The CSLP congratulates member Pierre Chastenay, who has been appointed to the Order of Canada.
Governor General of Canada, her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon was pleased to recognize Pierre Chastenay as “a fixture in science communication in Quebec.”
A full professor and researcher in the Département de didactique at Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), the announcement notes that Chastenay "first made a name for himself as a television host, including on Télé-Québec’s wildly popular Le code Chastenay. Trained as an astronomer, he has lent his expertise to the Montréal Planetarium for decades and has published several books introducing young people to astronomy."