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
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