CJRS-JCT Vol. 48. Issue 5 (October) has been published.  It is a Special Issue on Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Earth Monitoring and Mapping.  The special issue has eight Research Articles alongside one Research Note and the Editorial. You are also invited to read recently published articles as Latest Articles. All the Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing (CJRS) papers are free access for CASI members. 

CJRS-JCT Vol. 48. No 5 (octobre) a été publié.  Il s'agit d'un numéro spécial sur les Progrès de la télédétection hyperspectrale pour la surveillance et la cartographie de la Terre.  Ce numéro spécial contient huit articles de recherche, une note de recherche et un éditorial. Vous êtes aussi invités à consulter les articles récemment publiés as Latest Articles. Tous les articles du Journal canadien de télédétection (JCT) sont accessibles en entier aux membres de l'Institut aéronautique et spatial du Canada (IASC). 

Congratulations to École Camrose Composite High School, Camrose, Alberta – one of 61 teams selected to compete in NASA’s 2023 Human Exploration Rover Challenge (HERC) at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama. 

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You are invited!

The Canadian Space Agency is extending an invitation to Canada’s youth (ages 17-30) to attend the 2022 National Forum on Earth Observation.

Earth observations (EO) from Canadian and international satellites in space contribute significantly to our well-being on a daily basis, providing information and services and enabling us to realize new and innovative products and applications. And as technology advances, the potential of satellites will undoubtedly continue to grow. New markets will emerge along with new opportunities to push the boundaries of what space technology currently offers.

Attending the Forum is free and virtual. Come join us, whether for the full duration of the event or for select sessions that are of interest to you. You may choose to be an active participant or observer.

Details are as follows:

Date: October 4 to 6, 2022

Time: 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. ET

Format: Virtual

Languages: English and French

Cost: Free

As Canada’s workforce of the future your ideas and perspectives are important to us. Topics that will be discussed at the Forum include: taking action on climate change, open data and big data analytics, digital platforms, monitoring and protecting ecosystems, public health, domestic and international partnerships, increasing commercialization, capacity development, and more.

Please Register Today!

 

NFS Webinar - Dr. Thomas Scott: Bell Aircraft and the Transformation of the American South

July 21, 2022 at 7:00PM Eastern

Description

In early 1942 the War Department took over the airport for an Army airfield in Cobb County, Georgia and leased part of the site to Bell Aircraft to manufacture Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers, at the time the most complex and expensive aircraft in the world. Eventually Bell produced more than 660 of these marvelous machines with a workforce mainly of southerners who had never been inside any factory, let alone a modern aircraft plant. Before World War II Cobb County was typical of most of the South in being plagued by the triple ills of segregation, one-party rule, and poverty. The average resident lived on a tenant farm or worked in a small, low-wage industry. The war changed things dramatically and began to move Cobb into the national mainstream. No person or business was more important in this transformation than Larry Bell and the Bell Aircraft Corporation of Buffalo, New York.

Thomas Scott is Professor Emeritus of History and Campus Historian at Kennesaw State University, Georgia, teaching there from 1968 until his retirement in 2011. His specialties are Georgia history and oral history, and he has also taught seminars and graduate classes on local history, the history of suburban America, and the history of American higher education. Tom is the author of three books and has headed an oral history project at KSU since 1978. Along with students and colleagues, he has conducted more than 800 interviews, mainly with residents of Cobb County and environs and faculty and trustees of KSU, including a subseries was with managers and workers at the Bell Aircraft and Lockheed plants in Marietta.

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CanX-7 burned up in Earth’s atmosphere in May, just five years after drag sail deployment and roughly 178 years before the satellite would have spent on-orbit without any deorbit technology.

CanX-7 was a 10x10x34cm smallsat built by SFL and funded by Defence Research and Development Canada, the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, COM DEV Ltd., and the Canadian Space Agency. The satellite was launched in September of 2016 with a two-fold mission of demonstrating Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) message collection from space for global aircraft situational awareness, and then testing the deorbiting technology developed by SFL.

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In April 1929, De Havilland Canada (DHC) purchased a 70-acre property in Downsview, Ontario – just north of Toronto. By the end that summer, a 20,000-square-foot plant had been constructed and Moth biplanes were being produced. Almost a century later, DHC is saying farewell to Downsview as the land is due to be redeveloped for residential and commercial purposes...

Read Full Article by Frederick K. Larkin at Skiesmag.com

Canadian company GHGSat, which specializes in high-resolution GHG monitoring from space, launches three new ABB-built optical sensors into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, doubling capacity to monitor methane gas emissions.

GHGSat’s hyperspectral imaging technology accurately locates and measures methane emissions from any given industrial site on earth. The launch of three new ABB-built high-resolution methane sensors doubles the company’s capacity to monitor customer sites. In addition to the three units being launched – Luca, Penny and Diako –five additional units dedicated to methane measurements are under fabrication at ABB. 

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Canada Excellence Research Chair in Aerospace, Concordia University

Profoundly global, Concordia is North America’s top university under the age of 50 and is recognized for attracting some of the most talented faculty and students from around the world. Driven by ambition, innovation, and a commitment to research and community engagement, Concordia is celebrated for advancing transformative learning, convergent thinking, and public impact.

Working with the government of Canada, Concordia is proud to present opportunities for established scholars to contribute to branding Canada as a location of choice for world-leading research in science and technology development, alongside other federal programs with similar objectives.

Concordia University invites applications for a Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) position in Sustainable, Smart and Resilient Aerospace.

Please visit here for details on the Canada Excellence Research Chairs (CERC) program and the available position.

Concordia University is located on unceded Indigenous lands, on the traditional lands and waters of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation. Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal is historically known as a gathering place for many First Nations. Today, it is home to a diverse population of Indigenous and other peoples. We respect the continued connections with the past, present and future in our ongoing relationships with Indigenous and other peoples within the Montreal community. Building on the skills of our faculty and the strengths of local and global partnerships, we set our sights further and more broadly than others and align the quality of learning opportunities to larger trends and substantial challenges facing society.

Employment Equity

Concordia University is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members of visible minorities, Indigenous persons, members of sexual minorities, persons with disabilities, and others who may contribute to diversification; candidates are invited to self-identify in their applications.

Immigration status

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian and Permanent Residents will be given priority.

The Canadian Space Agency Remembers Bjarni Tryggvason

News release April 6, 2022 – Longueuil, Quebec

Former Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason has passed away at the age of 76.

Tryggvason was one of the original six Canadian astronauts selected in December 1983.

He flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery on August 7, 1997, as a payload specialist. He spent over 11 days in space, where he successfully operated a Canadian technology he helped develop: the Microgravity Vibration Isolation Mount. Designed to isolate payloads from vibrations, this technology would later be adapted for the Canadian Microgravity Vibration Isolation Subsystem.

Tryggvason was an engineer, scientist, educator, test pilot and proud father. He applied the highest standard to everything he did and will be remembered by his CSA colleagues, friends and family for his humour, dedication and originality.

Among the awards and honours he received are the Canadian Space Agency Innovators Award, 2003; Order of the Falcon from Iceland; Doctorate of Philosophy (honoris causa), University of Iceland, 2000; Doctor of Science (honoris causa), Western University, 1998; NASA Space Flight Medal 1997; and numerous scholarships throughout his university years. Tryggvason was recently inducted into the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame (2020) and was an associate member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots.

Quotes

"It is with profound sadness that I learned of the passing of Canadian astronaut Bjarni Tryggvason. Bjarni was one of our first astronauts, and he made important contributions to Canada's space program. I want to extend my sincere condolences to his family, friends and former colleagues. Pilot, meteorologist, researcher, professor and astronaut, Bjarni inspired a generation of Canadians to dream big and reach for the stars. I am eternally thankful to have known him."
The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry 

"I can’t believe my friend Bjarni Tryggvason is gone. We were both chosen as astronauts in 1983. He was the smartest engineer I ever met and a supremely skilled pilot. He taught me how to fly and patiently corrected me when I got it wrong. He was a fine human being. I miss him."
The Honourable Marc Garneau, Member of Parliament

Associated Links

• Biography of Bjarni Tryggvason
• Mission STS-85

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The Royal Commonwealth Society of Toronto will host The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Gala on Friday, June 17, 2022.

The event will be held in the Concert Hall at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto, and you are invited to come and celebrate.

This special evening, celebrating Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s 70 years as Queen of Canada and Head of the Commonwealth, will be a Black-tie event featuring a reception with hors d’oeuvres followed by a three-course dinner with wine.

Additionally, there will be pomp and pageantry with music and tributes to our Queen. Our keynote speaker for the evening will be the eighteenth Prime Minister of Canada, The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, PC, CC, GOQ, who ensured Canada led the Commonwealth in the fight against Apartheid.

To learn more about this exciting evening and to purchase tickets, please visit here! 

People wishing to sit together should consider tables of 10, which can be reserved by direct contact.