Basic Research Areas:
Cosmology, Quantum Foundations, Particle Physics, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information Theory, and Superstring Theory
Educational Outreach Areas: Programs and products for students, teachers and the general public across Canada and beyond

Researchers have received various awards, including:

• Early Researcher Award
• CAP/CRM Prize in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
• M´edaille Grande Escolle de l'Association des Diplomés de l'Université Laval
•  Vasilis Xanthopolous Prize, NSERC Discovery Accelerator Supplement
• Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, and
• Dstinguished Research Professorships.

Researchers calculate new ideas about the very essence of space, time, matter and information through solitary contemplation, collaborations, high level workshops and scientific conferences. Outreach activities include:

• the popular PI Public Lecture Series,
• International Summer School for Young Physicists (ISSYP),
• Einstein Plus Teachers Workshops,
• Physica Phantastica,
• plus special events and international festivals that share the joys of research, discovery and innovation