Physicist Raymond Laflamme helped put Canada at the forefront of quantum computing

Raymond Laflamme, an internationally renowned Québécois physicist, founding member of two major Canadian research institutes, and driving force behind Canada’s world-leading quantum computing community, died on June 19 from lung cancer, one month before his 65th birthday.

Led by his curiosity and sense of adventure, Dr. Laflamme did pioneering work in quantum physics that had a profound impact on Canadian science and the people around him.