Students Orientation Session (Fall 2025)

Sep 2, 2025, 9:00 AM → Sep 12, 2025, 5:00 PM Canada/Eastern

Surface Facility/Conference Room201 (SNOLAB)

 

Welcome to SNOLAB Fall 2025 student cohort!

 

 

Tue, September 2

9:00 AM → 9:30 AM Arrival

Meet at Vale Gate

9:30 AM → 9:45 AM Lab Points of Interest

9:45 AM → 10:00 AM SNOLAB Do's and Don'ts

Speaker: Michael Stoddart

10:00 AM → 10:15 AM User Support

Speakers: Emma Larcher, Josée Bertrand Houle (SNOLAB)

10:15 AM → 10:30 AM Com intro and announcements

Speakers: Blaire Flynn (SNOLAB), Juliette DeLoye (SNOLAB), Rachel Richardson (SNOLAB)

New Student Presentation.pptx

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Overview of the Science at SNOLAB

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Sekula (SNOLAB and Queen's University)

2025-09-02-StudentWelcome-SNOLAB-Science-Overview.pdf

12:00 PM → 1:00 PM Pizza Lunch

1:00 PM → 4:00 PM Orientation with Supervisors

Wed, September 3

1:00 PM → 2:00 PM Lectures: Interaction of Particles in Matter

Convener: Pierre Gorel (SNOLAB)

Thu, September 4

8:00 AM → 10:00 AM SLOT: Morning

Surface Lab Orientation Training

Convener: Lina Anselmo (SNOLAB)

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Lectures: EDI in Science

Convener: Christine Kraus (SNOLAB)

1:00 PM → 3:00 PM SLOT: Afternoon

Surface Lab Orientation Training

Convener: Lina Anselmo (SNOLAB)

3:00 PM → 4:00 PM Lectures: Intro to Dark Matter

Convener: Matthew Stukel (SNOLAB)

Fri, September 5

10:00 AM → 12:00 PM Lectures: Linux

Convener: Prof. Stephen Sekula (SNOLAB and Queen's University)

10:00 AM GNU/Linux for Scientists (or, Spellcasting for Science)

What is GNU/Linux?
How do I engage with GNU/Linux?
Level-1 Shellcasting: files, folders, navigation, and actions
Level-2 Shellcasting: pipes, string manipulation, and knowledge generation
Next steps and outlook

Speaker: Prof. Stephen Sekula (SNOLAB and Queen's University)

2025-09-05-LINUX-Tutorial-Sekula.pdf

2:00 PM → 4:00 PM Lectures: ROOT

Convener: Christopher Jillings (SNOLAB/Laurentian University)

Mon, September 8

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Lectures: Intro to Neutrinos

Convener: Erica Caden (SNOLAB)

Tue, September 9

10:00 AM → 11:00 AM Lectures: Cleanliness

Convener: Aleksandra Bialek (SNOLAB)

1:00 PM → 2:30 PM Lectures: GEANT4

Convener: Ryan Bayes (Queen's University)

Thu, September 11

11:00 AM → 12:00 PM Lectures: Chemistry

Convener: Steve Maguire (SNOLAB)

1:00 PM → 3:00 PM Lectures: SNO+ Detector Operations (SNO+ Students Only)

Convener: Stefan Kaluzienski

Fri, September 12

9:00 AM → 10:00 AM Lectures: Vacuum Techniques

Convener: Matt Depatie (Queen's University)