm, STI C.

 

For more detailed information on the talks:

Colloquia List

 

To watch past colloquia videos, please visit:  

 

Physics Department YouTube channel: