Michael is currently the Interim Director of Programming at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre and has successfully organized several events like Pi Day for families, and the launch of the new adult series Cosmic Nights, and has founded programs across disciplines like dance and neuroscience, and drag and astronomy. He's most passionate about finding new ways to connect to audiences, finding new perspectives from the diversity of humanity to look out into the cosmos and feel a sense of wonder and curiosity about the universe and our place in it.In 2020 he started working with the Science Fair Foundation of BC, and is now the Manager of Community Engagement. For the past few years he's been working closely with the organization as they find new ways to give space for kids to showcase their ideas, and help by providing them with mentorship opportunities, and a platform like on their podcast Let's Innovate. He's very excited to continue this work of inspiring curiosity in the minds of the youth for tomorrow's future. He's also on the Board of Directors for the Canadian Satellite Design Challenge, which has university, and high school level competitions. Just recently he was in Lethbridge Alberta judging the 2022 CanSat competition that saw one team from Surrey, BC go to the European Space Agency CanSat competition in Italy. He also manages SCI-CATs (Science Communication Action Team). They are a team of science communicators that have created open source teaching modules that span a range of science communication topics. He has managed a variety of workshops, and seminars from places like science conferences, to team building days.He's also one of the founders of Nerd Nite Vancouver a bar lecture series which has just returned back to the stage at the Fox Cabaret where they do 4 shows a year.