| Orla Aaquist | Grant MacEwan University | FUndamenaTal Undergraduate Research in Alberta Links: http://academic.macewan.ca/futura/ | Abstract |
| Mohammed Abdallah | University of Calgary | In-eclipse spectral variations of Hercules X-1 during its long period intensity variation | Abstract |
| Judi Agar | University of Western Ontario | Comparisons of M31 Globular Clusters with and without X-ray sources | Abstract |
| Ahmed Ahmed | The University of Western Ontario | The Temperature Structure of Be Star Disks in the Small Magellanic Cloud | Abstract |
| Mike Alexandersen | University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada | Discovery of two additional Jovian irregulars | Abstract |
| Arash Bahramian | University of Alberta | X-ray binary population in Globular Clusters and correlation with stellar encounter rate | Abstract |
| Jeffrey Bailey | University of Western Ontario | An analysis of the rapidly rotating Bp star HD 133880 Links: http://arxiv.org/abs/1203.5277 | Abstract |
| Nicole Bailey | Univerisity of Western Ontario | Two-Stage Fragmentation for Cluster Formation: Analytical Model and Observational Considerations | Abstract |
| Nicholas Ball | Canadian Astronomy Data Centre | Machine Learning on the Cloud: Building the World's First Science Analytics System Utilizing the Canadian Advanced Network For Astronomical Research Links: https://sites.google.com/site/nickballastronomer http://canfar.phys.uvic.ca http://www.skytreecorp.com | Abstract |
| Pierre Bastien | Universit\'e de Montr\'eal | SONS: Continuing the study of debris disks in the submillimetre | Abstract |
| Sylvie F Beaulieu | University of Waterloo | Herschel Final Year of Operations: HIFI Archive and Data Processing | Abstract |
| Ido Ben-Dayan | CITA | Backreaction on the luminosity-redshift relation \\ from gauge invariant light-cone averaging Links: http://arXiv.org/abs/arXiv:1202.1247 | Abstract |
| Pierre Bergeron | Universit\'e de Montr\'eal | On the Origin of Helium-Line (DB) White Dwarf Stars | Abstract |
| Gurtina Besla | Columbia | Future Milky Way-M31-M33 Orbital Evolution, Merging, and Fate of the Sun | Abstract |
| David Bohlender | NRC | A DAO 1.8-m Plaskett Telescope H$\alpha$ Survey of Rapidly-rotating A stars | Abstract |
| Hannah Broekhoven-Fiene | University of Victoria | $\gamma$ Dor’s debris disk: a warm inner ring and a wide outer belt resolved with Herschel | Abstract |
| Brendan Cooper | University of Calgary | The Disk-Halo Transition of the Outer Milky Way | Abstract |
| Patrick Cote | HIA/NRC | CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and ultraviolet Research): Mission Context and Scientific Capabilities | Abstract |
| Stephanie Cote | NRC | Canadian Gemini Updates | Abstract |
| Stephane Courteau | Queen's University | The Luminosity Profile and Structural Parameters of M31 | Abstract |
| Dennis Crabtree | IYA | Discover the Universe / \`(A) la D\'(e)couverte de l'Univers Links: http://DiscoverTheUniverse.ca http://decouvertedelunivers.ca | Abstract |
| Dennis Crabtree | NRC | The Productivity and Impact of 16 O/IR Telescopes for 2005-2009 | Abstract |
| David Crampton | NRC/HIA | Carpe Lux. Beal's Lecture 2012 | Abstract |
| David Crampton | NRC/HIA | ngCFHT: Transformational Wide Field Spectroscopy Links: http://orca.phys.uvic.ca/~pcote/ngcfht/The_Next_Generation_CFHT.html | Abstract |
| Mitchell Croley | University of Western Ontario | The M31 Abundance Gradient | Abstract |
| Alexandre David-Uraz | Royal Military College | The magnetic fields (or lack thereof) in massive stars with discrete absorption components | Abstract |
| Alexandre David-Uraz | Royal Military College | Using MOST to reveal the secrets of the mischievous Wolf-Rayet binary CV Ser | Abstract |
| Gary Davis | Joint Astronomy Centre | SCUBA-2 on the JCMT: A New Facility for Canadian Astronomy | Abstract |
| Daniel Devost | Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope | Implementation of the Decade 4 plan at CFHT: Science productivity, Remote Operations and Instrument development. Links: http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu | Abstract |
| Rene Doyon | Universite de Montreal | SPIRou : A Next Generation Instrument for CFHT | Abstract |
| Rene Doyon | Universite de Montreal | The James Webb Space Telescope – Status | Abstract |
| Laurent Drissen | Université Laval | SITELLE, a new instrument for the CFHT | Abstract |
| Jean Dupuis | Canadian Space Agency | About the Origin of the Metal Lines in the Ultraviolet Spectrum of the White Dwarf CD$-38^{\circ}10980$ | Abstract |
| Louise Edwards | Mount Allison University | Close companions to Brightest Cluster Galaxies: Support for downsizing and minor mergers Links: http://www.mta.ca/~ledwards/ | Abstract |
| Khaled Elshamouty | University of Alberta, Canada | Testing The Cas A Neutron Star Temperature Decline With Other Chandra Instruments | Abstract |
| Megan Engel | University of Alberta | A 2.15 HOUR ORBITAL PERIOD FOR THE LOW MASS X-RAY BINARY XB 1832-330 IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6652 Links: http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.4131 | Abstract |
| Michel Fich | University of Waterloo | The JCMT Galactic Plane Survey | Abstract |
| Mike Fich | University of Waterloo | CCAT: the next large submm observatory | Abstract |
| Francois Finet | Institut d'Astrophysique et Géophyisque (AGO), Université de Liège (ULg) | The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope project | Abstract |
| Emmanuel Fonseca | UBC | Timing and Profile-Evolution Studies of the Relativistic Binary Pulsar PSR B1534+12 | Abstract |
| Wesley Fraser | Plaskett Fellow, National Research Council | Tidal Evolution of the Quaoar-Weywot System | Abstract |
| Ronald Gagne | UBC | Flux Return Measurement of Laser Guide Stars | Abstract |
| Luigi Gallo | Saint Mary's University | Astro-H: the mission, the science, and Canadian participation | Abstract |
| Joern Geisbuesch | NRC | DRAO ST observations of supernova 2011dh | Abstract |
| Joern Geisbuesch | NRC | Re-calibration of the CGPS 408 MHz data | Abstract |
| Jeanette Gladstone | University of Alberta | Searching for intermediate mass black holes: the current view of ESO 243-49 HLX-1 | Abstract |
| Lisa Glass | University of Victoria | Cores and Nuclei in Virgo Cluster Early-Type Galaxies | Abstract |
| Frédéric Grandmont | ABB inc. | Design Status of SITELLE, CFHT's Next Generation Imaging Spectrograph Links: http://www.abb.com/cawp/seitp202/5a76cbad2860b6b3c125794300350a7b.aspx http://againsttheodds.hubpages.com/hub/Sitelle-Fourier-Transfrom-Spectrometer http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/projects/ | Abstract |
| Kaylie Green | University of Calgary | HI Spectrum and Distance of the Supernova Remnant G84.2-0.8 | Abstract |
| R. Elizabeth Griffin | Dominion Astrophysical Observatory | The DAO's Plate-Scanning Project Links: http://www.cadc.hia.nrc.gc.ca/dao/pa.html | Abstract |
| Stephen Gwyn | CADC | The Next Generation Virgo Survey data pipeline | Abstract |
| Amir Hajian | CITA | The Atacama Cosmology Telescope (ACT): Summary of Results | Abstract |
| Mark Halpern | University of British COlumbia | The SCUBA-2 Cosmology Survey and the history of star formation in massive galaxies. | Abstract |
| Craig Heinke | U. of Alberta | An Intermediate-Mass Black Hole in M31's Globular Cluster G1? Links: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012AAS...21924701W | Abstract |
| Jim Hesser | BIYA | Beyond the International Year of Astronomy: 2011-2012 Activities | Abstract |
| Gary Hinshaw | UBC | CHIME: Measuring the onset of accelerated expansion Links: http://chime.phas.ubc.ca/ | Abstract |
| Lindsay Holmes | Royal Military College of Canada | Non-Parametric Fitting of Disk Galaxy Photometry for a Sub-set of CALIFA Galaxies | Abstract |
| Annie Hou | McMaster University | The impact of group dynamics and substructure on galaxy evolution | Abstract |
| Corey Howard | McMaster University | Simulating Star Cluster Formation in Giant Molecular Clouds | Abstract |
| John Hutchings | NRC | CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research): A Flagship Mission in Canadian Space Astronomy | Abstract |
| Ben Jackel | McMaster University | Magnetic Helicity Transport in a Shearing Box Simulation of an Accretion Disk | Abstract |
| Gilles Joncas | Universit\'e Laval | Hyperspectral view of bright planetary nebulae | Abstract |
| Scott Jones | Western University | Polarization Observations of Orion KL $ m H_{2}O$ $5_{32}-4_{41}$ 620.701 GHz maser emission with HIFI | Abstract |
| JJ Kavelaars | IoA, Cambridge, UK | Results from the Herschel DEBRIS disk survey: the 61-Vir debris disk and implications for disks around stars harbouring "low-mass" planets. Links: http://debris.astrosci.ca/ | Abstract |
| Ben Keller | McMaster University | Star Formation Regulation in a Simulated Galactic Disk | Abstract |
| Wolfgang Kerzendorf | UofT | Hunting Type Ia donor stars in ancient remnants | Abstract |
| Helen Kirk | Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics | Filamentary Flows in the Serpens South Protocluster | Abstract |
| Mikhail Klassen | McMaster University | Simulating Protostellar Evolution and Radiative Feedback in Stars and Clusters Links: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012MNRAS.421.2861K | Abstract |
| Lewis Knee | Joint ALMA Observatory | The Building Blocks of ALMA: Science Processing of the Array Elements | Abstract |
| Nicholas Koning | University of Calgary | Illumination effects on the apparent morphology of proto-planetary nebulae. | Abstract |
| Mathew Kostka | University of Calgary | Super-Luminous Supernovae in the Context of the Quark-Novae | Abstract |
| Roland Kothes | Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory | A Pathfinder to the JCMT 12CO(3-2) Survey of the Cygnus X Region Links: http://arxiv.org/abs/1202.0832 | Abstract |
| Philipp Kronberg | University of Toronto | First measurement of the electric current in a kpc-scale jet | Abstract |
| Sun Kwok | University of Hong Kong | Mixed aromatic/aliphatic organic nanoparticles as carriers of unidentified infrared emission features Links: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v479/n7371/full/nature10542.html | Abstract |
| Nicholas Law | University of Toronto | Astronomy in the Canadian High Arctic: New Exoplanet Surveys from 80 Degrees North | Abstract |
| Denis Leahy | University of Calgary | New views of Hercules X-1: a Decade of RXTE Observations | Abstract |
| Denis Leahy | University of Calgary | Radio observations of TeV and GeV emitting supernova remnants | Abstract |
| Karen Lee-Waddell | Royal Military College of Canada / Queen’s University | A Tidal Dwarf Galaxy in the Interacting Galaxy Group NGC 3166/9? | Abstract |
| Kelly Lepo | University of Toronto | Ultra-soft sources as supernova type Ia progenitors | Abstract |
| Wladimir Lyra | JPL/Caltech | Formation and retention of planets in disks Links: http://www.astro.uu.se/~wlyra/ http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT7mWkd1EBa0kPXqEmuwhhA?feature=mhee | Abstract |
| Yin-Zhe Ma | University of British Columbia | Cosmic bulk flow: myth and truth | Abstract |
| Todd Mackenzie | UBC | Disentangling a lensed group of galaxies at z=2.9 observed with SCUBA-2 | Abstract |
| Erik Madsen | Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia | Timing the main-sequence-star binary pulsar J1740$-$3052 | Abstract |
| Gibion Makiwa | Institute for Space Imaging Science, University of Lethbridge | Dust emissivity of dense cores with Herschel SPIRE spectroscopy | Abstract |
| Sarah Malek | University of Western Ontario | The Unusual Circumstellar Environment of HR 4049 | Abstract |
| Nadine Manset | CFHT | Reduction of CFHT/ESPaDOnS observations taken in Classical Mode (2005A - 2007B) | Abstract |
| Aaron Maxwell | McMaster University | Building the Stellar Halo Through Feedback in Dwarf Galaxies | Abstract |
| Carolyn McCoey | University of Waterloo | Wet in the Middle | Abstract |
| Alan McConnachie | NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | Science and requirements for the Next Generation of the CFHT | Abstract |
| Abdul Mroué | CITA | Periastron Advance in Black-Hole Binaries | Abstract |
| David Naylor | ISIS, Lethbridge | The SPICA mission and the Safari instrument: an update | Abstract |
| David Naylor | Institute for Space Imaging Science, University of Lethbridge | Resolved kinematics of Galactic targets with Herschel SPIRE-FTS | Abstract |
| Hilding Neilson | Univ. Bonn | Cepheid Binary Synthesis: Just How Many Are There? | Abstract |
| Wai-Hin Wayne Ngan | University of Toronto | DIMM Seeing from the Eureka Ridge Laboratory on Ellesmere Island | Abstract |
| Magdalen Normandeau | University of New Brunswick | The "Profile of a Living Astrophysicist" Project: Learning about Working as an Astrophysicist | Abstract |
| Shokoofeh Nourbakhsh | University of Western Ontario, Physics and Astronomy building | Measuring turbulence in the intra-cluster medium | Abstract |
| Amir Ouyed | University of Calgary | A Spallation Model for the Titanium-rich Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A | Abstract |
| Parshati Patel | University of Western Ontario | The H$\alpha$-UBV Signatures of Disk Growth and Dissipation in Classical Be Stars. | Abstract |
| John Percy | University of Toronto, Astronomy \& Astrophysics | Studies of the Variability of R Coronae Borealis (R CrB) Stars | Abstract |
| Andy Pon | University of Victoria | Modeling the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble | Abstract |
| Joseph Postma | University of Calgary | Characterization of the UltraViolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) Detector at the University of Calgary | Abstract |
| Snezana Prodan | CITA | The Curious Case of LMXB 4U 1820-30: Resonant Trapping and Tidal Dissipation Rate of the White Dwarf Secondary Links: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2012ApJ...747....4P | Abstract |
| Teznie Pugh | University of Western Ontario | The Third Signature of Granulation in Bright-Giant and Supergiant Stars | Abstract |
| Jon Ramsey | Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, ZAH, University of Heidelberg | Simulating magnetic outflows from young disks at both launching and observational length scales | Abstract |
| Sujith Ranasinghe | University of Calgary | HI Spectra of Supernova Remnants in the Canadian Galactic Plane Survey | Abstract |
| Hoda Rashedi | University of Western Ontatio | Relating diffuse interstellar band strengths to line of sight properties | Abstract |
| Patrick Rogers | McMaster University | Forming Gas-Giants Through Gravitational Instability: 3D Radiation Hydrodynamics Simulations and the Hill Criterion | Abstract |
| Erik Rosolowsky | UBC Okanagan | Probing the Evolution of Molecular Clouds in M33 | Abstract |
| Erik Rosolowsky | UBC Okanagan | The SCUBA-2 Gould Belt Survey Links: http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/JCMT/surveys/GBS_Abstract.html | Abstract |
| Jason Rowe | NASA Ames/ SETI Institute | Measuring the Atmospheric Properties of Extrasolar Planets | Abstract |
| Samar Safi-Harb | University of Manitoba | 3D Simulations of the Emission from Young Supernova Remnants including Particle Acceleration | Abstract |
| David Schade | National Research Council Canada | Large Scale Computing and Storage: CANFAR and CADC | Abstract |
| Maximilien Schirm | McMaster University | Hot and Cold Molecular Gas in the Antennae as seen by Herschel | Abstract |
| Alan Scott | COM DEV | CASTOR (The Cosmological Advanced Survey Telescope for Optical and uv Research): Technical Design and Mission Operations | Abstract |
| Cory Shankman | The University of British Columbia | A Divot in the Trans Neptunian Objects Scattering Disk Size Distribution | Abstract |
| Utsab Raj Shrestha | Tribhuvan University | Study of Saturn's Ring System Observed from National Observatory, Nepal. | Abstract |
| Matthew Shultz | Queen's University/Royal Military College of Canada | The Tangled Magnetosphere of Landstreet's Star | Abstract |
| Luc Simard | NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics | The distribution of galaxy disk sizes and the influence of bulges | Abstract |
| Gregory Sivakoff | University of Alberta | Caught in the Act: Disc-Jet Coupling in the 2009 Outburst of the Black Hole Candidate H1743-322 Links: http://www.astro.virginia.edu/xrb_jets/ | Abstract |
| Gregory Sivakoff | University of Alberta | Snapshots of the Universe: A Multi-Lingual Astronomy Art Book | Abstract |
| William Stacey | University of Alberta | The Unusual X-ray Sources of Globular Cluster NGC 6652 | Abstract |
| Ingrid Stairs | University of British Columbia | A Millisecond Pulsar in a Triple System | Abstract |
| Matthew Stevenson | Caltech | The C-Band All Sky Survey Links: http://www.astro.caltech.edu/cbass/ | Abstract |
| David Stock | UWO | Extinction and PAH intensity variations in HII regions | Abstract |
| Maryam Tabeshian | University of Western Ontario | Understanding the Role of Magnetized Turbulence in Molecular Clouds | Abstract |
| Kianoosh Tahani | University of Calgary | Orion-S star formation region, HIFI data | Abstract |
| Joel Tanner | Yale University | Simulations of Stellar Surface Convection | Abstract |
| Robert Thacker | Saint Mary's University | Skeletons in the AGN modelling cupboard | Abstract |
| Samuel Tisi | University of Waterloo | Studying Intermediate Mass Stars with the Herschel Space Observatory | Abstract |
| Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay | LSW, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg | Improved View of Hydrogen-Rich Atmosphere White Dwarfs | Abstract |
| Cameron Van Eck | University of Calgary | Connecting galactic magnetic fields to the interstellar medium: Looking for statistical correlations | Abstract |
| Neven Vulic | University of Western Ontario | A Stacking Analysis of Star Clusters in M51: The Search for X-Ray Binaries | Abstract |
| Gregg Wade | RMC | The giant magnetosphere of the massive Of?p star NGC 1624-2 | Abstract |
| Rachel Ward | McMaster University | Analyzing Synthetic Observations of Star-forming Clumps in Molecular Clouds | Abstract |
| Rachel Ward | McMaster University | William J. McCallion Planetarium: Astronomy Outreach in the Heart of Hamilton Links: http://www.physics.mcmaster.ca/planetarium | Abstract |
| Jeremy Webb | McMaster University | The Tidal Radii of Globular Clusters With Eccentric Orbits | Abstract |
| Anne-Marie Weijmans | Dunlap Institute for Astronomy \& Astrophysics | Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO: The MaNGA IFU Survey | Abstract |
| Anne-Marie Weijmans | Dunlap Institute for Astronomy \& Astrophysics | Summer at the Dunlap Institute Links: http://dunlap.utoronto.ca/education/undergraduates/ | Abstract |
| Jon Willis | UVic | Distant clusters in the XMM Large Scale Structure survey | Abstract |
| Rory Woods | McMaster Univeristy | Cold Flows and Reservoirs in Galaxy Formation | Abstract |