Mission Statement

Canadian Institute of Nuclear Physics - Institut canadien de physique nucléaire.

MISSION

The mission of the Institute is to provide a formal organization to fairly represent and effectively advocate the interests and goals of the Canadian Nuclear Physics research community to relevant agencies and parties.

SCOPE

In support of this mission, the Institute's activities may include but are not limited to:

  • soliciting, assembling, and organizing the physics research plans of the Canadian Nuclear Physics research community into a broad-based roadmap for presentation to bodies such as the NSERC Grant Selection Committee and long range planning committees.
  • representing the broad-based interests of the Canadian Nuclear Physics community to relevant institutes, in Canada and abroad.
  • providing a forum for the advancement of the interests of students and alumni of higher education programs in Nuclear Physics in Canada.
  • organizing workshops or other initiatives of interest to the Canadian Nuclear Physics community.
  • facilitating Canadian participation in new Nuclear Physics initiatives in Canada and abroad.

DEFINITION OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS

Nuclear Physics shall mean that part of physics as represented in the Subject Index of Physical Review C, published by the American Physical Society.

Approved by the CINP Board of Directors April 2008