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Watch Eclipse 2024 on April 8 from anywhere in the world

Watch Eclipse 2024 on April 8 from anywhere in the world

“I’m most excited to see totality because I’ve heard so many things about it and am now so hyped up about it,” says alum Ilana MacDonald, public outreach, communications and events strategist with the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics. “It’d be a real shame…

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How Ilana MacDonald and Julie Bolduc-Duval are preparing Canadians for the eclipse

How Ilana MacDonald and Julie Bolduc-Duval are preparing Canadians for the eclipse

March 8th is International Women’s Day, an opportunity to honour and celebrate the achievements of women around the word. This year, it is also a month away from a once-in-a-lifetime total solar eclipse that will sweep across Ontario, Quebec, and the Atlantic provinces. Today we’re…

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Eclipse 2024: No kids left inside

Eclipse 2024: No kids left inside

As educators, parents and astronomers, we want to make sure that no kids are left inside during the total solar eclipse on Monday, April 8, 2024. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to experience one of the most incredible natural phenomena alongside millions of Canadians. Some…

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Eclipse workshops at the Toronto Public Library

Eclipse workshops at the Toronto Public Library

We’re hosting dozens of free workshops across Toronto in partnership with the Toronto Public Library to help attendees safely enjoy the total solar eclipse on April 8 in several different ways!  Astronomers from the University of Toronto will help participants make their own pinhole solar…

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Maria Drout awarded Newton Lacy Pierce Prize

Maria Drout awarded Newton Lacy Pierce Prize

Prestigious prize celebrates outstanding achievements of early career astronomers  Even the closest stars in the night sky are trillions of kilometres away. But one University of Toronto professor’s shine in observational astronomical research is being recognized much closer to home.  Today, Prof. Maria Drout was awarded…

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Suresh Sivanandam appointed Director of the Dunlap Institute

Suresh Sivanandam appointed Director of the Dunlap Institute

From Fellow to Faculty to Director We are delighted to announce that one of the first Dunlap Fellows, Professor Suresh Sivanandam, has been appointed Director of the Dunlap Institute. Sivanandam aims to understand how galaxies evolve over billions of years as a function of their environment…

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Astronomers discover first population of binary stripped stars

Astronomers discover first population of binary stripped stars

An artist’s impression of a massive star stripping the hydrogen envelope of its companion in a binary system, leaving behind a hot, helium-rich exposed core. Credit: Navid Marvi, courtesy of the Carnegie Institution for Science. New findings confirm existence of hot helium stars long thought to…

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Laurie Rousseau-Nepton discusses Indigenous contributions to her field on CTV’s The Social

Laurie Rousseau-Nepton discusses Indigenous contributions to her field on CTV’s The Social

“In the Innu culture and many cultures in Canada, we come from the stars and we also return to the stars” Astrophysicist Laurie Rousseau-Nepton says her research on how stars form and influence each other over generations is an extension of the knowledge passed down to her by…

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2023 SURP Student Spotlights

2023 SURP Student Spotlights

The annual Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) in astronomy & astrophysics at the University of Toronto is a unique opportunity for undergraduate students in astronomy, physics or engineering to prepare for a career in scientific research. Throughout the program students have the opportunity to: Experience what a career…

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Meet the 2023 Professor Mercedes T. Richards award recipient

Meet the 2023 Professor Mercedes T. Richards award recipient

Sophia Da Costa, a fourth-year undergraduate student at the University of Waterloo, was recently recognized by the Dunlap Institute with the second annual Professor Mercedes T. Richards Award for Excellence in Summer Undergraduate Research.  Supervised by Prof. Keith Vanderlinde, Da Costa designed, built and deployed…

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