History & Record Initiatives

The CUPC was first held in 1965 by McGill University and the University of Toronto. The CUPC has since grown into the largest undergraduate Physics conference in North America, and has been held in 8 different provinces by 20 different institutions.

The CUPC has seen at least two Nobel Laureates speak: Richard Feynman in 1974, and John Polanyi in 2008.

The following are the host universities of the CUPC since its inception in 1965:

• 2012 University of British Columbia
• 2011 University of Saskatchewan
• 2010 Dalhousie University
• 2009 University of Alberta
• 2008 University of Toronto
• 2007 Simon Fraser University
• 2006 University of New Brunswick
• 2005 University of Western Ontario
• 2004 University of Victoria
• 2003 McGill University
• 2002 Dalhousie University
• 2001 University of Manitoba and University of Winnipeg
• 2000 Université de Laval
• 1999 University of Alberta
• 1998 Queens University
• 1997 University of British Columbia
• 1996 University of Guelph
• 1995 University of Calgary
• 1994 McMaster University
• 1993 University of Saskatchewan
• 1992 University of Ottawa
• 1991 University of Alberta
• 1990 Université de Laval
• 1989 University of Waterloo
• 1988 Dalhousie University
• 1987 University of Calgary
• 1986 McGill University
• 1985 University of Manitoba
• 1984 University of New Brunswick
• 1983 University of Toronto
• 1982 University of Victoria and Royal Roads Military College
• 1981 Queens University and Royal Military College
• 1980 University of British Columbia
• 1979 University of Alberta
• 1978 Dalhousie University
• 1977 University of Toronto
• 1976 Carleton University
• 1975 Université de Laval
• 1974 Simon Fraser University
• 1973 University of Western Ontario
• 1972 McMaster University
• 1971 University of British Columbia
• 1970 University of Alberta
• 1969 University of Waterloo
• 1968 University of Manitoba
• 1967 McMaster University
• 1966 University of Toronto
• 1965 McGill University and University of Toronto

There has been, up until the 2011 CUPC, no central location for the maintenance of CUPC records. The 2011 CUPC purchased the current domain name, hoping to set a precedent for future CUPC's to maintain websites on for historical and research purposes.

The 2012 CUPC has, by the gracious contributions of its sponsors, extended the domain name for a further 5 years, allowing future CUPC's to have a central online location accessible by all. Plans are underway to archive the websites of past CUPC's on this domain.

The 2012 CUPC also plans to record every student talk, poster presentation and plenary lecture given at the conference.