Education

Students from École Champs Vallée School, in Beaumont, Alberta were able to share the results of their Living Space project with astronaut David Saint-Jacques and ask him questions.

Western University is holding its annual Space Day on Friday, April 12 that includes industry, government and academic experts along with student presentations that point to future Canadian space development.

Astronaut David-Saint Jacques was asked by Mi’kmaw artist Shanna Francis why he included Indigenous people and culture on his mission. The answer is worth hearing and goes to the heart of who David Saint-Jacques is.

On Thursday evening a SpaceX rocket is set to launch an Indonesian communications satellite. Piggybacking on the ride as a secondary payload is Israel’s lunar lander Beresheet.

It all started in the late 1990’s. A group of researchers came up with the idea of creating a new small satellite platform, called a CubeSat, to help students develop the skills to build satellites.

It seems at lease once a week David Saint-Jacques is speaking to students in Canada about one topic or another. This week it was WE Day. It’s all part of the Canadian Space Agency’s outreach effort.

Live from the International Space Station (ISS) and from Lord Selkirk Elementary School in Vancouver, Canadian astronauts David Saint-Jacques and Joshua Kutryk launched the Astro Pi Challenge for young students.

In space, David Saint-Jacques is very used to dealing with roommates in the cramped quarters of the International Space Station. Things are roomier than usual at the moment – there are three people up there instead of the usual six – but still, that was the image he evoked when talking about the importance of protecting species on Earth.

Prime Minister Trudeau participated in a live event with students from Rideau Hall in Ottawa this morning with Governor General Julie Payette acting as the moderator as the students posed questions to David Saint-Jacques on the International Space Station.

The student-run Spectrum science and technology exposition in Saskatoon was opened yesterday with a virtual guest in astronaut David Saint-Jacques from the International Space Station.