Scientific knowledge is worthless if it can’t be shared with everyone.
Science communication is a passion of mine. Below is a collection of science outreach activities I have led or taken part in.
Queen’s Observatory activities
Fast Radio Bursts Podcast
On this podcast we dive into current topics in astronomy and interview astronomers about their amazing research! Learn more at this link.
Open House talks
Recording our open house talks became a pet project of mine to increase the reach of our events and make them more accessible to those that couldn’t make it out to the event itself. They have all been posted on our YouTube channel. The quality of the recordings gets progressively better with time, I hope you like them!
Percy Goes to Mars
We organized a live-stream event for the Perseverance Mars landing which included a panel of experts to discuss the science and engineering of the Perseverance rover. The event went very well, with over 700 views on YouTube. I lead the organization of the event although I was not on the panel myself, the only audio you will hear from me is the first sentence saying that we are “go for live” haha. Here is the YouTube link.
Science Rendezvous 2022 Hall of Fame
I had the pleasure of organizing a team of 15 volunteers running 9 activities at the Queen’s Observatory station. I was given an “Outstanding Volunteer” spot in the Science Rendezvous Kingston hall of fame! SR 2022 was definitely a highlight of my outreach activities at Queen’s!
Science Rendezvous 2021 Keynote
Here is a link to a public talk I did as one of the keynote speakers at Science Rendezvous 2021 in my capacity as the Observatory Coordinator. Over 500 classes/families have viewed the talk.
Where does it all come from?
Here is a link to a public talk I did at the Observatory Open House in June 2019. Sorry about the audio quality!
Group Tours
We run virtual tours for classes and summer camps at all grade levels! Check out our website to learn more, these are lots of fun.
Interviews
Celestial Occurrences in December 2020
Interview with Global Kingston on the Geminid Meteor shower, the Great Conjunction, and Aurora Borealis. link
Comet remains to be seen for the month of July
Discussion on comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE in July 2020 with The Whig. link
SpaceX Launch
Podcast with CFRC on SpaceX launch of humans to the ISS in June 2020. link
Mercury moves across the sun
Interview with Global Kingston on Mercury transit in November 2019. link
A Nobel Pursuit
Discussion with the Queen’s Gazette on the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureates meeting. link
Queen’s University astrophysicist sheds some light on the historic Spacex launch
Interview with Global Kingston on SpaceX launch of humans to the ISS in June 2020. link
Canada’s contributions to the Apollo 11 mission
Interview with Global Kingston on 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission. link
Queen’s Phd student tells us how we can spot the International space station in the sky
Interview with Global Kingston on how to spot the ISS from home. link
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