Robert Hawkes is a Professor of Physics at Mount Allison University. As well as extensive experience in teaching introductory physics he has taught upper level courses in mechanics, relativity, electricity and magnetism, electronics and astrophysics, as well as education courses in science methods and technology in education. His research program is in solar system astrophysics using advanced electro-optical devices to study atmospheric meteor ablation, as well as complementary lab based techniques such as laser ablation. He has won a number of teaching awards including a 3M STLHE National Teaching Fellow, the Canadian Association of Physicists Medal for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and the Science Atlantic University Teaching Award. He has been an early adopter of a number of interactive teaching techniques, in particular collaborative learning in both introductory and advanced courses. He was the co-editor of the Physics in Canada special issue on physics education.

Dr. Javed Iqbal is the Director of the Science Co-op Program and Adjunct Professor of Physics at the University of British Columbia (UBC). At UBC, he has taught first-year physics for 30 years and has been instrumental in promoting the use of clickers at UBC and other Canadian universities. In 2004, he was awarded the Faculty of Science Excellence in Teaching Award. In 2012, he was awarded the Killam Teaching Prize. His research areas include theoretical nuclear physics, computational modelling of light scattering from nanostructures, and computational physics. Dr. Iqbal received his Doctoral Degree in Theoretical Nuclear Physics from Indiana University and an undergraduate degree from Quaid-e-Azam University (Islamabad, Pakistan).