Name: 2026 Canadian Astroparticle Physics Community Meeting
Start: 2026-07-27T09:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-29T19:00:00-04:00
Location: No location set

2026 Canadian Astroparticle Physics Community Meeting

from Monday, 27 July 2026 (09:00) to Wednesday, 29 July 2026 (19:00)

Monday, 27 July 2026

09:30 HQP Workshop: Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
09:30 - 12:15

12:15 Lunch (Rose Event Commons, 103 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
Lunch (Rose Event Commons, 103 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
12:15 - 13:15

13:15 HQP Workshop: Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
13:15 - 14:45

14:45 Break (Rose Event Commons, 103 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
Break (Rose Event Commons, 103 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
14:45 - 15:00

15:00 HQP Workshop: Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
Beading Astroparticle Physics (Link Lab, 106 Mitchell Hall, 69 Union St.)
15:00 - 16:30

17:30 Social: “Biidaaban”, a New Mixed-Reality Artwork unveiling and artist talks (301D Stirling Hall)
“Biidaaban”, a New Mixed-Reality Artwork unveiling and artist talks (301D Stirling Hall)
17:30 - 19:30

19:30 Break
Break
19:30 - 19:50

19:50 Social: Messengers (Documentary Screening, Stirling Hall 301D)
Messengers (Documentary Screening, Stirling Hall 301D)
19:50 - 20:50
Tuesday, 28 July 2026

08:15 Registration & Breakfast (Biosciences Complex Atrium, 116 Barrie St.)
Registration & Breakfast (Biosciences Complex Atrium, 116 Barrie St.)
08:15 - 09:00

09:00 McDonald Institute: Keynote (1102 Biosciences Complex, 116 Barrie St.)
Keynote (1102 Biosciences Complex, 116 Barrie St.)
09:00 - 09:30

09:30 McDonald Institute: HQPAC Updates (1102 Biosciences Complex)
HQPAC Updates (1102 Biosciences Complex)
09:30 - 09:50

09:50 Noble Elements Workshop Debriefs

09:50 - 10:20

10:20 Break
Break
10:20 - 10:50
10:50 Dark Matter: Experiments (1102 Biosciences Complex, 116 Barrie St.)
Experiments (1102 Biosciences Complex, 116 Barrie St.)
10:50 - 12:50
Contributions

10:50 Dark Matter Experiment Overview - Michela Lai (Queen's University)

11:30 HVeV Run 5: The Latest Generation of High-Voltage, Electronvolt-Scale Cryogenic Silicon Calorimeters in the Search for Dark Matter - Mason Buchanan (University of Toronto)

11:50 The CATCHY Experiment: Scaling Sensitivity with N^2 - Avani Bhardwaj

12:10 Nuclear Physics in Liquid Argon with DEAP-3600 - Peter Taylor (Queens University)
12:50 Lunch (Biosciences Atrium)
Lunch (Biosciences Atrium)
12:50 - 14:00

14:00 Integrated Project Delivery Centre: Overview (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Overview (1102 Biosciences Complex)
14:00 - 15:00

15:00 Break
Break
15:00 - 15:30
15:30 Dark Matter: Bubble Chambers (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Bubble Chambers (1102 Biosciences Complex)
15:30 - 17:30
Contributions

15:30 Status of the Scintillating Bubble Chamber Experiment - Carter Garrah (Queen's University)

15:50 PICO - William Woodley (University of Alberta)

16:10 Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Bulk Fluid Modelling of the SBC Dark Matter Experiment - Ezri Wyman (Queen's University)

16:30 Bubble Chamber Sensitivity to Composite Dark Matter - Alex Hayes (Queen's University)
18:30 Social: Reception and Dinner (University Club, 168 Stuart St.)
Reception and Dinner (University Club, 168 Stuart St.)
18:30 - 20:30
Wednesday, 29 July 2026

08:15 Breakfast (Biosciences Atrium)
Breakfast (Biosciences Atrium)
08:15 - 09:00
09:00 Astroparticle Physics: New Scientist (1102 Biosciences Complex)
New Scientist (1102 Biosciences Complex)
09:00 - 10:30
Contributions

09:00 Quantum sensing for (very)light dark matter direct detection - Ryan Plestid

09:30 The search for rare events with cryogenic detectors - Matt Stukkel

10:00 Characterizing qubits at SNOLAB - Vijay Iyer
10:30 Break
Break
10:30 - 11:00
11:00 Astroparticle Physics: Theory (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Theory (1102 Biosciences Complex)
11:00 - 12:30
Contributions

11:00 Dark Matter–Induced UV Radiation and the Formation of Supermassive Black Hole Seeds - Han Wu (Queen's University, McDonald Institute)

11:20 Searching for Ultra Heavy Dark Matter in Mica - Andrew Buchanan (Queen's University)

11:40 Toward Two-Photon Absorption Characterization of Silicon Photomultipliers for Dark Matter Detector Applications - Udaykaran Madaan (TRIUMF)
12:30 Lunch (Biosciences Atrium)
Lunch (Biosciences Atrium)
12:30 - 13:30

13:30 HQP Workshop: Beading Astroparticle Physics - Early Learnings (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Beading Astroparticle Physics - Early Learnings (1102 Biosciences Complex)
13:30 - 14:00
14:00 Multimessenger: Contributed Talks (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Contributed Talks (1102 Biosciences Complex)
14:00 - 15:10
Contributions

14:00 Searching for astrophysical neutrino sources with high energy neutrino detectors - Jessie Thwaites (Queen's University)

14:30 P-ONE Status Summary - Jakub Stacho

14:50 P-ONE Demonstrator PMT Characterization - Bryan Owens (Queen's University)
15:10 Break
Break
15:10 - 15:40
15:40 Multimessenger: Contributed Talks (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Contributed Talks (1102 Biosciences Complex)
15:40 - 16:40
Contributions

15:40 Status and future of HELIX experiment - Conor McGrath (Queen's University)

16:00 The development of radon assaying facility at University of Windsor for rare physics searches - Abo-bakr Emara

16:20 The Single Photon Air Analyzer - A technology transfer journey - Fabrice Retiere
16:40 McDonald Institute: Wrap Up (1102 Biosciences Complex)
Wrap Up (1102 Biosciences Complex)
16:40 - 17:00