Lectures

List of all lectures since 2019.

 

Fusion Energy - Bringing the Power of the Sun and Stars to Earth

Mar 04, 2026 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Dr. Spencer Pitcher, CEO of Stellarax Group Ltd, gives a talk on fusion energy research and the roadmap for Canada's fusion energy development. General admission is free but registration is required.

Living with Alien Beings—How we can coexist with superintelligent AI

Jan 29, 2026 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

With speaker Prof. Geoffrey Hinton, "The Godfather of AI" - 2024 Nobel Physics Laureate.

Knowing our Universe from a Hole in the Ground

Jan 17, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Ewan Lecture - Art McDonald, Âé¶¹ÍøÕ¾

"Our Expanding Universe"

Sep 21, 2023 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Ewan Lecture - Jim Peebles, Princeton

"The Fast Radio Sky"

Mar 23, 2023 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Ewan Lecture - Vicky Kaspi, McGill University

Women's Work at the Dawn Astrophysics

Sep 29, 2021 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Cave Lecture - Dr. Dava Sobel, Author of Longitude, Galileo’s Daughter, The Planets, A More Perfect Heaven, and The Glass Universe

Taking the Earth’s temperature: The Physics of Climate Change

Mar 12, 2020 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm

CAP Lecture - Prof. Kent Moore, University of Toronto Mississauga

MI Seminar

Mar 21, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

McDonald Institute Seminar - Prof. Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto

Dark Sectors in Electron Fixed-Target Experiments

Mar 14, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

McDonald Institute Seminar - Prof. Miriam Diamond, University of Toronto

The Quantum Revolution

Feb 28, 2019 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Cave Lecture - Dr. Shohini Ghose Professor, Physics and Computer Science, Wilfred Laurier University Director, Centre for Women in Science (WinS)

Image-guided radiation therapy of cancer: Seeing what you are treating

Feb 11, 2019 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm

CAP Lecture - Dr. Elsayed Ali, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre

Neutrinos, Nobel and the Nature of the Universe

Dec 07, 2016 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Public Lecture - Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus Art McDonald, Âé¶¹ÍøÕ¾ University