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:
Past committee members:
Updated 2025-09-05