Daniel Banks

Neutrons Canada welcomes the Government of Canada’s new decision-making framework for Major Research Facilities (MRFs) and the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s (CFI) role in implementing it in collaboration with Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED). “The new framework for Major Research Facilities is a big step forward for Canada’s future,” says Dr. John Barrett,…

Researchers across the country are advancing technologies for clean energy and artificial intelligence, as well as knowledge of quantum materials and dinosaurs, through Neutrons Canada’s partnership with the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source.

National neutron beam facilities produce social and economic benefits worth at least double the investment—this was the conclusion of independent assessments, first in the United Kingdom, and most recently in the United States, which has invested billions to build and operate these facilities. In particular, the recent assessment conducted by the Research Triangle Institute (RTI)…

We welcome Brock University and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) as the newest members of Neutrons Canada.

Canadian researchers are invited to apply now for preferential access to neutron beam time and travel support for up to two researchers per experiment.

The Canadian neutron beam user community gathered in February 2024 to define priorities and establish a path forward for Canada to invest in materials research with neutrons beams.

Neutrons Canada organized a packed-out fishbowl session on the funding framework for Major Research Facilities (MRF's) at the 2023 Canadian Science Policy Conference in Ottawa. This session, titled "The Impact of Major Research Facilities as National Assets: Responding to the Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System," brought together over 100…

A new collaborative agreement between ISIS Neutron and Muon Source and Neutrons Canada will open doors for the Canadian research community by providing enhanced access to UK neutron infrastructure. Canadian researchers have been without access to neutron beams since 2018, when the National Research Universal reactor at Chalk River closed and Canada’s only agreement with…

John Barrett, Chair of the Board of Directors of Neutrons Canada, published a commentary through the Canadian Science Policy Centre in response to the Report of the Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System. The Report called for a new paradigm in decision-making regarding investing in Canadian Major Research Facilities. The current state of research that relies on national…

Executive leaders of the Canadian Neutron Initiative working group and the inaugural Board of Directors for Neutrons Canada, a new not-for-profit corporation, met at McMaster University on November 30 and December 1 to transfer leadership of Canada’s neutron-beam infrastructure program to the Board. Neutrons Canada was established on October 5, 2022 as a not-for-profit corporation…