VANCOUVER, October 22, 2024

Cultural institutions inspire curiosity and wonder, strengthening community connections and creating opportunities to explore diverse perspectives.

Today, Taleeb Noormohamed, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, announced an investment of $350,000 in the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society. He made this announcement on behalf of the Honorable Pascale St-Onge, Minister of Canadian Heritage.

This funding, provided through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund, will allow the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society to upgrade and modernize its Planetarium Star Theatre, and support the purchase and installation of new state-of-the-art equipment, including projectors and computers.

This specialized technology will enable the Space Centre to offer more innovative and creative programming, develop a broader range of content, and encourage collaboration across cultural and technological sectors, given the many community organizations that also use the Planetarium Star Theatre.

The H.R. MacMillan Space Centre Society is also exploring exciting possibilities for the theatre in spatial computing, virtual reality and augmented reality, expanding the impact of this investment beyond hardware replacement.