Alan McConnachie (NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics)

Title: From PAndAS in space to extreme multiplexing: wide field imaging and
spectroscopy with (NG)CFHT

In the first part of this talk, I will present the latest results from
the Pan-Andromeda Archaeological Survey, a Large Program on CFHT that
ran from S08B-10B, that has produced probably the largest and deepest
contiguous map of a single galaxy. This panorama has revealed vast and
previously unknown galactic structures, streams, new dwarf galaxies,
globular clusters, and is even helping to unwind the clock on the
famous "timing argument", shedding light on the orbital history of the
Local Group.

Any large photometric survey needs spectroscopic follow-up. But for
some datasets that CFHT has produced, and that other current and
future projects are producing, a brand new facility is required in
order to provide the degree of multiplexing required. I will present
the latest status of the "Next Generation CFHT" - a dedicated
spectroscopic facility that is proposed as an ambitious upgrade to the
existing CFHT. I will argue that this is the facility that everybody
wants, nobody has, and we in the CFHT community have a remarkable
opportunity to help make in to a reality.