About AGR

In 1985 Dr. Ken Dunn and Dr. Alan Coley organized the very first Canadian Conference on General Relativity and Relativistic Astrophysics. This began a national conference series that ran for many years in various cities across Canada. The series ended with the last such conference being held in Vancouver in 2016. 

The first Atlantic General Relativity (AGR) Conference was held in 2012, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, organized by Jack Gegenberg, Viqar Hussain and Ivan Booth. It has since grown in size and become a yearly event for the Atlantic Canada relativity community.  

The conferences discuss all aspects of classical and quantum gravity as well as relativistic astrophysics. One of its main goals is to provide an opportunity for Atlantic Canadian graduate students to present their work and network with others in the region. Student talks are prioritized by the organizers each year. 

This conference series now has regular participants from Newfoundland to Quebec and occasionally from across Canada and beyond. It has become an even more important event for the community as there is no longer a national general relativity conference series.

The Atlantic Association for Research in the Mathematical Sciences (AARMS) have generously supported the Atlantic General Relativity conferences each year.