Hogg Visitorship
Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship
Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905-1993) was one of Canada’s most respected scientists. An internationally recognized astronomer, and a leading authority in the study of globular clusters, she was first and foremost a gifted and caring teacher. Indeed, until her death in January 1993, she was an active role model and visionary advocate for female students.
As a memorial tribute to this great scientist, the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto has established the Helen Sawyer Hogg Distinguished Visitorship. The Visitorship will bring a distinguished female scientist to the University on a regular basis to deliver both specialist and public lectures, and to interact with faculty members and graduate students in the astrophysical and related sciences. The Distinguished Visitor will also participate in the Faculty of Arts and Science’s Women in Science Forum.
By providing both concentrated interaction with specialists and broader public education, the Distinguished Visitor will continue Professor Hogg’s tradition of encouraging a public understanding of the wonders of the universe while inspiring women to pursue scientific careers.
The Visitorship will take place a minimum of once every three years and annually if funds permit.
Supporters of The Visitorship will be invited to attend public events.
For further information on The Visitorship contact: Chair, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, 50 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H4 (416) 978-1771.
Past Recipients of the Hogg Distinguished Visitorship
2016
Professor Sheila Rowan of Glasgow University
Gravitational Waves: A New Astronomy (Public Lecture)
Wednesday, October 5th, 2016 at 7:00pm.
Isabel Bader Theatre
91 Charles ST. W
Professor Rowan will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: October 5-7, 2016
2012
Professor Victoria Kaspi of McGill University
The Cosmic Gift of Pulsars (Public Lecture)
Thursday, March 15, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Earth Science Centre Auditorium
5 Bancroft Ave, Toronto, Ontario
Professor Kaspi will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: March 14 – 20, 2012
2008
Professor Andrea Ghez of UCLA
Unveiling a Supermassive Black Hole at the Centre of Our Galaxy (Public Lecture)
Thursday, March 27, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.
JJR MacLeod Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
1 King’s College Circle, Toronto, Ontario
Professor Ghez will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: March 24 – 28, 2008
2005
Professor Ewine F. van Dishoeck of Leiden University
From Molecules to Planets (Public Lecture)
Thursday, January 20, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
1 King’s College Circle
Professor van Dishoeck will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: January 17 – 21, 2005
2001
Professor Wendy Freedman of Carnegie Institution Observatories
The Size and Age of the Universe (Public Lecture)
Tuesday, February 27, 2001 at 7:30 p.m.
Auditorium, Medical Sciences Building
1 King’s College Circle
The Hubble Space Telescope Key Project to Measure Ho (Specialized Lecture)
Monday, February 26, 2001, 2 p.m.
Room 161, University College
15 King’s College Circle
Measurement of Cosmological Parameters (Specialized Lecture)
Wednesday, February 28, 2001, 2 p.m.
Room 6, Tanz Neuroscience Building,
6 Queen’s Park Crescent West
Dr. Freedman will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: February 26-March 1 2001
1998
Professor Martha Haynes, of Cornell University
Dark Matter in Galaxies and the Universe (Public Lecture)
Wednesday March 18, 7:30 p.m.
Ontario Science Center
770 Don Mills Road
Dr. Haynes will be visiting and lecturing in Toronto: March 16-20, 1998