Special Events

From April 20–22, CITA will be hosting “GWTC-6: The Bleeding Edge of Gravitational-Wave Populations.” At this interactive workshop, LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA members will gather to analyze forthcoming catalogs of gravitational-wave (GW) data.
Special Open Session for CITA & UofT Researchers:While the main workshop is for LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA members, we warmly invite all researchers at CITA and…

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The Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA) and the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics (DADDAA) are pleased to invite you to a special edition of the Astro Colloquium given by Professor J. Richard Bond, the 2025 Shaw Laureate in Astrophysics.
Professor Bond, the first University of Toronto faculty member to receive the honour, and his co-recipient Georg…

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You are kindly invited to this year’s CITA National Jamboree meeting, scheduled on October 2-3! The Jamboree is an annual gathering of the CITA community from all over Canada, which provides an opportunity for new members to share their research with everyone. This year’s Jamboree will include a series of short informal presentations, a poster session, as well as social events.

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Recent observations and simulations have revealed various non-smooth and irregular structures on both the prenatal core and the protoplanetary disk scales (e.g. streamers, arcs, rings, and cavities).  The central forming stars and the outflows also reveal episodic signatures. Combined, these observational results imply that star formation is not as smooth and orderly as suggested by t…

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The CITA mentorship committee is once again hosting a Job App Hackathon! The CITA Job App Hackathon is an opportunity to prepare job application materials and get feedback from peers and mentors, including several CITA, Dunlap, and Physics faculty. In addition to co-writing sessions in the morning and afternoon, attendees will be able to sign-up for short one-on-one meetings wit…

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We are thrilled to announce that CITA will be celebrating its 40th Anniversary in May 2026, and we want you to be a part of this significant milestone.

REGISTRATION is closed, but you can still purchase banquet tickets at the same link!

The call for ABSTRACTS is now closed.

Founded in 1986, CITA has grown out of the enthusiasm of three faculty members and a few postdoctoral fellows…

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Could entropy and coherence change everything we know about the universe? How does quantum information flow in the cosmic superweb? And will quantum mechanics reveal our universe’s deepest secrets?

Dr. Brian Keating, a popular science communicator and podcaster, interviews one of CITA’s most renowned faculty members – Professor Richard Bond. During his decades long career, Bond has…

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The Jamboree is an annual gathering of the CITA community from all over Canada, which provides an opportunity for new members to share their research with everyone. This year’s Jamboree will include a series of short informal presentations, social events, contributed talks and discussion.

 
Schedule of Events:
Virtual presenters are denoted with an asterisk…

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What?
The CITA mentorship committee is once again hosting a Job App Hackathon! The CITA Job App Hackathon is an opportunity to prepare job application materials and get feedback from peers and mentors, including several CITA, Dunlap, and Physics faculty. In addition to co-writing sessions in the morning and afternoon, attendees will be able to sign-up for short one-on-one meetings wit…

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This event is an opportunity to prepare job application materials and get feedback from peers and mentors, including several CITA faculty. We will overcome the “tyranny of the blank page” together!
The will be a special guest seminar by Prof Ayelet Fishbach (Univ. of Chicago) on “Lessons from the Science of Motivation”.
Coffee/tea, snacks, and lunch will be provided.
This event is…

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