Name: Skeptics in the Pub -TOPIC: OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND (At Hudson's Shawnessy)
Start: 2025-11-21T19:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-11-21T21:00:00-07:00
Location: Hudsons Shawnessy

Skeptics in the Pub Calgary has been running monthly since 2008! We started presenting monthly topics in 2018, and many members of our community have either presented or suggested great topics. There is plenty of time to mingle and meet other atheists, humanists, skeptics, and overall great people.

In honour of Carl Sagan Day, our topic this month will be OUR SOLAR SYSTEM AND BEYOND!
Presenter: Patricia Jeffery, Chair: Education and Public Outreach, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada - Calgary Centre

Pat will take you on a guided voyage through our solar system, stopping off for a detailed look at each planet. She will also talk about the Sun, how our Moon formed, and why Pluto got demoted to a dwarf planet.

Pat has been an amateur astronomer for ten years and is currently the chair of education and public outreach for the Calgary Centre of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. For the past two years, she has written a monthly astronomy article entitled “Stargazing with Pat J” for the Calgary community newsletters. Her background is critical care nursing; having flown for STARS air ambulance for many years. She also worked at various nursing stations in the high arctic. Her hobbies include stargazing, writing, playing her guitar and learning piano.

**NEW LOCATION: Hudsons Shawnessy:** 700-16061 Macleod Trail SE\*\*.\*\*
Agenda: we will mix and mingle until about 7:30, then have a 20 minute presentation on a topic of interest, followed by group discussion.

A note about respectful behaviour:
We are an inclusive community of atheists, humanists, skeptics and secular freethinkers who welcome people of all backgrounds and identities.

We won't all agree all the time, but disagreement is no excuse for disrespectful behavior. Disagreements should be resolved in a constructive manner and without personal attacks. Challenge ideas not people. Do not insult or put down other participants. Harassment and other exclusionary behavior aren’t acceptable.

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