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
Chris Chambers
Chair
Félix Cormier
Vice-Chair HR
Louis Croquette
Vice-Chair Advocacy
Aveen Mahon
Vice-Chair Social
Gabby Gelinas
Vice-Chair Professional
Development
Ben Davis-Purcell
VC EDI
Laura Miller
Treasurer
Cameron Angus
Secretary
Pavithra Weligampola
Webpage Maintainer
Social Media Manager
Richard Herman
Cookie monster
MEMBERS-at- LARGE
Ben Reed (Coffee warden)
Eleanor Dunling
Ricky
Linh Tran
Annabelle Grimes
Cameron Shenton
Areesha Rizwan
Navisha Sareen
Tinotenda Masvikeni
Ruth Gregory
Jasmine Zhang
Iris Halilovic
Layla Haddad
Daniel Yates
Chris Griffin
Ben Smithers
Juan Rivera
Guy Leckenby
Jennifer Sanchez Rojo
Coulter Walls
Victoria Karner
Sakshi Kakkar
Megan Cvitan
Annabelle Czihaly
Ivana Belosevic
Emeritus
Vanshika Sharma
Support Staff:
Past committee members:
Updated 2025-02-07