If you very much enjoy thinking about problems related to nature (e.g., what
are the smallest particles, how old is the Universe, how do semiconductors work),
then physics is the subject for you. Physics as intellectually stimulating subject
that will provide you with some of the answers to your most profound questions
while at the same time making you a critical thinker with highly developed
numeracy skills. But where will studying physics take you in terms of a career?
It turns out that physics graduates are highly sought after employees. A physics
education emphasizes problem solving skills and abstract thinking. It is this
training that makes physics graduates highly desired personnel in the job market.
Our graduates are pursuing careers in pure research, industrial applications,
education, finance, and technical writing. These foundational skills as well
as training in practical subjects such as electronics, optics, lasers, numerical
(computer) analysis also make them very desirable employees in the high-tech sector.
The Canadian Association of Physics has an excellent page describing career paths
in physics.
Check it out here.
Where are they now?
The following students have kindly informed us of their achievements in terms of
postgraduate degrees and diplomas. We look forward to hearing from more students.
E-mail us!
Neda Aminshariati -- M.Sc. (U. Calgary; in progress)
Azlan Aziz -- Ph.D. (UMIST, Manchester)
Jonathan Benjamin -- Ph.D. (U.B.C.; in progress)
Jean Bergeron -- M.Sc. (U. Sherbrooke; in progress)
Rene Bilodeau -- Ph.D. (McMaster U.); PDF at Berkeley (LBL: ALS)
Naomi Black -- M.Sc. (York U.)
Carol Ann Blaney -- B.Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Kirk Buckley -- Ph.D. (UBC); NSERC PDF
Chris Burns -- Ph.D. (U. Toronto); Assistant Professor (Swarthmore U.)
Leanne Clarke -- B.Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Aaron Davis -- M.Sc. (Dalhousie U.); Ph.D. (RMIT)
Renato Dedic -- M.Sc. (U. Sherbrooke; Ph.D. in progress)
Ernest Dubeau -- M.Sc. (Bishop's; CEGEP Professor)
Steve Element -- Dip. Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Caroline Foster -- M.Sc. (Ph.D. in progress; Swinburne U.)
Elodie Fourquet -- Ph.D. (U. Waterloo; in progress)
Scott Frederick -- M.Sc.
Steve Fyffe -- B.Eng. (UNB; Mechanical)
Cindy Giroux -- M.Eng. (McGill U.; CEGEP Professor)
Jeremy Godin -- M.Sc. (U. Sherbrooke); Ph.D. (in progress; U. Waterloo)
Jonas Goliasch -- M.Sc. (Bishop's U.)
Samantha Huntington -- M.Sc. (U. of London; in progress)
Audrey Jacques -- M.Sc. (McGill U.; in progress)
Michael Jensen -- M.Eng. (U. Sherbrooke; in progress)
Jason Kapczak -- B.Eng. (Lakehead U.; in progress)
Scott Kirkwood -- M.Sc. (Queen's U.; Computer Science)
Daniel Lametti -- Ph.D. (McGill U.; in progress)
Jeff Lapierre -- M.Sc., Ph.D. (New Mexico Tech; in progress)
Mark Learned -- Dip. Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Will Lee -- M.Eng. (U. Waterloo)
Drew MacCannell -- Ph.D. (U. Calgary; PDF Oxford)
Ilana MacDonald -- Ph.D. (U. Toronto; in progress)
Deanna MacLennan -- M.Sc. (Carleton U.; in progress)
Brian MacWilliam -- B.Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Florian Maisonneuve -- M.Sc. (Ph.D. in progress; UNZ)
Grainne Masterson -- M.D. (McMaster U.)
Christy McCurdy -- M.Sc. (Dalhousie U.; Meteorology)
Shahn Nadeau -- M.Sc. (Bishop's U.; in progress)
David Pawluczuk -- M.Sc. (Bishop's U.; in progress)
Jim Pedersen -- B.Eng. (Carleton; Electrical)
Emilie Pelchat -- M.Sc. (U. Sherbrooke; in progress)
Marie-Paule Portelance -- M.Sc.; Ph.D. (U. Western Ontario)
Eric Pronto -- M.Sc. (Concordia U.; incomplete)
Jamie Lee Ramsey -- M.Sc. (U. Ottawa)
Martin St. Michel -- B.Eng. (U. Sherbrooke; CEGEP Professor)
Mike Spratt -- B.Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Khairudin Taharudin -- Commercial Pilot License
Sally Taylor -- M.B.A. (U. Alberta)
Joshua Wheatley -- B.Ed. (Bishop's U.)
Edward Wilson-Ewing -- Ph.D. (Penn. State U.; in progress)
Trevor Wood -- Ph.D. (Boston U.)
Andres Zambrano -- M.Sc. (Bishop's U.; in progress)
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