• Start off Saturday and Sunday with our concurrent sessions. Choose between the Cosmos or Community streams (or hop between the two) and join our amazing session presentations and workshops. 

Cosmos – Sessions focused on the scientific side of astronomy. 

Sessions include:

• NextGen Committee Youth Sessions
• Astronomy in Yukon – RASC Yukon Centre
• Two-Eyed Seeing and the Mi’kmaw Moons Project – Dave Chapman and Cathy LeBlanc (Cross-listed)
• To Bennu and Back: The OSIRIS-REx Mission and the Significance to Canada – Dr. Kim Tait
• Remembering Terence Dickinson – Alan Dyer (Cross-listed)
• Presentation from the AAVSO
• Summer Astrophotography – Michael Watson

Community – Sessions focused on the social and educational side of astronomy. 

Sessions include:

• Bring your own Asterism – Charles Ennis
• Planetarium Project – Space Place
• Two-Eyed Seeing and the Mi’kmaw Moons Project – Dave Chapman and Cathy LeBlanc (Cross-Listed)
• NextGen Committee Youth Sessions
• Remembering Terence Dickinson – Alan Dyer (Cross-listed)
• Preparing for the Big Eclipse – Randy Attwood
• Talking With Your Neighbour About Their Bad Lighting – Roland Dechesne
• Eclipse Predictions from Ancient to Modern Times – Ron Macnaughton

Enjoy our nightly keynote speakers, suitable for all attendees.

Featuring:

Dr. Shandin Pete – Salish Sky Lore,

Eric Choi – an award-winning writer, editor, and aerospace engineer

Dr. Linda Shore from the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,

On Saturday and Sunday, enjoy our afternoon plenary session speakers.

Featuring:

Communicating Science and Combating Misinformation – A Panel Discussion with Industry Experts

Journey within a “big science project”: Science of gravitational wave astronomy and the LIGO/Virgo/KAGRA collaborations – Corey Gray 

Join us for nightly social events in Gather, where all attendees can get to know each other, virtually interact, and view the astrophotography contest submissions and astronomy posters.

Join the fun and participate in the astrophotography contest! All are welcome to compete for prizes and bragging rights. The winning photos will be selected based on technical precision and general composition, so make them beautiful! Winners will be announced during the GA.

The contest is open from April 1st – May 1st, 2023.

Check out the Astrophoto Contest tab for more information.

Learn all about how the public has been involved in some of the greatest astronomical discoveries! Listen to speakers involved in citizen science and check out posters about attendees’ citizen science research throughout the weekend.

Submit your Citizen Science posters from April 1st – May 1st, 2023.

Check out the Poster Session tab for more information.