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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN MARCH AND APRIL 2017:

From the Board:

• Taking Stock – Upcoming Survey about Cassiopeia and Other CASCA News Sources
• Alan Nursall, Featured Speaker at the CASCA-2017 EPO Session

Instrument and Project updates:

• Report from LRPIC
• The CASCA/ACURA TMT Advisory Committee (CATAC) Is Up and Running
• ALMA Matters
• Astrosat Observatory Update
• BRITE Constellation Mission Update
• Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Update
• SPICA Update
• Square Kilometre Array (SKA) Update

Thesis abstracts:

• Time Dependence of the RXTE X-ray Spectrum of Hercules X-1/HZ Hercules (PhD thesis abstract)

New Job Postings:

• PhD Position in Observational Extragalactic Astrophysics
• Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Position in Observational Astrophysics / University of Toronto

Upcoming Meetings:

• CASCA AGM, May 30-June 1, 2017, Edmonton, Alberta
• 3rd BRITE-Constellation Science Conference , August 7-10, 2017
• Canadian Radio Astronomy: Surveying the Present and Shaping the Future, September 13-14, 2017, Montréal
• Pulsar Scintillometry with VLBI, October 16-20, 2017, Toronto

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN JANUARY AND FERUARY  2017:

From the Board:

• Improvements to TMT advice and feedback mechanisms
• Semi-Annual Reports from the CASCA Committees:
  • Awards Committee
  • Computation and Data Committee (CDC)
  • Equity and Inclusivity Committee (EIC)
  • Ground Based Astronomy Committee (GAC)
  • Education and Public Outreach Committee (EPO)
  • Heritage Committee

News and Announcements:

• Kaspi and Martin appointed to Order of Canada

New Job Postings:

• ALMA Director
• Research Associate, Adaptive Optics NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL of CANADA (NRC)
• Post-doctoral position in Interstellar Optical Spectroscopy
• Post-doctoral position in observational IR astronomy
• Three New MSc/PhD Positions in Exoplanet Science
• 104-16-0965_Research Associate, Adaptive Optics
• Tenure-track position in Astrophysics and Particle Astrophysics at Queen’s University

Upcoming Meetings:

• CASCA AGM, May 30-June 1, 2017, Edmonton, Alberta
• CRAQ Summer School: Exoplanet Atmospheres / École d’été du CRAQ: Les atmosphères des exoplanètes
• Fundamental Physics with the SKA, May 1-5, 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius
• Dunlap Institute 2017 Summer School

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ITEMS OF INTEREST POSTED ON THE CASCA WEBPAGES IN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER 2016:

From the Board:

• Cassiopeia: Winter Solstice Edition (December 21, 2016)
• Word from the president / Mot du président (December 21, 2016)

News and Announcements:

• Harvey B. Richer Gold Medal for Early Career Research in Astronomy
• Nouvelles du CNRC Herzberg / NRC Herzberg News
• Update from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) / Compte rendu de l’Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC)
• EPO Update from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, York University
• Please don’t be a DOOFAAS
• EPO Reporting Tool

Instrument and Project Updates:

• Canadian Gemini News / Nouvelles canadiennes de Gemini
• Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer (MSE) Update
• BRITE Constellation News

New Job Postings:

• TENURE-TRACK, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION AT SAINT MARY’S
• 2017 U of T Summer Undergraduate Research Program in Astronomy & Astrophysics
• 2017 Trottier Excellence Grants for Summer Interns iREx

Upcoming Meetings:

• CRAQ Summer School: Exoplanet Atmospheres / École d’été du CRAQ: Les atmosphères des exoplanètes
• Fundamental Physics with the SKA, May 1-5, 2017, Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius

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