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General public
Humans have an innate curiosity about the nature of the universe around them. We offer engaging and interactive events as well as online resources to answer current questions and inspire...
Public lectures
Perimeter Institute brings great thinkers from around the world to Canada to share their ideas on a wide variety of cutting-edge subjects. Each event is tailored for the general public...
Global Outreach
Perimeter aims to catalyze great physics and help to develop new talent internationally, while raising Canada's profile as a research leader, particularly in Africa and South America. South American Institute...
Math meets music: the surprising symmetry of string theory and Schoenberg
What do the works of an early 20 th century composer have in common with the theoretical physics concept of supersymmetry? Let Dr. S. James Gates Jr., string theorist and...
Arts and culture
Event Horizons is a series of unique and extraordinary events that stimulate and enthrall. It is a showcase of innovative work of the highest international standard: an emotional, intellectual, and...
MegaMenger project
Mathematics met arts-and-crafts as we helped to build what might just be the largest fractal on Earth. The MegaMenger project, created in part by Matt Parker (a hilarious “standup mathematician”...
Pushing the frontiers of gravitational encounters and collisionless dynamics
The long range nature of gravity complicates the dynamics of self-gravitating many-body systems such as galaxies and dark matter (DM) halos. Relaxation/equilibration of perturbed galaxies and cold dark matter halos...
Nov 22, 2022
EinsteinFest
A spectacular celebration of the 100th anniversary of Albert Einstein’s annus mirabilis – “miracle year” – of 1905 when, at the age of twenty-six, he published several groundbreaking ideas that...
Grand opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre
It was three days of celebrations filled with ideas and discovery. The official opening of the Stephen Hawking Centre involved a combination of tours, exhibits, public lectures and other events...