Astrophysics Discovery Evening

Astrophysics Discovery Evening

In 2025, the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets, in collaboration with the Départment de physique Université de Montréal, the Observatoire du Mont-Mégantic the Centre for Research in Astrophysics of Quebec, and the Faculté des arts et des sciences de l’Université de Montréal, is organizing a virtual Astrophysics Discovery Evening for cegep students (Soirée découverte en astrophysique), in French. This videoconference event is aimed at any cegep students interested in a career in astrophysics.

The event will take place on February 5, 2025, and you can register your interest by filling out the following form: https://forms.gle/agyNXwUr5g6ghKQf7.

At this event, students will have the opportunity to meet graduate students and astrophysics researchers from the department and learn more about careers in astronomy.

Stay tuned for more information!

Typical schedule (details to be confirmed)

  • 7:00 pm Start of the evening
  • 7:05 pm Welcome
  • 7:10 p.m. Everything you always wanted to know about the physics department, campus, studies and careers in physics.
  • 7:35 pm Astrophysics research at Université de Montréal
  • 7:45 pm Presentation on telescopes
  • 8:00 p.m. Student Research Jamboree
  • 9:00 pm Closing remarks
  • 9:05 pm Panel: your questions for our presenters

Presenters

Astrophysicist and science communicator Marie-Eve Naud of the Trottier Institute for Research on Exoplanets (IREx) will be your host.

During the evening, you’ll also have the opportunity to meet several other astrophysicists, whose identities will be announced shortly.

For more information

For more information, contact marie-eve.naud@umontreal.ca.

About Astrophysics Discovery Moments

For several years now, IREx and its partners have been organizing activities to introduce young people to the profession of astronomer. In 2018, 2019 and 2020, an event for CEGEP students, “Journée d’initiation à la recherche en astrophysique”, was held in person at UdeM for a full day. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, the event moved online, and its name was changed to “Soirée d’initiation à la recherche en astrophysique”. In 2024, IREx and its partners joined forces with UdeM’s Faculté des arts et des sciences to offer the first Astrophysics Discovery Event. The Faculty also offers similar events in other disciplines.

 

Partners

Faculté des arts et des sciences - Congrés