Conveners
T2-8 Doing Physics-doing Gender: Should gender issues be of any importance in the physics community? (CEWIP) / Physique et genre : les questions de genre devraient-elles avoir de l'importance dans la communauté de physique? (CEFEP)
- Shohini Ghose (Wilfrid Laurier University)
Over the past few decades, systematic research has shown that many physics students express essentially the same (incorrect) ideas both before and after instruction. It is frequently assumed that these ideas can be identified by research and then addressed through “interactive” teaching approaches such as hands-on activities and small-group collaborative work. In many classrooms, incorrect...
In atomic physics, the many-body problem is computationally challenging. When theory is well understood, accurate calculations can predict results that may be difficult to measure experimentally. For heavy elements or highly ionized systems, relativistic and quantum electrodynamic effects, not to mention nuclear effects, are less well understood and computation can assess the limitation of...
Chairholder Catherine Mavriplis will give an overview of the activities of the NSERC / Pratt & Whitney Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering for Ontario. As the Chair approaches the end of its term, we'll look back at the impact it has had in several areas including interdisciplinary research in Communications, Education, Sociology and History. Since the Chair program launch, over...
