On Tuesday, May 2, Queen's professor emeritus Art McDonald (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) visited the Canadian Embassy in Washington D.C.. The theme of the evening focused on international research collaboration, particularly the US-Canada collaboration on the SNO experiment and at the SNOLAB underground laboratory.

Dr. McDonald, along with Dr. John Fisher (Vice-Principal, Research) and Nigel Smith (SNOLAB) gave presentations on the past, present and future of international collaborations at SNOLAB and the value of international collaboration in leading-edge research. Also in attendance was Science Minister Kirsty Duncan, who reiterated the government’s commitment to international collaboration in science, and discussed the recently-completed Science Review.

Dr. McDonald was in Washington to attend the 154th annual National Academy of Sciences annual meeting, where he was formally inducted as a foreign associate of the Academy.