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TRIUMF IS ’S PARTICLE ACCELERATOR CENTRE

Established in 1968 in , TRIUMF is Canada’s particle accelerator centre. The laboratory is a hub for science and innovation inspired by a half-century of ingenuity in answering nature’s most challenging questions. From hunting for the smallest particles in our universe to advancing the next generation of batteries or developing to diagnose and treat disease, TRIUMF drives discovery and innovation to build a better world.

www..ca @TRIUMFLab 4004 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver BC V6T 2A3 Canada WHAT DRIVES US

OUR VISION INNOVATION AND COLLABORATION Our vision is for Canada to lead in science, As a hub for discovery and collaboration, we discovery, and innovation, improving lives link leading universities and research centres and building a better world. across the country and act as Canada’s gate- way to international big science projects. OUR MISSION

Our mission is to serve as Canada’s particle OUR PLATFORMS accelerator centre. We advance sci- Our world-leading science is grounded in three ence and technology, both fundamental and new platforms that will grow the lab’s capacity applied. We collaborate across communities and enrich its ability to serve as a hub for and disciplines, from nuclear and particle multidisciplinary science and innovation: to the life and material sciences. We

discover and innovate, inspire and educate, ADVANCED RARE ISOTOPE creating knowledge and opportunity for all. LABORATORY (ARIEL) A large-scale complex of rare isotope facil- ities that enable world-class research on OUR WORK the nature of atomic nuclei, the origin of the heavy chemical elements, the properties of SCIENCE AND quantum materials and biomolecules, the TECHNOLOGY use of medical isotopes for the imaging and TRIUMF’s multidisciplinary expertise and treatment of disease, and more. state-of-the-art infrastructure enable the

Canadian science and technology commu- INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED nity to carry out internationally recognized MEDICAL ISOTOPES (IAMI) cutting-edge research. Our ground-breaking A state-of-the-art facility for the research and discoveries drive Canada’s contributions to development of next-generation, life-saving extending the frontiers of knowledge. medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals.

PEOPLE AND SKILLS TRIUMF INNOVATIONS TRIUMF offers a unique training ground for The business interface and commercializa- the next generation of science and inno- tion arm of TRIUMF that translates science vation leaders. We educate students at all and innovation to society. lev­els, providing them with the skills needed to succeed in the knowledge economy.

TRIUMF’S RESEARCH ACTIVITIES Macro to micro: Accelerating discovery and innovation by connecting the study of the vast with the study of the very, very small 4004 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver BC V6T 2A3 Canada

www.triumf.ca @TRIUMFLab

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