IDL Canada will promote coordinated events throughout Canada at the National, Regional & Local levels. Tag your event with #IDLCanada18 and submit your event so we can promote it.
Ontario
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Science Rendezvous – YorkU and Markham
The York University Observatory will be bringing a solar telescope for participants to view, we will having a fire show where we demonstrate a fire tornado and a few whoosh experiments, and Dr. Hongmei Zhu will be presenting her NSERC kaleidoscopes
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Contact: Cora Reist (Science Engagement Programs)
- Date: 12/05/2018 – 12/05/2018
- Location: Markham, Canada
Let there be light: An introduction to photonics
A introduction to how light is used in modern technology for participants in the Canada-Wide Science Fair. We will have demonstrations and a glimpse of scientific research at the forefront of photonics.
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Contact: Jeff Lundeen (University of Ottawa)
- Date: 15/05/2018 – 15/05/2018
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
Light and Libations
Physics researchers will present mini-talks about light, produce impressive light-based demonstrations, highlight campus research, and display art projects with a light theme. Following the presentations, they will be on hand to enjoy libations with the community and talk one on one. The event is part of Science on Tap, a series of outreach activities to encourage members of the community to come and meet UWindsor researchers and get a glimpse into the campus research. Light and Libations was inspired by this year’s inaugural International Day of Light (IDL), a global initiative that provides an annual appreciation of light and the role it plays in science, culture and art, education, and sustainable development. Tickets are available online at windsor.snapd.com for $10, which includes entrance and one beer. The event runs from 7 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on May 24, 2018 at the Walkerville Brewery, 525 Argyle Road.
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Contact: Dr. S. Rehse (University of Windsor)
- Date: 24/05/2018 – 24/05/2018
- Location: Windsor, Canada
IDL Canada launch
Graduate and undergraduate students will present expert answers to research questions in and applications of optics/photonics. Demos & interactive games. Score a baseball card featuring a famous woman who advanced the field of light. Take a picture of yourself as an optical scientist, share it on social media & tag us #IDLCanada18. Find us at the STEM Expo at Carleton University: http://cwsf.youthscience.ca/stem-expo-2018
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Contact: Dr. Chitra Rangan (IDL Canada Steering Committee)
- Date: 16/05/2018 – 18/05/2018
- Location: Ottawa, Canada
What is Light? Hands-on activity
Grade 2 students at Ecole Cathedrale will be introduced to some of the properties of light. They will explore the wave nature of light and investigate the spectra of various light sources using simple hand-made spectrometers which the students can take home and keep afterwards.
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Contact: Dan Deptuck (CMC Microsystems)
- Date: 17/05/2018 – 17/05/2018
- Location: Kingston, Canada
How We See Light: Wavelength and Colour in Human Vision
Participants will use diffraction and interference to reveal the wave nature of light and measure the wavelength of visible light. The spectra of various light sources will be examined and used to explore the perception of colour by the human eye.
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Contact: Dan Deptuck (CMC Microsystems)
- Date: 16/05/2018 – 16/05/2018
- Location: Kingston, Canada