Official opening of Canada’s newest and largest radio telescope to map the cosmos

September 6, 2017 – Kaleden, BC ─ The Honourable Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science, with representatives from the National Research Council of Canada, the University of British Columbia, McGill University, and the University of Toronto are launching Canada’s newest and largest radio telescope, the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment also known as CHIME.

Minister Duncan, accompanied by CHIME representatives, will install the final piece of this radio telescope which will map cosmic structure over the largest volume of the Universe ever observed. A tour of the installations will follow. Spokespeople will be available on site for interviews.

Date:               Thursday, September 7, 2017

Time:              12:30 p.m. PT

Location:        Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory (also referred to as DRAO)
717 White Lake Road
Kaleden, British Columbia  V2A 6J9

Contacts

Ann Marie Paquet
Press Secretary
Office of the Honourable Kirsty Duncan
613-404-2733
ann-marie.paquet@canada.ca 

Media Relations Team
National Research Council of Canada
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Heather Amos
University of British Columbia Public Affairs
604-828-3867
heather.amos@ubc.ca

Chris Chipello
McGill Media Relations Office
514-398-4201
chris.chipello@mcgill.ca

Chris Sasaki
Communications Co-ordinator
Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Toronto
416-978-6613
csasaki@dunlap.utoronto.ca