Queen's alum could be next Canadian astronaut
2009-03-18
Christopher Denny (ArtSci'94) is one of sixteen candidates participating in the Canada Space Agency's National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign.
Christopher Denny (ArtSci'94) is one of sixteen candidates participating in the Canada Space Agency's National Astronaut Recruitment Campaign. Selected from an initial pool of over 5,000 applicants, candidates undergo a series of medical exams as well as physical and skills tests in sometimes extreme conditions. They have also been tested for their creativity, teamwork skills and physical fitness to determine their ability to meet the demands of astronaut training and space flight.
Denny currently works as a staff physician in Emergency Medicine at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.