CASCA-Westar Lecturers

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CASCA-Westar Lecturers

The following Canadian Astronomers are volunteers with the CASCA-Westar Lectureship series. Hailing from across the country, and varied in their interests, these astronomers bring their passion for what they do to the public through events such as public lectures, star parties and classroom workshops. Many have also been amateur astronomers.

If you are interested in coordinating a CASCA-Westar Lectureship event in your community, please contact cascaed@astro.utoronto.ca , or visit our page on the CASCA-Westar Lectureship for more information.

Astronomer	Institution	Language	Lecturing Interests
Dr. Jayanne English	University of Manitoba	English	Gas in galaxies, including the Milky Way Astronomy Image-making
Dr. Jim Hesser	Dominion Astrophysical Observatory Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council Canada	English & Spanish	Archaeology of the Milky Way Galaxy; Hubble's Universe: Discoveries with the Hubble Space Telescope International Year of Astronomy (IYA) 2009
Dr. Doug Johnstone	National Research Council Canada, Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	English	What is Astrophysics? Touring Our Galaxy Formation of stars and planetary systems, Evolution of circumstellar disks around young stars, Formation and evolution of structure in molecular clouds
Dr. John Percy	University of Toronto at Mississauga	English	Variable stars Stellar evolution Science education Teacher workshops and education
Dr. Ian Short	St. Mary's University	English	Research seminars: Computational modelling of stellar atmospheres and stellar spectra, especially Red Giant stars and solar type stars; Computational methods for problems in stellar atmospheres Public lectures: Extra-solar planets, Brown Dwarfs, Possibility of extra-terrestrial life, Broader significance of stellar astrophysics (eg. origin of the chemical elements), Use of computer simulation in modern astrophysics, especially with parallel computers and PCs
Dr. Luc Simard	National Research Council of Canada / Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics	English & French	Internal Kinematics of Intermediate Redshift Galaxies, Modern Techniques of Multiwavelength. Astronomy, The TMT (Thirty-Metre Telescope) Project , Canadian Astronomy Data Centre;
Dr. Bob Garrison	University of Toronto	English

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