RASC Events

RASC, Halifax Centre Members' Meeting 

Charles Ennis “The Importance of Ethnoastronomy” (open to the public)

Meetings of Halifax Centre are from 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM on the FIRST SATURDAY of the month (except July and August and OCT 2023). There may be exceptions if the date falls on a holiday weekend. All meetings and special sessions are recorded and are accessible on the RASC Halifax Centre YouTube channel. 

Time: Jan. 11th, 1:00 PM Atlantic (12:00 Noon, Eastern)
Place: Room AT101, The Atrium, Saint Mary's University or by Zoom

Saint Mary's University encourages masks to be worn in classrooms.

We would love to see you at Saint Mary's University. However, if you are a distant member or would prefer not to attend at this time, you can attend via Zoom. If there is a change in location at SMU, we will notify members beforehand.

Register for the Zoom meeting using this link. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

 

Member's Meeting

  • Welcome & Introductions - David Hoskin
  • Photo Montage - David Hoskin
  • ETU Guides for sale
  • Charles Ennis - “The Importance of Ethnoastronomy”

    This World Asterisms Project is a living project started in June 2021 by the Inclusivity and Diversity Committee of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada as a celebration of the sky cultures of the world: It continues to grow as the process of naming the stars above is an ongoing process. It is also growing as ethnoastronomers and researchers investigate old records and interview elders and recover previously lost sky cultures. We are stewards of these records and are using the “Two Eyes Seeing” approach pioneered by members of our Halifax Centre of the RASC in their ongoing partnership with the Mi’kmaq people to recover their sky lore: the shared perspectives of astronomers and knowledge keepers. We are identifying the asterisms here and whenever possible directing people to representatives of the cultures involved for information on the sky stories or dream lines related to those asterisms. So far we've got over 16,000 asterisms!  

  • Food for the Soul - Paul Heath
  • What's Up in Dec? -  David Hoskin
  • News from the Board - Tony McGrath
  
Charles Ennis
Paul Heath
David Hoskin
Tony McGrath
 
Upcoming: General Meeting Dates 

February 1 
March 1- Robin Foret - RASC Awards
April 5
May 3
June 7
  (no meetings July/August)
September 6
October 4
November 1
December 6 (+ AGM)

 
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