Women Of Aviation Worldwide Week takes place from March 4 to 10.
Tsawwassen's Mireille Goyer is the founder and president of the Institute for Women Of Aviation Worldwide, the group behind the initiative.
The group estimates 3,000 Canadian girls and women will be introduced to aviation during the week and interact with women involved in space exploration, including former NASA astronaut Pam Melroy on Saturday, March 9.
"We wanted to give girls and women a chance to have their unique questions answered as we celebrate 50 years of women in space," Goyer said in a press release.
The question and answer session will be broadcast online from 6 a.m. to 12: 30 p.m.
Saturday at http: //www. womenofaviationweek. org/live/.
Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly in space in 1963.
Visit www.womenofaviationweek.org for more information.
