TRIUMF’s outreach program is beginning to attract national attention. One indication is that the Graduate Diploma Science Communication program at Laurentian University in Ontario has offered to send TRIUMF a student for internship training. Alfredo Franco-Cea, a chemistry graduate at UBC, will be at TRIUMF from mid-April to mid-June to assist with different outreach activities, in particular the public tours with his notably suave Mexican accent.

Another indication is that TRIUMF is a key organizer for the Special Policy Session on Public Outreach at the next CAP Congress in Saskatoon on June 19. The Special Session will feature Discovery Channel host Jay Ingram and noted science writer Professor Lawrence Krauss, who will start off a series of talks from outreach program directors from across Canada. The goal of the Outreach Policy Session is to bring together organizations devoted to physics outreach and begin fostering pan-Canadian working relationships. TRIUMF and the Perimeter Institute are seen as key national players in this regard.•