![Stills/artist's impressions taken from animations of the SKA-Mid telescope in South Africa. [Credit: SKAO]](/physics/sites/physwww/files/uploaded_images/Images/News%20Images/Spekkens_SKA-Midtelescopes_1800x1200.jpg)
Stills/artist's impressions taken from animations of the SKA-Mid telescope in South Africa. (Credit: SKAO)Regarding the investment made by the Honourable François-Philipe Champagne, Dr. Kristine Spekkens, Canadian representative and elected vice-chair of the Square Kilometre Array Observatory’s international Science and Engineering Advisory Committee, states:
This is one of the biggest investments that the Canadian government has ever made in astronomy. Queen’s is at the forefront of that effort and I’m honoured to be part of it.