Events

On behalf of the UBC Postdoctoral Association, we are pleased to announce that UBC Postdoctoral Research Day 2026 will be held on Monday, November 30 at the Life Sciences Institute (2350 Health Sciences Mall).

This annual event celebrates the diverse research of UBC’s postdoctoral fellows. The day will feature oral and poster presentations, a keynote talk, a panel discussion, and networking opportunities with peers and faculty across disciplines.

Hey Everyone! We have a FREE SCIENCE SHOW for you!

We invite you to our amazing science discovery event, our 2026 Faraday Show! happening on Sunday, November 29th, 2026 in HEBB theatre, from 1-3pm.

This Free event is for scientists of all ages and their families who are keen to discover science!

Many-body systems host states where many different degrees of freedom are intertwined. This makes them exceptionally difficult to investigate, but also gives unprecedented opportunity to control energy and information transfer across chemical and physical states. In this talk, I will show some recent efforts to study and control these interactions leveraging the technique of resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS). In the first part of the talk, I will show our discovery of intertwined interactions between plasmons and high-order phonons in the layered copper oxides [1,2].

Welcome to this Pioneers in Theoretical Physics colloquia featuring Professor Priyamvada Natarajan, Professor of Astronomy and Professor of Physics at Yale University.

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An image showing gravitational lensing.

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Prof. Renee Hložek is an Assistant Professor of Astrophysics at the Dunlap Institute in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto in Canada.

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We will have Ian Bell from InnovationUBC come share information and insights into the challenges and supports available for innovation in quantum science and technology. There will be lots of time for questions and discussion so please bring your thoughts and questions!

Ian brings more than 25 years of progressively senior experience across academic technology transfer, industry, and government, with a career focused on building partnerships, advancing knowledge translation, supporting commercialization, and connecting researchers with external partners and opportunities.

Welcome to our 2026 PHAS Career Night

For all Physics & Astronomy undergrads, come and meet PHAS graduates who have carved out interesting and varied non-academic careers in physics and astronomy fields. Our alumni panel will share their stories, tips, tricks and recommendations on driving your own career path with a Physics, Astronomy, or science degree in Canada and abroad. 

Panelists, faculty and staff will be available after the presentations for questions and networking!

This Learning Together series aims to foster a deeper understanding of historical and contemporary issues through structured dialogue. Past sessions have covered UBC's relationship with Musqueam, the Chinese Head Tax, and the legacy of Hogan's Alley.

*This workshop is for the UBC Physics Community, including PHAS students, staff, faculty and postdocs*

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This session will start with a short summary of the topic, based on pre-readings. All present will take part in turn-based sharing, and discussion.

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Title: Unearthing the Stellar Fossil Record of our Evolving Galaxy

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Search for Dark Showers at the Belle II Experiment

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