Our Mission
The Grads And Postdocs Society (GAPS) at TRIUMF takes lead responsibility for the social and educational welfare of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers at Canada’s National Laboratory for Nuclear and Particle Physics. We are a committee of like-minded volunteers comprising both graduate students and researchers at the laboratory. Through organizing a variety of different events, we are fully engaged with all members of TRIUMF, including both undergraduate and graduate students, researchers and board-appointed staff. Many events organized by GAPS, such as our regular schedule of Physics seminars, are designed for the benefit of students and ensure their experience of working at a premier research facility is an overwhelmingly positive one, whatever the duration of their term. We have also hosted several external speakers from UBC and other Canadian universities to provide valuable transferrable skills and career development advice for young researchers. You can read more about our activities and see our full schedule of events on this website.
GAPS Committee
Executives
Aveen Mahon (she/her)
Co Chair/ Social media manager
Laura Miller (she/her)
Co-Chair
Iris Halilovic (she/her)
VC Advocacy
Emily Filmer (she/her)
VC EDI/Professional Development
Yasaman Sigari (she/her)
VC Social
Kartikeya Sharma (he/him)
Treasurer
MEMBERS-at-LARGE
Felix Cormier (he/him)
Chris Griffin (he/him)
Douglas Tuckler (he/him)
Chris Chambers (they/them)
Ben Reed (he/him) - Coffee warden
Ben Davis-Purcell (he/him)
Amelia Greathouse (they/them)
Pavithra Weligampola (he/him) - Webpage maintainer
Support Staff:
Past committee members:
Updated 2026-03-13