Events

EVENTS

GA 2023 Schedule Overview Click here to see the schedule of events!

Concurrent Sessions
  • 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