Education

The Canadian Arctic Research Expedition (CAN-ARX) is a new post-secondary student competition organized by the Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada in partnership with the Western University’s Institute for Earth and Space Exploration.

Terranauts podcast host Iain Christie is offering a new fun and educational video series called A Terranaut Plays Kerbal Space Program (KSP).

The Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) Canada announced a new partnership today with the Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation with the goal of providing more opportunities to early career professionals.

Canadian university rocketry teams are competing and achieving remarkable results in U.S. competitions. On this weeks episode of the Space Economy podcast I speak with two university rocketry team leaders to learn more.

The Base 11 Space Challenge, which has a launch prize of US$1 million, has completed the critical design review with the Concordia University team finishing first and the University of British Columbia team finishing third. It is a remarkable achievement. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

Telesat, the major Canadian satellite company now building a low Earth orbit constellation, plans to award $40,000 a year for scholarships to support female students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).

The Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, was unveiled in mid-February with the express purpose of developing and retaining highly qualified personnel in Canada’s aerospace industry.

A recent Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (RASC) robotic telescope program has even more resonance with Canadians amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a society representative says.

An industry-partnered Canadian student rocket competition series has big plans for 2021. This page is for subscribers only. Already a subscriber? Log in. Fact-driven space news, columns, business, policy, technology and more. Support independent journalism. SUBSCRIBE TODAY

The Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has informed SpaceQ that the first batch of Canadian CubeSat Project satellites which were scheduled to be launched to the International Space Station in 2021 for deployment into low Earth orbit, has been pushed back to 2022.