Hope you are having a great summer….all things considered!

So we had hoped that we would be at Stage 4 of the BC Government plan for COVID restrictions lifting for our September meeting, which would have allowed us to restart in person meetings for our membership with no restrictions.

But as you all know that didn’t happen, so for now we will be continuing with Zoom online meetings.

Our online meetings are for paid members only. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to info@nanaimoastronomy.com

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First up will be our AGM, it will be VERY short! Details will follow by separate email to our members.

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Main Presentation

We’re very happy to have returning presenter Matthew Williams.

Contributor to Universe Today

‘Why Science Communication matters’

First Humans on Mars : Image courtesy of NASA

Brief :

The job of a science communicator has always been to make science accessible to the masses. This has become all the more important in an age where misinformation and “data fatigue” have made it increasingly difficult to distinguish between fact and fiction. So in addition to accessibility, it is the responsibility of science communicators to be a trusted source who can make important information engaging.

Bio :

Matthew S Williams is a regular contributor to Universe Today and Interesting Engineering and the Director of Media Communication for Mars City Design. He’s also a three-time published author of hard science fiction, whose titles include The Cronian Incident, The Jovian Manifesto, and The Frost Line Fracture – also known as The Formist Series. He is the co-author of the podcast series, The Martian Dispatches, which will be premiering on the Space Channel this Fall. In 2022, he and co-author Paul Patton will be releasing a book that explores the mysteries of why humanity has not yet made contact – also known as the Fermi Paradox.