Canadian Neutron Initiative Roundtable:  Towards a National Neutron Strategy
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Organizing Committee

  • Thad Harroun, President of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering, Professor, Brock University, and executive member of the working group

  • John Root, Executive Director, Fedoruk Centre, and member of CNI working group

  • Anne Ballantyne, Corporate Strategy Advisor, Fedoruk Centre, and member of CNI working group

  • Daniel Banks, President and Consultant for Science Policy and Strategy, TVB Associates Inc., and member of  CNI working group

  • Bruce Gaulin, Professor, McMaster University, Fellow in CIFAR Quantum Materials program, and member of CNI working group

  • Fiona Cunningham, Director of Innovation, CIFAR

  • Johnny Kung, Knowledge Mobilization Publications Officer, CIFAR

  • Grace Wong, Event & Meeting Coordinator, CIFAR 

For questions and comments, please contact Fiona Cunningham

 

The Canadian Neutron Initiative (CNI):  The CNI is a pan-Canadian effort in a response to the loss of an irreplaceable tool – neutron beams – essential to Canada’s clean economy, security and health goals, as of March 2018. The Canadian scientific community initiated the Canadian Neutron Initiative (CNI) in 2015, aiming to establish a new, pan-Canadian, university-led framework for stewardship of Canada’s capability for research with neutron beams, and thereby enable a national neutron scattering program to continue beyond 2018. The CNI working group was founded by the VPs of Research of the University of Saskatchewan and McMaster University, the President of the Canadian Institute for Neutron Scattering (representing the user community), and the CEO of the Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA). In 2019, the VP Research of the University of Windsor joined the working group. 

 

Sylvia Fedoruk Canadian Centre for Nuclear Innovation: The Fedoruk Centre exists to place Saskatchewan among global leaders in nuclear research, development and training through investment in partnerships with academia and industry for maximum societal and economic benefit. The Fedoruk Centre supports the CNI working group in a secretariat role, and is contributing to projects that develop neutron beam capabilities in Canada.

 

CIFAR:  CIFAR is a Canadian-based, global research organization that convenes extraordinary minds to address science and humanity’s most important questions.  By supporting long-term interdisciplinary collaboration, CIFAR provides researchers with an unparalleled environment of trust, transparency and knowledge sharing. Our time-tested model inspires new directions of inquiry, accelerates discovery and yields breakthroughs across borders and academic disciplines. Through knowledge mobilization, we are catalysts for change in industry, government and society. CIFAR’s community of fellows includes 19 Nobel laureates and more than 400 researchers from 22 countries. In 2017, the Government of Canada appointed CIFAR to develop and lead the Pan-Canadian Artificial Intelligence Strategy, the world’s first national AI strategy.

 

Sponsor Organizations


The European Spallation Source (ESS):  The ESS is a joint European project. The ESS facility will be a world-leading centre for materials research and life sciences using neutrons and will host the world's most powerful neutron source. The Facility is being built in Lund, Sweden, with a data management and software centre in Copenhagen, Denmark.

BrightnESS²:  an EU-funded project aiming to ensure long-term sustainability of neutron scattering in Europe. One of its objectives is to reinforce ESS as a global research infrastructure and provide a platform to explore collaboration opportunities, undertake international outreach and stakeholder engagement. 
 

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