2026 Team Canada: Meet our Team Canada participants, who will be competing in the 2026 International Physics Olympiad (IPhO) in Bucaramanga, Colombia in July, 2026. [from left to right: Lior Silmerman (instrucotr), Leon Yu, Patrick Wang, Jinyang Hong, Justin Zhou, Tschumi Qu, Joanna Larczmarek (instructor), Andrzej Kotlicki (instructor) and Simin Bagheri-Najmi(instructor)].
2026 UBC National Physics Olympiad Training Camp cohort! [from left to right: Savero Chandra (mentor), Simin Bagheri-Najmi (instructor), Andrzej Kotlicki (instructor), Abhisek Sahu (TA), Leon Yu, Ludovic Perrier, Tschumi Qu, Aiden Kang, Eric Medianu, Patrick Wang, Jinyang Hong, Justin Zhou, Luke Yan, Srihari Karanyil, Nick Kamali].
National Training Camps
2025
Some photos from this year’s camp!
Thank you to our instructors: Andrzej, Joanna, Lior, Simin, Samin and Abhisek; staff: Chloe; and UBC PHAS department and Faculty of Science members Fiona Beaty, Mark MacLachan, and Jeremy Heyl.
Here are our 2025UBC National Physics Olympiad Training Camp participants! [from left to right – back row: Hongi Huang, Jishnu Jetwani, Wuhua Zhu, Juntian Ye, Parth Sheth, Zander Li and Warren Bei; middle row: Anton Lazarchyk, William Ma, Frang Fang, Julia Lin, Robert Yang, and He Gong; front row: Nick Kamali]
2024
Photos from this year’s camp!
2023
See below a photo of Team Canada, our National Physics Olympiad team, who competed in, and received four Bronze Medals and one Honourable Mention at the 53rd International Physics Olympiad in Tokyo, Japan. Congratulations, team!
UBC hosted the National Olympiad Training Camp in May, 2023. See gallery pictures, below for activities, tours and people!
Thank you to our instructors: Andrzej, Joanna, Lior, Shovon and Emilie; tour guides Callum, Abhishek, Cole, James and Niclas; and UBC faculty and staff Colin Gay, Sajjan Grewal, and Fiona Beaty.
2023 Olympiad National Training Camp at UBC
See some photos from our training camp and competition!
Lectures with Shovon, Joanna and Emilie
Lab tests
53rd IPhO, Tokyo, Japan
Exam room
Trying Japanese treats!
Making Crafts
IPhO audience
IPhO Dr. Kimitaka
IPhO medals
IPhO President, Rajdeep Singh
IPhO presenters
Team Canada
Team leaders, Andrzej Kotlicki and Lior Silberman
Assembled teams
Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Kajita Takaaki
Nobel Prize winner, Dr. Amano Hiroshi
Team Canada on local tours!
Memories of the exam!
Call-out to Teachers!
Our 2025 cohort of campers wanted to share their appreciation for their high school physics teachers who inspired, supported and shared their love of physics.
We thank: Mr. Tang from University Hill Secondary School (Vancouver), Mr. Moens from St. George’s Secondary (Vancouver), Ms. Burnaci from École Alpha Secondary (Vancouver), Mr. Weeks from Upper Canada College (Ontario) and Mr. Vrolyk from Laureates Academy (Ontario).
