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Astronomy Outreach at Canadian Martyrs School, Burlington

June 20, 2017 June 20, 2017Outreach Outreach 0

by Ed Mizzi On Thursday, June 15, Ed Mizzi visited a grade 5/6 class of gifted students and spent the entire day discussing astronomy with them. There were 18 children…

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Hamilton RASC Visits Canadian Martyrs School, Burlington

April 30, 2017 April 30, 2017Outreach Outreach 0

By Ed Mizzi On April 21, Ed Mizzi paid a visit to a grade 7 & 8 class at Canadian Martyrs elementary school in North Burlington. You’ll remember that this…

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Cubs and Beavers descend on the Observatory

April 30, 2017 April 30, 2017Cubs and Guides, Outreach Cubs and Guides, Outreach 0

By Ed Mizzi On Monday, April 24, a group of almost 20 Scouts, mostly Cubs and Beavers (ages 6-11) from Dundas were hosted by Ed Mizzi at the observatory. Ed…

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Outreach with the 1st St. George Pathfinders

April 11, 2017 April 11, 2017Cubs and Guides, Outreach Cubs and Guides, Outreach 0

by Ed Mizzi On March 31, 2017, Ed Mizzi visited a Girl Guide troop in St. George, about a 30 minute drive West of Waterdown. Twelve members of their group…

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The “Dish” on the February Meeting featuring Radio Astronomy

February 5, 2017 February 5, 2017Club Meetings, Observatory, Radio Astronomy, Recap, Westfield Chris Talpas, meetings, observatory, Outreach, Radio Astronomy 0

by Ed Mizzi February 2, 2017 Monthly Meeting David Surette welcomed everyone to the meeting and outlined the agenda. Bob Prociuk provided an update on present membership numbers. He also…

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January’s Award Winning Monthly Meeting

January 6, 2017 January 6, 2017Awards, Club Meetings, NOVA, Outreach meetings, Outreach, Paul Delaney 0

By Ed Mizzi 2017 is going to be a great year in astronomy, and our first meeting of the year certainly had a lot of great things happen! As is customary,…

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Outreach at Pearson High School

December 14, 2016 December 14, 2016Outreach Outreach 0

by Ed Mizzi   The Hamilton Centre was involved in another successful Outreach Program, this one at Lester B. Pearson high school in Burlington. Tanya Grigor, a science teacher at…

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A Visit to St. Andrew Elementary School, Oakville

December 4, 2016 December 4, 2016Outreach Outreach 0

Hamilton RASC was given a great opportunity this month to work with gifted students at a school in Oakville. For four full days, Nov. 21, 23, 24, and 29, Ed…

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Another successful Outreach Event at the Observatory

November 1, 2016 November 1, 2016Observatory, Outreach observatory, Outreach 0

by Muhammad Basil Ahmad On October 22nd, we hosted the Muslim Boys’ Club at the Hamilton Centre Obvervatory. The club organizes activities and field trips once a month for homeschooling fathers…

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Brownies + Stars = Free Cookies!

October 13, 2016 October 13, 2016Cubs and Guides, Outreach Cubs and Guides, Outreach 0

Our own Ed Mizzi was invited to talk to a Brownie troop recently about astronomy, and it was a great event! On Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016, Ed visited a school in…

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