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ROBERT DICK
Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario
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Few people can claim to have combined their passion and their profession.
The night sky has drawn Robert Dick outside for over thirty years.
For most of this time, Robert has been sharing his knowledge and interest with the public. He has introduced thousands to the science and passion of astronomy and stargazing through public education and university courses.
With slides, videotapes and films, Robert brings the sky alive for the audience.
For twenty-five years, he has delivered well-illustrated talks to general audiences at the National Museum of Science and Technology.
For over fifteen years, he has given full credit introductory courses on astronomy that are distributed nationwide on video tape and also many one week mini-courses and an assorted five-evening workshops on star gazing, stellar astronomy, and planetary astronomy.
Based on his reputation as a communicator and educator, he was invited by the Canadian Space Agency to be the astronomy instructor for the Canadian
Astronauts.
With his private observatory in Eastern Ontario, one of the largest in Canada, Robert continues to study celestial phenomena and to record his observations to further astronomy and to support his public presentations.
Through articles in newspapers and magazines, with contributions to several CD-ROM products and appearances on television and radio, Robert brings a
lifelong interest and respect for the Universe to the public of all ages.
Robert Dicks received a Bachelor of Mechanical Engineering from Carleton University, Ottawa, in 1981 and a Master of Mechanical Engineering from Carleton University, in 1981.
He was Project Engineer on RADARSAT I Project at Spar Aerospace, and Senior Mechanical Engineer at Spar on Advanced SAR Project for European Space Agency (ASAR) and antenna system project (Sovcanstar).
He holds membership in the Canadian Society of Mechanical Engineers, the Illumination Engineering Society of North America and the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada.
He is head of the Light Pollution Committee for the Canadian Campaign for Dark Skies and a member of the International Dark-Sky Association.
