April 1999 Cosmonotes Avril 1999 The Newsletter of the Canadian Alumni of the International Space University Le Bulletin des Anciens Etudiants Canadiens de l’Université Internationale de l’Espace · Gordon Coutts, Waterloo/COM DEV, ON Forum and the post-summer session President’s Message · Nicholas Svensson, COM DEV, ON promotional activities. The Space · Ethel Poiré, CSA, QB Generation Forum is a very prestigious It is with great pleasure that we bring to · Josée Robert, Queens U., ON event, and we plan to showcase you this issue of the Cosmonotes. It's a Canadian youth and create a strong great opportunity to catch up with old Your summer in Thailand will be Team Canada to show the world. See friends and to find out what's going on unforgettable, I can promise you that. the article about the SGF elsewhere in with CAISU. The fall of 1998 was tremendous with a this issue. I'd like to thank the 1998 CAISU Board of Directors for setting up Since the last issue of Cosmonotes, we very successful promotional tour by the many of the projects that we are have a few groups of people to welcome 1998 SSP students who visited a executing this year. Much of what we to the CAISU family. Please join me in number of universities across the do this year is thanks to their vision. welcoming our newest alumni, the SSP country. A record number of application 1998 students, who had a fun and forms were requested for the 1999 As you will see when you read on, it is productive summer in Cleveland: session, and I'm sure the "Road Show" clear that our organisation is maturing, · Marlène Grenon, PQ had a lot to do with it. The fall careers many of our senior alumni hold conference was held in conjunction with · Denise Campbell,ON prominent positions in the space sector. the CASI conference in Ottawa in · Troy McConaghy, SASK CAISU can become anything we want it October. Young people were able to to be, the only limit is what we as · Céline Tremblay, PQ ask alumni about space careers in a individuals can put into it. We suffer the · Jonathan Knaul, ON panel-style workshop. Attendance by same obstacles as most volunteer · Isabelle Tremblay, PQ alumni and by aspiring space organisations, but I can see that as we · Maryam Nikbakht-Sangari, BC professionals was very high. It was a become a stronger force, reaching our · Claude Boullevraye de Pasillé, PQ great success. Congratulations to the goals as an organisation willl become · Søren Peik, ON organisers of the Road show and of the easier. We have a past to be proud of, Careers Workshop. · Robert Tarzwell, MB a great present, and an amazing future. Wade Larson, PQ I'm proud to be involved. · CAISU Board of Welcome also to our new MSS3 (1997- Thanks to everyone who has submitted 1998) alumni: Directors - 1999 update information and thanks to those who worked on getting this issue · Rachel Zimmerman President Alain Berinstain (91, together (especially Chantal!). Don't · Patrick Assouad MSS1) hesitate to contact any of us on the · Paul Bédard VP1/Québec Brian Rishikof (90) Board. · Eric Doré Director 1 VP2/Québec Jonathan Knaul (98) Alain Berinstain · Deana Smith Director 2 1999 CAISU President and to the present MSS4 class: Secretary Mathias Wuhr (96) · Claude Rousseau Treasurer Caroline Goulet (97) Letter from the Editor Director CFISU Denis Bourque (92) · Simone Garneau Tada! · Vaios Lappas Director Chantal Lamontagne Here is the long-awaited, fresh-off-the- · Martha Milkeraitis Membership (95) Dir. Ontario Sébastien Drouin (94) photocopier issue of Cosmonotes! Our · Andrew Ray Director NSEW Rob Tarzwell (98) CAISU newsletter hasn't been published Last but not least, welcome to the newly Public Cory Hallam (97) in well over a year, so this issue is selected SSP '99 gang: Relations extra, extra long to make up for lost · Eric Choi, SED Systems/CSA, QB Director time and to get us all back in the swing of things. Thank you to everyone who · Angelina Guzzo, McGill U., QB It is a privilege for me to work with this submitted articles and personal updates · Alwin Cunje, McMaster U., ON amazing team of people on the Board of - this newsletter is YOUR newsletter CAISU, and we have big plans for the · Arynharan Sinnarajah, U. Toronto, ON and can’t exist without your year, probably the most ambitious plans · Nishi Rawat, Queen’s U., ON contributions. The response has been that CAISU has ever had. The two big · Eric Lanoix, McGill U., QB phenomenal, with the odd badgering and activities for the year that are being · Laurence Vigeant-Langlois, MIT, QB nudging made by this editor taken in planned are the Space Generation Page 2 good cheer. I’ve managed to receive or me personally at traditional promotion job of ISU through create an astounding 72 updates and to [email protected]. Again, this the Road show, our speaker's bureau fill up an incredible 22 pages!! is YOUR newsletter and I’d like to and our WEBsite. encourage all members to submit Apart from many alumni updates from all My report to CFISU went as follows: articles or updates about social events, years, this issue of Cosmonotes additions to the family, conferences I presented the 1999 BOD insisting on includes what your busy 1998-99 CAISU attended, job promotions, degrees the high level of enthusiasm of the new Board of Directors has been up to and conferred and your ISU experiences for Board, and which brings a great our plans for the coming months, such the next issue of Cosmonotes. representation of almost all SSP and as Canadian participation at the Space MSS years. I then reviewed the 1998 Generation Forum in Vienna. Articles Chantal Lamontagne achievements and financial results stemming from the 1998 summer 1999 CAISU Membership Director (which were underlined as very positive). session in Cleveland have been Editor, Cosmonotes Following was the presentation of 1999 included, along with the post-session goals from which the planned activities Road Show and CAISU Space Careers Report on CFISU Board felt under 4 categories: Operations, Canada 98 conference. Preliminary Promotion, Contact with members and details of the upcoming 8th alumni of Directors Meeting Positioning. I told them, that instead of weekend in Thailand accompany by Denis Bourque (SSP 92, CAISU just presenting the activities that would descriptions of the 1999 summer Director for CFISU) fit in the traditionally allocated budget session design projects. We’ve On behalf of CAISU BOD, I attended the ($10,000/yr) we preferred to present managed to include biographies from CFISU BOD meeting which took place everything we wanted to achieve, and some of the Canadians headed to on Friday, 12 February, in Ottawa. This they could judge by themselves what Thailand this summer, and even an was my first participation to a meeting of was of value among those. unprecedented article from one of these the CFISU Board, and I have to say that future alumni, currently president of Hence, three budget options were I joined in a very positive context: the SEDS Canada. Alumni have contributed presented with associated activities: 1998 Alumni Association BOD did a greatly to this issue with articles on two Option 1: $20,020, Option 2: $14,500 tremendous job fulfilling our mandate. Young Graduate Trainees, one SAGA and Option 3: $10,000. After a very You will see from Ron Freedman's out west, one very busy MSS3 student, positive and energetic discussion, it was article that the number of requests for Canada’s first microsatellite, an MSS3 voted by the CFISU BOD that CAISU ISU application forms in Canada last internship, environmental physiology at budget for 1999 would be established year reached a level never attained Dalhousie, news from MSS4, and even a according to the Option 2: an envelope before. trip to the Antarctic! Two of our sister of $14,500. Thanks to the level of alumni organizations have also chosen The 1999 Fall BOD Meeting was very confidence demonstrated by the Board to write articles for our newsletter. important for CAISU and its future members, CAISU is on its way to activities, since the new CAISU BOD another year of great achievements. This issue also includes the long- unanimously decided to take its role one awaited CAISU Contacts List. One of If you are interested to obtain additional step further. In addition to its traditional the CAISU Board of Director’s goals this information about the Board meeting, or role of Space, ISU, CFISU and CAISU year was to publish a new Contacts List if you would like me to communicate promotion, the new BOD would like to in time to meet the Cosmonotes any specific message to the next CFISU augment contacts with CAISU members mailout. This meant many, many Board meeting, please do not hesitate and supporters, to centralize and emails and telephone inquiries from to contact me. improve its operations, to improve the January to March. Of course, since I synergy of its BOD, and to position itself am both Editor of Cosmonotes and on the international scene. CFISU Sends Twelfth Membership Director, deadlines have been flexible! J As you will read from other Directors Delegation to SSP reports, a series of new projects and I'd like to thank Alain for the by Ron Freedman (The Impact Group) initiatives will be undertaken during the photocopying, assembling and envelope current year. Among these initiatives, CFISU'S Student Selection Committee stuffing after I handed the baton over, we hope to proceed with a major update met in February to select the 1999 SSP and the Canadian Space Agency for of our members database, and to scholarship winners.