Contemporary Renaissance Woman

Yesterday I gave a talk about my experience as an astronaut candidate for the Canadian Space Agency at Albert Campbell Library in Scarborough. Today, I'm in the Star. Online, it's 'Would-be astronaut is artist on the side, and one of a million Canadians with a side hustle.' In the print edition, it's in the Life section and called 'What drives the side hustle?' Here's what they had to say about me:

Ele Willoughby is a marine geophysicist who has a burgeoning art print business called Minouette on Etsy Canada. It’s a combination that suits her, and one she’s flexible to changing up. At the moment she is focusing on her art and is working on a book of portraits of female scientists and the stories behind their work.

“I was actually one of the astronaut candidates for the Canadian Space Agency in their recent search for an astronaut,” says Willoughby. “I’m still open to switching the balance, and being more of a scientist, and doing art on the side.”

If you're one of the people who attended my talk, thank you very much for coming out! It was lovely to speak with you and great to see there was interest from such a range of different ages of people. If you're interested in hearing my talk, you can catch it next at:

Tuesday April 2 at 6:30  pm
Coxwell/Danforth Branch
1675 Danforth Avenue
Toronto, ON M4C 5P2 

I continue to pursue the weirdest business card title combination, but basically I want to do the things that I love best and fill the world with more art and more science.