Join our STEM it UP Student Ambassadors on Saturday January 16th from 4-5PM to take a wondrous tour of our galaxy with astronomer Ryan Marciniak. This free virtual event will have you view constellations, explore the planets, fly around the galaxy and show you the marvels of outer space in a fun and interactive setting. Ideal for students & families Grade 6 & up.

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Come and participate in this eye-opening workshop on the science of stress and how it affects the brain/body system. Find out how everyone experiences the results of stress in similar ways. Also, receive a go-to list of easy-to-do stress-reduction strategy suggestions.

Dark matter. Humans on the Moon. Black holes and exoplanets. They’re hot topics in the news, and it just so happens women are discussing them. Join us for a panel discussion that passes the Bechdel Test, bringing four great Canadian minds together to talk about observational astronomy, cosmology, astroparticle theory, planetary geology and the future of science that is out of this world.

The panel is presented by The Royal Astronomical Society of Canada and SkyNews. Hosted and moderated by SkyNews editor-in-chief Allendria Brunjes and RASC outreach co-ordinator Jenna Hinds, RASC Next Gen committee chair Emilie Laflèche and RASC Diversity and Inclusivity committee chair Roland Dechesne will be moderating audience discussion.

Join us on February 11th, International Day of Women and Girls in Science, for an inspiring virtual panel including Linda Dao from the Canadian Space Agency and Maryam Tsegaye, the first Canadian to win the Breakthrough Challenge! This free panel will have a Q&A format and will be open to children, teens, and adults. Pre-registration required.

Astronomy has been practised on the land we call North America since time immemorial and the peoples across this land had and have their own ways of understanding the sky and the Universe. In this talk, Prof. Hilding Neilson will discuss Indigenous methods of science and how sky stories reflect observations and knowledge of different peoples. He will show how these methods are related to constructing knowledge and apply these axioms to the current questions of where life is in the Milky Way Galaxy. He will also show how these methods add to our current understanding of the Drake Equation and conclude by discussing how these ideas impact the cultural discussion of space exploration and colonization.

Dr. Hilding Neilson is Mi’kmaq from Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland) whose work focuses on stellar and exoplanet astrophysics and on indigenizing astronomy. He earned is PhD from the University of Toronto in 2009 on Cepheid atmospheres and mass loss. He was then an Alexander von Humboldt fellow at the University of Bonn followed by a research professor at East Tennessee State University. Hilding returned to the University of Toronto in 2014 as a CLTA assistant professor.

Brains are pretty amazing; your brain is allowing you to read this sentence right now! It controls everything in your body just like a supercomputer, only better! Let’s Talk Brains is a symposium with Lakehead University - Thunder Bay campus that explores the wonders of the human brain using science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

This symposium includes seminars from research professionals as well as hands-on activities to help enhance your understanding of the awesome grey blob between your ears, yes your brain. We look to dive into the biological, chemical, and psychological components of the human brain.

Grab that discounted Valentine’s Day chocolate and join RCIScience for a highly requested taste test and chemical exploration of our favourite sweet treat, lead by food scientist Selvyn Simoes.

More details coming soon.

On February 18th, 2021, NASA's Perseverance Rover is expected to land on Mars. With advanced technology, Perseverance will search for signs of ancient life on Mars in the Jezero crater, and ancient river delta. Along for the ride is the Ingenuity helicopter, a new technology for planetary exploration! Join Astronomy in Action and their partners in science as they explore the mission objectives, landing site, and how this mission will contribute to future human exploration of Mars!

Hosted by Let's Talk Science and the Innovation, Diversity, Exploration, and Advancement in STEM (IDEAS) Initiative, Let’s Talk Astrophysics aims to improve attending students' basic knowledge of galaxies and dark matter.

The symposium includes seminars from research professionals and an interactive dark matter activity based on data collected from both Gaia and Nobeyama telescopes. A panel of students will be available to answer questions about getting involved in the astrophysics community.

Let's Talk Astrophysics will be hosted nationally across Canada on Zoom. The symposium is split across 2 half-days with Day 1 providing the background knowledge required to participate in the Day 2 interactive activity.

Registration is open to secondary students in Grades 11-12/CÉGEP (ages 15-18) and will close on February 13, 2020. Refer to the symposium agenda for additional details including the detailed agenda, speakers and panellists as the information becomes available.

Enjoy a fun event learning how to make homemade play dough with the STEM it UP student ambassadors! Learn about the interesting science behind making play dough!

Adult supervision requiried for young children required *use of hot water

Join us, from the comfort of your home! This program provides an illustrated one-hour presentation and discussion about what exciting celestial events to look for each season. The events and phenomena will be explained using simple language, with recommendations about how best to observe and photograph them. All participating family members must be registered. Deadline to register for this program is Friday February 26, 2021 at 3:00pm. Prior to the start of the program you will be emailed information on the virtual program links and any specific information relating to your program.

Join us, from the comfort of your home! Let us help you explore and understand the night sky! A DDO Astronomer will provide accurate and detailed answers to your astronomy and space-related questions in simple language using pictures, illustrations and sophisticated computer simulations during these live video meetings.

Deadline to register for this program is Friday February 26, 2021 at 3:00pm. Prior to the start of the program you will be emailed information on the virtual program links and any specific information relating to your program.

Astronomy is a science of eons. In the cosmos, things change over millions or billions of years. Most transient events in the sky are due to happenings in our own solar system. But, roughly a decade ago, astronomers began to detect bursts of radio energy that lasted only a few milliseconds. They arrived from anywhere in the sky, had clearly travelled from great distances and carried jaw-dropping amounts of energy. These so-called Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) became a serious puzzle. Difficult to detect because they are so short lived, FRBs kept astronomers up at night wondering where they could possibly come from. Some even went so far as to suggest they were created by an extraterrestrial intelligence. Recently, with the help of the new Canadian telescope, CHIME, the source of these strange signals may finally have been uncovered. Spoiler Alert: it’s not little green men!

Join RCIScience on an astronomical detective hunt spanning the globe and the galaxies, meeting some of the weirder ideas from astrophysics along the way, as we search for the source of these strange signals.

Presentation of STEAM day projects from Linbrook School followed by a panel discussion including interdisciplinary professionals, parents and teachers.