Retired astronaut Chris Hadfield announced a children’s writing contest yesterday with the opportunity that David Saint-Jacques will read the winning stories in space.

There is a space race ongoing in Canada and it’s not what you might expect. In fact, it’s flying under the radar and the government is ill-prepared to deal with it because frankly they’re not paying enough attention.

During the Fireside Chat with the CBC’s Bob McDonald and the U.S. State Department’s Kenneth Hodgkins, one of the surprising topics discussed was that of Canada becoming an emerging launching state.

When astronaut David Saint-Jacques flies to the International Space Station he’ll be doing an additional experiment, this one with students.

It was a short speech in which many in the audience where expecting your typical Ministerial speech. But ever so subtly the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, a former astronaut and President of the Canadian Space Agency, surprised many with one short sentence.

In this lecture at the Perimeter Institute, Roger Melko, Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute and University of Waterloo, “explored how computers have helped humanity solve increasingly complex puzzles, and ask which challenges, if any, only human intuition is equipped to tackle in the age of artificial intelligence.”

Canada and the United States share a deep history of collaboration in space.

The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) is a global network for students and young professionals looking to have a greater presence in Canada.

Florida Space Coast based Moon Express, which today is focus of an Industry Day at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), has signed memorandum’s of understanding (MOU) with seven Canadian organizations and plans on opening an office in the Toronto area.

The Outer Space Institute (OSI) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) will hold its first conference, Outer Space 2018: Science, Law, and Policy, on November 16.