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

Ben Davis-Purcell

Chair

Chris Chambers

VC Advocacy

Ben Smithers

VC Human Resources

Emily Filmer

VC Professional Development

Laura Miller

VC EDI/Treasurer

Richard Herman

VC Social

Aveen Mahon

Social media manager

Pavithra Weligampola

Webpage Maintainer


MEMBERS-at-LARGE

Felix Cormier

Chris Griffin

Iris Halilovic

Jennifer Sanchez Rojo

Douglas Tuckler

Cameron Angus

Louis Croquette

Layla Haddad

Ben Reed (Coffee warden)

Yasaman Sigari

Jasmine Zhang


Support Staff:

Monika Stachura - GAPS Faculty Liaison

Marcello Pavan - Academic, University & User Engagement Coordinator

Past committee members:

Updated 2025-09-05