{"id":179126,"date":"2013-01-16T15:47:19","date_gmt":"2013-01-16T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yfiledev.uit.yorku.ca\/?p=179126"},"modified":"2025-04-02T09:35:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T13:35:37","slug":"canadian-space-agency-head-leaving-to-focus-on-quantum-physics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/yfile\/2013\/01\/16\/canadian-space-agency-head-leaving-to-focus-on-quantum-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Space Agency head leaving to focus on quantum physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Steve MacLean<\/strong>, former astronaut and president of the Canadian Space Agency, who holds a doctorate in physics from York University, is coming down to Earth to take up residence in Canada\u2019s blossoming \u201cquantum valley\u201d research hub in Waterloo, Ont. Dr. MacLean will leave his post on Feb. 1, the agency announced in a statement on Tuesday. He will join a new venture launched by Mike Lazaridis, the former CEO and co-founder of Research in Motion, reported <em>The Globe and Mail<\/em> Jan. 15. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/canadian-space-agency-head-leaving-to-focus-on-quantum-physics\/article7384753\/\">Read full story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkregion.com\/community\/article\/1565639--photograph-the-stars-learn-about-bird-migration\">Bird migration focus of Naturalists meeting<br \/>\n<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333\">Bird migration will be the focus of the upcoming Richmond Hill Naturalists meeting. York University biology professor <\/span><strong style=\"color: #333333\">Bridget Stutchbury<\/strong><span style=\"color: #333333\"> will speak about the surprising migration of songbirds at 7:30 pm on Jan. 17 at the Richmond Hill Presbyterian Church hall, reported the <\/span><em style=\"color: #333333\">Richmond Hill Liberal<\/em><span style=\"color: #333333\"> Jan. 15. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yorkregion.com\/community\/article\/1565639--photograph-the-stars-learn-about-bird-migration\">Read full story<\/a><span style=\"color: #333333\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>York alumnus Steve MacLean, former astronaut and president of the Canadian Space Agency, will leave his post on Feb. 1 to join a new venture in quantum physics research and development, reported <i>The Globe and Mail<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"yfileauthor":[],"qualifier":[],"yfile-author":[],"tags-to-show":[],"workflow":[],"class_list":["post-179126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-york-in-the-media"],"acf":{"internal_publish_date":null,"original_image":null},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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