We have an active program of seminars and journal clubs and everyone is encouraged to attend and participate as much as possible. Everyone is welcome to everything but attendance at the WCA Astroseminars, journal clubs and coffee times in your field is expected (so far as class and meeting schedules allow).
Our weekly program is summarised here, please see below for more details.
| Day | Time | Location | Meeting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 9:00-9:30 | PHY 218 | Planets astro-cophee |
| 15:00-16:00 | PHY 218 | Galaxies and Clusters journal club (every two weeks) | |
| Tuesday | 14:00-15:00 | PHY 218 | Cosmology journal club |
| Wednesday | 9:00-9:30 | PHY 218 | General topics astro-cophee |
| 11:30-13:00 | PHY 308 | Astroseminar | |
| Thursday | 9:00-9:30 | PHY 218 | Galaxies astro-cophee |
| Friday | 12:00-13:00 | PHY 218 | EDI lunch |
Seminars and colloquia
WCA Astroseminars
- Wednesdays from 11:30am - 12:30pm in Physics (PHY) 308 and via Zoom. Pizza from 12:30-1:00pm.
- Seminar information can be found on:
- our google astroseminar calendar (date and name only)
- our events page (date, name, location, talk title, talk abstract, speaker photo and short biography)
- by email announcement (usually the Friday before)
- Watch Zoom recordings of previous virtual astroseminars.
- Astroseminars are intended for WCA members and their affiliates and are aimed at the graduate level. If you think you should be on the mailing list for the astroseminar but are not receiving emails, please email us at wca@uwaterloo.ca.
Perimeter Institute seminars
- There are a number of talks held at the Perimeter Institute (31 Caroline St. N.):
- Tuesdays 11:00 AM (Cosmology)
- Wednesdays 2:00 PM (Colloquium)
- Thursdays 11:00 AM (Cosmology Group - informal)
University of Waterloo Department of Physics & Astronomy Colloquium
- Thursdays 4:00pm - 5:00pm in Physics (PHY) 150
- Refreshments 3:30pm
Colloquia outside Waterloo
Journal Clubs and Astro-cophees
Galaxies and Clusters journal club
Every two weeks on Mondays at 3 pm in the WCA board room.
- For informal sharing of your own and others recent in-progress results (1-2 slides).
- Currently being organized by Michael Balogh. Please email him to be added to the mailing list.
Astro-cophees
Reviews of recent papers from astro-ph, with coffee! At 9:00-9:30 am in the WCA board room unless noted otherwise. The paper is announced in advance on the astro-cophee slack channel. Look for schedules and sign up in the astro cophee slack channel bookmarks.
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Planets (Mondays) is organised by Lisa Dang.
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Cosmology (Tuesdays at 2 pm in PHY 352) is organised by Pierre Burger.
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General Topics (Wednesdays) is organised by whoever invited the seminar speaker
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Galaxies (Thursday) is organized by Liza Sazonova
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EDI coffee (Fridays at noon) alternates sessions on EDI topics, wellness and astro-life skills, and is organised by Marie-Joelle Gingras and Carolyn McCoey
WCA Monthly Meeting
- 3 pm every third Friday in the WCA board room or by zoom.
- Attended by Faculty, Outreach Coordinator, Postdoc rep, Grad student rep, EDI rep.
- Minutes are sent around after approval.
- Zoom link available for anyone wanting to listen in.
Informal Events
- Postdoc beers: Monday evenings at the Grad House
- Cookie Time: Tuesdays 4-5 pm in the Grad Lounge
- Astrobeer: Fridays after ~4:40 pm in the Grad House
- Defence celebrations: After a defence, in the Grad House