He studied physics at the University of Toronto and won a scholarship for postgraduate study at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, England, undertaking research in cosmic rays at the Cavendish Laboratory from 1908 to 1910.
He pursued studies in physics at the University of Toronto and later secured funding for further research at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, focusing on cosmic rays during his tenure at the Cavendish Laboratory from 1908 to 1910.