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/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Students from the North: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons wants you to become junior astronauts/


LONGUEUIL, QC, Dec. 10, 2019 /CNW/ - On December 11, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons will give a virtual presentation to more than 170 students and their teachers. She will encourage them to participate in the Junior Astronauts campaign. She will also talk about her experience during the CSA's astronaut recruitment campaign and about the training she received afterwards.

Media are invited to attend the presentation at the schools listed below.

Media who cannot be there in person, but would like to attend virtually, are asked to contact the CSA's Media Relations Office by email at [email protected] by Wednesday, December 11, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

 

Date:

December 11, 2019



What:

Presentation about the Junior Astronauts campaign and about the training program for Canadian astronauts 



Who:

Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, CSA astronaut

 

Time

Location

Participants




11:00 a.m. MT

St. Patrick High School
5010 44th Street
Yellowknife, NWT  X1A 2R2

20 students




10:00 a.m. PT

F.H. Collins Secondary School
1001 Lewes Boulevard
Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 3J1

30 students





Robert Service School
967 5th Avenue
Dawson City, Yukon  Y0B 1G0

24 students





Vanier Catholic Secondary School
16 Duke Road
Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 4M2

40 students





J.V. Clark School
Mayo, Yukon  Y0B 1M0

12 students





Selkirk Elementary School
5 Selkirk Street
Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 3J5

45 students





Del Van Gorder School
100 Bell Avenue
Faro, Yukon  Y0B 1K0

9 students

 

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