Canadians plan to attend various viewing events to catch a partial eclipse
Clayton Uyeda and his wife Jo will be on a ferry — en route from Swartz Bay on Vancouver Island to Tsawwassen on the mainland — when the partial solar eclipse in Canada begins in Victoria at 9:08 a.m. Monday.
“It’s more intimate,” says Uyeda, 59, a math, physics and astronomy teacher at Victoria High School.
“I am expecting to have a real sense of connection with the heavens.”
As for his students, Uyeda hopes the eclipse will help them realize that they are part of something grander than their social status or image. He thinks teenagers could benefit from looking up instead of down at their handheld devices.