Joseph Carr (b. 1952) is a Canadian amateur astronomer and long-term member of the RASC Victoria Centre. He has contributed selflessly to the public understanding of astronomy through public outreach.

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Alexander Schmid (b. 1964) is a Canadian instructor with the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Victoria and a thirty-year member of the RASC Victoria Centre He has contributed selflessly to the public understanding of astronomy and was awarded the Newton-Ball Award of the Victoria Centre in 2021.

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Jarnac is an observatory located in southern Arizona, from which David Levy (asteroid 3673) has enjoyed the night sky for more than half a century. David was a long-time collaborator with the discoverer of this minor planet. The name originated from a small lake in rural Quebec, where Levy's family had a cottage.

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Shohini Ghose (b. 1974) is an Indian-Canadian professor of physics and computer science at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on quantum computing, quantum communication, and classical and quantum chaos. She is an author of multiple books, including Her Space, Her Time, which highlights the contributions of women scientists.

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Kim Binsted (b. 1970) is an American-Canadian-Austrian researcher on the faculty of the University of Hawai'i. She studied at McGill University and earned a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh. Kim was Chief Scientist on a Mars exploration analogue on Devon Island in Canada and helped develop HI-SEAS, a simulated Mars habitat.

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Larry Mark Zehr (b. 1967) is a retired Canadian entrepreneur, amateur astronomer and photographer. He and his wife, June Jedicke-Zehr, hosted the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar system on their farm near Woodstock, Ontario. The Zehrs travel widely, often for solar eclipse events, and moved to Osoyoos, British Columbia, to take advantage of the dark skies and beautiful scenery.

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Megan C. Engel (b. 1989) is a Canadian theoretical physicist at the Department of Biological Science of the University of Calgary, whose graduate work at Oxford earned her the Springer Theses Prize. She is a former Rhodes Scholar, dedicated mother, inspiring mentor and passionate science educator.

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Omar Elmi (b. 2003) is a Canadian student of astrophysics at McMaster University as well as an intern at the Canadian Space Agency. He is a close collaborator with the Optical Transient Survey conducted at the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory in Victoria. Omar's interests include research in exoplanets and galaxy formation and evolution.

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Kiana Hayeri (b. 1988) is an Iranian-Canadian photographer who spent nearly a decade living in Afghanistan, including one year under the Taliban. She has won numerous awards and grants for her work focusing on women and girls in Afghanistan, including the James Foley Award for Conflict Reporting, the Robert Capa Gold Medal, and the World Press Photo.

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