/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Students from the North: Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons wants you to become junior astronauts/

LONGUEUIL, QC, Dec. 10, 2019 /CNW/ - On December 11, Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Jenni Sidey-Gibbons will give a virtual presentation to more than 170 students and their teachers. She will encourage them to participate in the Junior Astronauts campaign. She will also talk about her experience during the CSA's astronaut recruitment campaign and about the training she received afterwards.

Media are invited to attend the presentation at the schools listed below.

Media who cannot be there in person, but would like to attend virtually, are asked to contact the CSA's Media Relations Office by email at [email protected] by Wednesday, December 11, at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Date:	December 11, 2019
What:	Presentation about the Junior Astronauts campaign and about the training program for Canadian astronauts
Who:	Jenni Sidey-Gibbons, CSA astronaut

Time	Location	Participants
11:00 a.m. MT	St. Patrick High School 5010 44th Street Yellowknife, NWT  X1A 2R2	20 students
10:00 a.m. PT	F.H. Collins Secondary School 1001 Lewes Boulevard Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 3J1	30 students
	Robert Service School 967 5th Avenue Dawson City, Yukon  Y0B 1G0	24 students
	Vanier Catholic Secondary School 16 Duke Road Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 4M2	40 students
	J.V. Clark School Mayo, Yukon  Y0B 1M0	12 students
	Selkirk Elementary School 5 Selkirk Street Whitehorse, Yukon  Y1A 3J5	45 students
	Del Van Gorder School 100 Bell Avenue Faro, Yukon  Y0B 1K0	9 students

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