building from 1967 to 2011 The science centre originally opened as the Calgary
Centennial Planetarium on July 1, 1967. In 1983 the Calgary Science Centre Society began a bid to bring a science centre to Calgary and in 1987 they received an operating agreement that would transform the
planetarium into the Calgary Science Centre. The Calgary Science Centre was renamed Telus World of Science – Calgary after a $9 million donation from
Telus on April 27, 2005. The original site, located on 11 Street SW in Calgary's
Downtown West End, closed on June 27, 2011, and was replaced by a new science centre called Telus Spark. The new science centre is located on a site at 220 St. Georges Drive NE in Nose Creek Valley, north of the
Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo. Telus Spark opened on October 29, 2011.
COVID-19 crisis In response to the
COVID-19 pandemic, Telus Spark was awarded $381,414 by the
Government of Canada to promote uptake of
COVID-19 vaccines among
indigenous youth, communities and leaders using
online education and
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