As a pedagogical tool for science, astronomy can be used for illustrative purposes for a variety of goals and thus integrated into many different topics (this is the approach adopted recently in Quebec). Most important is continuity: educators and professional astronomers must be reliably and consistently linked together.

The national web site, a regular newsletter, and regular meetings, should all be used to communicate recent discoveries, arrange workshops and site visits, and develop ties with planetaria and museums.

At the university level the impact is different. Campuses that teach the ever popular, introductory astronomy courses will need to modernize their lecture halls to implement web site contents and interactive demonstrations. Finally, at the graduate student level, our future scientists should involve themselves in the activities listed above. This can be done through better teaching assistant training and direct contact with younger students in the schools.

Implementing all these initiatives will need commitment and money but is utterly necessary for the future health of not only astronomy, but of our inquiry-based, scientific culture in general. Within CASCA, a developmental fund needs to be defined for this purpose, along with a permanent Information Officer. CASCA, through such an information office, should also seek further funding opportunities for these programs, perhaps through educational foundations and other private and government programs.

At the agency level (NRC, NSERC, CSA), all major projects supported by them (CFHT, JCMT, Gemini, and the new international initiatives outlined above) should have distinct budget items for public outreach, designed to describe and promote their scientific results. All these efforts should be centrally co-ordinated through a joint effort by CASCA, NRC, and CSA. How much should public outreach efforts cost? Comparison with the most effective outreach efforts in the USA (Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA, and the national observatories) suggests to us that 1.5% of any agency budget should be specifically allocated to public outreach. This investment is both modest and cost-effective: it will be repaid manyfold by the long-lasting positive effects on the public perceptions of science, and the role of science in the schools. Within HIA, this percentage would translate into a permanent Outreach Office with about three staff members.