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 Advocacy (and Coffee Warden)
Louis Croquette - Vice-Chair HR
Aveen Mahon - Vice-Chair Social
Gabby Gelinas - Vice-Chair Professional Development
Mehdi Drissi - Treasurer
Cameron Angus- Secretary
Pavithra Weligampola - Webpage Maintainer
Daniel Yates - Cookie Monster
Members-at-large
Chris Griffin
Ben Davis-Purcell
Ben Smithers
Juan Rivera
Guy Leckenby
Jennifer Sanchez Rojo
Coulter Walls
Victoria Karner
Sakshi Kakkar
Megan Cvitan
Annabelle Czihaly
Ivana Belosevic
Eleanor Dunling
Ricky
Linh Tran
Annabelle Grimes
Cameron Shenton
Areesha Rizwan
Navisha Sareen
Tinotenda Masvikeni
Ruth Gregory
Jasmine Zhang
Emeritus
Vanshika Sharma