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Ascension 2021: Building Your Future in Space

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Alex Ellery

Canada Research Professor Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Carleton University

Gwendolyn Eadie

Assistant Professor of Astrostatistics University of Toronto

Jennifer Elliott

VP Business Development and Co-Founder QEYnet

Matt Russo

Lecturer at the University of Toronto Co-founder of SYSTEM Sound

Andrew Higgins

Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering McGill University

Taryn Tomlinson

Senior Engineer, Strategic Relations Canadian Space Agency

Roxy Fournier

PhD, Cell and Systems Biology University of Toronto

Erin Gibbons

Earth and Planetary Science PhD Student McGill University

Gordon Osinski

Professor and NSERC/MDA/CSA/CEMI Industrial Research Chair in Earth and Space Exploration

Chris Kitzan

Director General Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Bhairavi Shankar

Founder Indus Space

Marc Boucher

Founder SpaceQ

Dr. Shawna Pandya

Director Project PoSSUM/IIAS Space Medicine Group

Michel Wander

Systems Engineer Canadian Space Agency

Tahir Merali

Chief Operating Officer 4pi Lab Inc.

Lucy Stojak

Executive Director HEC Montréal

Parshati Patel

Educational Outreach and Communications Specialist Western University

Mariam Naseem

National Point of Contact SGAC

Ryan Anderson

President and CEO Satellite Canada Innovation Network

Kevin Stadnyk

CEO Obruta Space Solutions

Adaeze Ibik

PhD student of Astronomy and Astrophysics University of Toronto

Hilding Neilson

CLTA Assistant Professor University of Toronto

Patrick Hill (he/him)

Postdoctoral Fellow University of Alberta

Andrea Yip

CEO and Founder Luna Design and Innovation

Sohrab Haghighat

CEO and Founder SpaceRyde

Tanya Harrison

Director of Science Strategy Planet

Jean-Francois Gauthier

Vice President, Sales and Marketing GHGSat Inc.

Vinita Marwaha Madill

Founder, Rocket Women Project Manager and Business Development Lead, Mission Control Space Services

Kate Howells

Space Advocate and Science Communicator The Planetary Society

Daniel Schulten

Director at MDA's LaunchPad

Twinkle Mehta

SEDS-Canada Events Chair

Chimira Andres

SEDS-Canada President

Daniil Lisus

SEDS-Canada Director At Large

Ishan Acharya

SEDS-Canada Conference Speakers Coordinator

Anirudh Aggarwal

SEDS-Canada Conference Sponsorship Coordinator

SEDS | Arsalan Syed

SEDS-Canada Conference Coordinator

Nassim Bovet

International Space University (ISU) Lead the Admissions and Alumni Affairs

Kristen Cote

SEDS-Canada Projects Chair

Clinton Senkow

Co-Founder & COO of Influencive CEO of Senkow Ventures

Annie Martin

Portfolio Manager, Health Beyond Initiative Canadian Space Agency (CSA)

Kwasi Nkansah Jnr

SEDS-Canada VP External

Matthew Tweedy

Venture Manager at the Creative Destruction Lab's Space Stream

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MDA

For those who dream of advancing our space in the Universe and on Earth, we’ll take you there.

International Space University

ISU has been a door-opener to the space sector since 1988’

Zenith Canada Pathways Foundation

Delivering a bespoke mentorship and professional development program bridging critical experience gaps to sustain a highly-qualified Canadian aerospace industry

Supercluster

The Astronaut Database

SEDS-Canada

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space Canada

Kepler Shipyards

TECHNOLOGIES TO EXPLORE THE NEXT FRONTIER

Mission: Space Food

We're optimizing human nutrition for Space and Earth

TelOmG

Investigating the effects of gravity on the genetic regulation of human telomeres.

Western UBT

Western Undergraduate High-Altitude Balloon Team

UBC Rocket Payload's Team

Student run team making microbial fuel cells for rockets!

Interplanetary Space Exploration Team

One Team, One Mission: Make Martian Colonization a Reality

McGill Rocket Team

Student-run engineering design team

TRU Phi-Six

Acoustic Agglomeration in Microgravity

PolyOrbite

PolyTechnique Montreal's space club

SpaceRyde

Building Canada's First Orbital Launch Vehicle

Canadian CubeSat Project, L'iniative Canadienne CubeSat

A student space mission

SEDS-USA

Students for the Exploration and Development of Space

Space Concordia

Ad Astra Per Doctrinam

Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, Western University

The leading organization for Earth and Space Exploration research and training in Canada.

Canadian Space Health Research Network

The central place for space health research in Canada

UBC Rocket

We build cool rockets

RPG

The Ryerson Propulsion Group Design Team

McGill University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Undergraduate and Graduate Programs

Rocket Women

Inspiring the next generation of leaders in STEM, supporting trailblazing Rocket Women globally

Mission Control

Join us as we fly to the Moon and beyond

UAlberta Space Design Group

A CAN-RGX Project

SEDS Sri Lanka

Biringing in the space Race to Sri Lanka as a developing nation

Iris CubeSat Project

The World's First Geological Space Weathering Experiment by a Canadian CubeSat Team

McMaster NEUDOSE

NEUtron DOSimetry & Exploration (NEUDOSE) CubeSat

ESSENCE

Educational Space, Science and ENgineering CubeSat Experiment

Northern SPIRIT Satellite Consortium

Space Project with Interesting Research and Integrated Training

QMSat

Quantum Magneto Sattelite - Université de Sherbrooke