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SNOLAB's 2025-2026 Annual Report is now live on our website. Want to know what's new at the lab? Want to learn more about SNOLAB's global reach? Or just want updates on our 20 ongoing experiments? Find it all in one place, here: www.snolab.ca/about/strate...
#Science #Physics #MadeinCanada
#Science #Physics #MadeinCanada
Strategic Documents | SNOLAB
Open the 2025-2026 Annual Report Download Annual Report 2023-2024 Annual Report 2019-2020 Open the 15-Year Vision Download Our Strategic Plan for 2023-2029 will help us fulfill our vision to become…
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October 5, 2026 at 7:20 PM
SNOLAB's 2025-2026 Annual Report is now live on our website. Want to know what's new at the lab? Want to learn more about SNOLAB's global reach? Or just want updates on our 20 ongoing experiments? Find it all in one place, here: www.snolab.ca/about/strate...
#Science #Physics #MadeinCanada
#Science #Physics #MadeinCanada
Did you know that Creighton Mine celebrated 125 years of production in 2026? Sudbury’s oldest active mine celebrated in style last weekend at the annual Vale Creighton Mine Friends and Family Day ... and SNOLAB was proud to support the celebration. Here’s to 125 more years of mining and science!
October 2, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Did you know that Creighton Mine celebrated 125 years of production in 2026? Sudbury’s oldest active mine celebrated in style last weekend at the annual Vale Creighton Mine Friends and Family Day ... and SNOLAB was proud to support the celebration. Here’s to 125 more years of mining and science!
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
It is a day to honour Survivors and recognize the ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada. Today we listen, learn, and commit to meaningful actions towards reconciliation.
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It is a day to honour Survivors and recognize the ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada. Today we listen, learn, and commit to meaningful actions towards reconciliation.
🔗 nctr.ca/about/truth-...
September 30, 2026 at 12:27 PM
September 30 is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation and Orange Shirt Day.
It is a day to honour Survivors and recognize the ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada. Today we listen, learn, and commit to meaningful actions towards reconciliation.
🔗 nctr.ca/about/truth-...
It is a day to honour Survivors and recognize the ongoing impacts of residential schools in Canada. Today we listen, learn, and commit to meaningful actions towards reconciliation.
🔗 nctr.ca/about/truth-...
It was wonderful to meet and chat with so many people interested in SETT careers tonight! We had a great time at our booth for WISE Sudbury’s Career Café event. It was so inspiring to hear from the event speakers, including our very own Project Management Office Manager, Mehwish Obaid.
September 30, 2026 at 1:35 AM
It was wonderful to meet and chat with so many people interested in SETT careers tonight! We had a great time at our booth for WISE Sudbury’s Career Café event. It was so inspiring to hear from the event speakers, including our very own Project Management Office Manager, Mehwish Obaid.
This past weekend, SNOLAB took part in the annual Anderson Farm Fall Fair. We shared our science with hundreds of members of the community who were curious about the science happening under their feet! Thank you to the Anderson Farm Museum Heritage Society for organizing and hosting this event.
September 24, 2026 at 2:01 PM
This past weekend, SNOLAB took part in the annual Anderson Farm Fall Fair. We shared our science with hundreds of members of the community who were curious about the science happening under their feet! Thank you to the Anderson Farm Museum Heritage Society for organizing and hosting this event.
#DYK: To get to the underground laboratory, we must walk through about 1.5 kilometers in Vale's Creighton Mine. This horizontal tunnel in the mine is called the drift!
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
September 17, 2026 at 3:57 PM
#DYK: To get to the underground laboratory, we must walk through about 1.5 kilometers in Vale's Creighton Mine. This horizontal tunnel in the mine is called the drift!
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
SNOLAB was honoured to welcome vice presidents of research from several Ontario universities, as well as the representatives from the Council of Ontario Universities and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence, and Security.
#AcademicExcellence #MadeInOntario
#AcademicExcellence #MadeInOntario
September 14, 2026 at 3:18 PM
SNOLAB was honoured to welcome vice presidents of research from several Ontario universities, as well as the representatives from the Council of Ontario Universities and the Ontario Ministry of Colleges, Universities, Research Excellence, and Security.
#AcademicExcellence #MadeInOntario
#AcademicExcellence #MadeInOntario
Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove spent a day SNOLAB senior research scientist Dr. Erica Caden underground to learn more about the lab and the elusive subatomic particles she has dedicated her professional life studying.
#ParticlePhysics #STEM #GirlsInSTEM
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#ParticlePhysics #STEM #GirlsInSTEM
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Mission Unstoppable Shines a Light on Groundbreaking Science of SNOLAB | SNOLAB
(SUDBURY) — One of North America’s most popular television and YouTube educational series paid a visit to SNOLAB recently to learn about solar neutrinos, and the people who research them.
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September 11, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Mission Unstoppable with Miranda Cosgrove spent a day SNOLAB senior research scientist Dr. Erica Caden underground to learn more about the lab and the elusive subatomic particles she has dedicated her professional life studying.
#ParticlePhysics #STEM #GirlsInSTEM
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#ParticlePhysics #STEM #GirlsInSTEM
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Exciting news from SURF! A rare particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from a potential dark matter candidate in the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. This is a very tantalizing result that helps lead the way for future xenon experiments.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/01/l...
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LZ Sees Surprising Result in Search for Dark Matter
For the better part of a century, people have been trying to understand dark matter. This invisible substance makes up roughly 85% of the mass in the universe but has never been directly detected. Determining exactly what it is remains one of the biggest questions about our world.
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September 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Exciting news from SURF! A rare particle interaction that could be interpreted as a signal from a potential dark matter candidate in the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment. This is a very tantalizing result that helps lead the way for future xenon experiments.
newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/01/l...
newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/09/01/l...
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Congratulations to DEAP-3600 Collaboration member Akhil Maru on successfully defending his PhD at Carleton University! 🎓 His thesis explores the muon flux at SNOLAB using the DEAP-3600 detector. Well done, Akhil! 👏 #DEAP3600 #ParticlePhysics
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@carleton.ca @snolabscience.bsky.social
August 31, 2026 at 5:56 PM
Congratulations to DEAP-3600 Collaboration member Akhil Maru on successfully defending his PhD at Carleton University! 🎓 His thesis explores the muon flux at SNOLAB using the DEAP-3600 detector. Well done, Akhil! 👏 #DEAP3600 #ParticlePhysics
@carleton.ca @snolabscience.bsky.social
@carleton.ca @snolabscience.bsky.social
Meet Ahmed! This summer, he worked in our IT department on the modernization of the auditorium control system and collaboration infrastructure at SNOLAB. Ahmed is returning to @laurentianu.bsky.social this fall for his Bachelor of Computer Science degree.
#StudentsAtSNOLAB #WorkWithMeWednesday
#StudentsAtSNOLAB #WorkWithMeWednesday
August 26, 2026 at 1:13 PM
Meet Ahmed! This summer, he worked in our IT department on the modernization of the auditorium control system and collaboration infrastructure at SNOLAB. Ahmed is returning to @laurentianu.bsky.social this fall for his Bachelor of Computer Science degree.
#StudentsAtSNOLAB #WorkWithMeWednesday
#StudentsAtSNOLAB #WorkWithMeWednesday
SNOLAB recently wrapped up the pilot program for Wonderground, a new education program for students in grades 4-8! The program has been generously supported by NSERC PromoScience. Read more about the program and what’s next for it here: www.snolab.ca/news/wonderg...
Wonderground: Bringing curiosity to Canadian classrooms | SNOLAB
Thanks to NSERC PromoScience funding, SNOLAB was able to pilot a new program this year in classrooms across Canada! The program, formerly called SEEDLING, was offered for students in Grades 4 – 8 and…
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August 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
SNOLAB recently wrapped up the pilot program for Wonderground, a new education program for students in grades 4-8! The program has been generously supported by NSERC PromoScience. Read more about the program and what’s next for it here: www.snolab.ca/news/wonderg...
The 6th annual Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk Competition (CASST), hosted by SNOLAB last week, attracted a record 54 undergraduate and two high school students from across Canada. #CASST #StudentsRock #ParticlePhysics
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SNOLAB hosts record Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk Competition | SNOLAB
The 6th annual Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk Competition (CASST), hosted by SNOLAB last week, attracted a record 54 undergraduate and two high school students from across Canada.
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August 18, 2026 at 5:11 PM
The 6th annual Canadian Astroparticle Summer Student Talk Competition (CASST), hosted by SNOLAB last week, attracted a record 54 undergraduate and two high school students from across Canada. #CASST #StudentsRock #ParticlePhysics
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www.snolab.ca/news/snolab-...
Did you know the largest neutrino telescope in Canada is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean? The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) is a large international collaboration that will build on Canada's neutrino research capacity. #PONE #AstroPhysics #Neutrinos
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Q&A explainer: What is a neutrino telescope and why was one tested in a Vancouver harbour?
Scientists have tested a unique telescope in Vancouver’s waters as they bid to open a new window on to the universe. But this is no ordinary telescope: it is the first piece of a next-generation neutrino telescope that will be plunged thousands of metres into the Pacific Ocean.
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August 17, 2026 at 4:41 PM
Did you know the largest neutrino telescope in Canada is taking shape in the Pacific Ocean? The Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment (P-ONE) is a large international collaboration that will build on Canada's neutrino research capacity. #PONE #AstroPhysics #Neutrinos
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...
How do neutrinos from deep within the Earth make an impact on the science that we are doing at SNOLAB? Science journalist James Dinneen journeys underground where he learns about how SNO+ searches for geoneutrinos. Read the full story from @quantamagazine.org: www.quantamagazine.org/neutrinos-fr...
Neutrinos From Deep Inside Earth Provide a New Picture of the Mantle | Quanta Magazine
A global constellation of neutrino detectors is creating a never-before-seen view of the radioactive elements that power Earth’s tectonic heat engine.
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August 12, 2026 at 4:22 PM
How do neutrinos from deep within the Earth make an impact on the science that we are doing at SNOLAB? Science journalist James Dinneen journeys underground where he learns about how SNO+ searches for geoneutrinos. Read the full story from @quantamagazine.org: www.quantamagazine.org/neutrinos-fr...
#DYK: SNOLAB has a class-2000 clean lab in our surface facility. This surface lab helps to support our underground science from chemical testing to assembling items to go underground, and more!
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
August 7, 2026 at 3:25 PM
#DYK: SNOLAB has a class-2000 clean lab in our surface facility. This surface lab helps to support our underground science from chemical testing to assembling items to go underground, and more!
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
📸 Photo by Roam & Ramble Photography
Science journalist Dan Falk takes listeners on a journey deep underground and hears from Director of Research, Dr. Ray Bunker, and other members of the SNOLAB community. Find the two-part ABC series here.
Part 1: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 2: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 1: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 2: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
August 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Science journalist Dan Falk takes listeners on a journey deep underground and hears from Director of Research, Dr. Ray Bunker, and other members of the SNOLAB community. Find the two-part ABC series here.
Part 1: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 2: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 1: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Part 2: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
📣 Attention teachers! We know school is out, but it’s never too early to start planning for the fall.
Did you know SNOLAB has an inquiry-based program for students in Grades 4-8? Want to explore underground science in your class? Learn more about Wonderground here: www.snolab.ca/outreach/won...
Did you know SNOLAB has an inquiry-based program for students in Grades 4-8? Want to explore underground science in your class? Learn more about Wonderground here: www.snolab.ca/outreach/won...
Wonderground | SNOLAB
The SNOLAB education team is excited to be bringing the questions of Canadian students in grades 4-8 into our deep underground lab space! Wonderground, formerly called SEEDLING…
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July 31, 2026 at 2:35 PM
📣 Attention teachers! We know school is out, but it’s never too early to start planning for the fall.
Did you know SNOLAB has an inquiry-based program for students in Grades 4-8? Want to explore underground science in your class? Learn more about Wonderground here: www.snolab.ca/outreach/won...
Did you know SNOLAB has an inquiry-based program for students in Grades 4-8? Want to explore underground science in your class? Learn more about Wonderground here: www.snolab.ca/outreach/won...
Join the Doran Planetarium on August 4th at 7PM for a public event titled “Dark Matter and the Magic Numbers of the Universe”. This event is presented by Dr. Jason Holt from TRIUMF and will include and 30-minute showing of the night sky with Dr. Hoi Cheu.
July 30, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Join the Doran Planetarium on August 4th at 7PM for a public event titled “Dark Matter and the Magic Numbers of the Universe”. This event is presented by Dr. Jason Holt from TRIUMF and will include and 30-minute showing of the night sky with Dr. Hoi Cheu.
It was a pleasure to attend the EarlyON Family Festival at Victory Park this past Saturday! We were able to share SNOLAB science with the broader community in Sudbury, so that everyone can learn about what we are doing right beneath their feet.
July 28, 2026 at 2:51 PM
It was a pleasure to attend the EarlyON Family Festival at Victory Park this past Saturday! We were able to share SNOLAB science with the broader community in Sudbury, so that everyone can learn about what we are doing right beneath their feet.
How do physicists track the elusive neutrino? The answer isn’t found easily and understanding this particle is one of the biggest questions in modern physics. Learn more about this global effort here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-physicis...
How Physicists Track and Trap the Elusive Neutrino | Quanta Magazine
The hunt for these ghostly particles has required some of the most audacious experimental setups ever built.
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July 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
How do physicists track the elusive neutrino? The answer isn’t found easily and understanding this particle is one of the biggest questions in modern physics. Learn more about this global effort here: www.quantamagazine.org/how-physicis...
The Canadian Astroparticle Physics Summer Student Talk Symposium is approaching! This 2-day hybrid event promotes networking and enhance public speaking skills amongst students in Canada within the field of physics. Registration closes July 24 and can be found here: indico.snolab.ca/event/68/ove...
July 22, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Canadian Astroparticle Physics Summer Student Talk Symposium is approaching! This 2-day hybrid event promotes networking and enhance public speaking skills amongst students in Canada within the field of physics. Registration closes July 24 and can be found here: indico.snolab.ca/event/68/ove...
The final Beneath/Beyond public talk is happening July 27 at 7PM at the Refettorio! Join SNOLAB Director of Operations, Dr. Richard Ford, and Dr. Alex Wright from Queen’s U to learn what it takes to keep an ultra-clean lab operating inside an active mine. Register here: indico.snolab.ca/event/67/
July 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The final Beneath/Beyond public talk is happening July 27 at 7PM at the Refettorio! Join SNOLAB Director of Operations, Dr. Richard Ford, and Dr. Alex Wright from Queen’s U to learn what it takes to keep an ultra-clean lab operating inside an active mine. Register here: indico.snolab.ca/event/67/
Moving the Pride Block Party indoors on the weekend did not dampen enthusiasm. Thanks to everyone who came out to support Fierté Sudbury Pride, and check out the many vendors, games, and workshops. #SNOLABscience was proud to be there with swag, activities, and – of course – science.
July 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Moving the Pride Block Party indoors on the weekend did not dampen enthusiasm. Thanks to everyone who came out to support Fierté Sudbury Pride, and check out the many vendors, games, and workshops. #SNOLABscience was proud to be there with swag, activities, and – of course – science.