As a young Canadian Metis woman, Charlotte Small (1785-1857) married cartographer and explorer David Thompson, and together they established fur trading routes across northwestern North America. They traveled some 45000 kilometers in their lifelong quest, even as Small birthed their 13 children on their journeys.

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Michelle Thompson (b. 1988) is a Canadian planetary scientist at Purdue University. Her research centers on the interaction of airless bodies with the space environment, including solar wind and micrometeorite impacts. Michelle’s pioneering work on samples from asteroid (101955) Bennu grew from foundational studies of lunar space weathering.

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Mariek Schmidt (b. 1977) is an American planetary scientist at Brock University in Ontario, Canada. In addition to her study of volcanic rocks in the Oregon Cascade Range, she has been a leader in the exploration of Mars by participating in the various Mars rover missions and focusing on the role of volatiles during volcanism in Mars’ ancient past.

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Annemarie Pickersgill (b. 1987) is a Canadian planetary scientist who graduated from Western University. At the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, investigating the effects of hypervelocity impact cratering processes, they provided a revised age for the Chicxulub "dinosaur killing" impact crater, showing hydrothermal systems were much longer lived than previously thought.

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Jekan Thanga (b. 1978) is an American-Canadian engineer who leads the SpaceTREX laboratory, focusing on novel approaches to planetary exploration. For four years he led the NASA-sponsored ASTEROIDS undergraduate research and education program training students from diverse backgrounds each year in asteroid and lunar science, and small-mission engineering.

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Melissa Graham (b. 1981) is a Canadian astronomer and research staff scientist in the Department of Astronomy at the University of Washington in Seattle. She works with the Rubin Observatory and its Legacy Survey of Space and Time and specializes in the study of supernovae.

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Daniel Posey (b. 1989) is a Canadian historian and member of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. His work focuses on the history of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory and its contributions to both Canadian astronomy and British Columbia throughout the twentieth century.

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David Lee (b. 1954) is a Canadian astrophotographer and public speaker at the interpretive center of the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. He is a past president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada Victoria Centre.

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