CASI News
Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) recap
As it launched into the blue, cloud-streaked sky over Farnborough International Airport in mid-July, the aircraft formerly known as Bombardier’s [...]
Corporate Partner News from CAE
CAE poised to revolutionize pilot, aircrew and healthcare professional training by investing C$1 billion over five years in innovation - [...]
Publications of Interest
The Canadian Space Agency today released information about two publications that are sure to interest CASI members and friends. The [...]
In-depth article: The Time For On-Orbit Satellite Servicing is Here
Satellite servicing is finally becoming a reality thanks to favourable economics for service providers, which is mainly due to the [...]
ATG’s “Top Gun” Aero Skills Tournament coming to Toronto
Clear your calendar for August 11th so you can attend or participate in the Aero Skills Tournament being held by [...]
CASI Announces Election of 2018-2020 Executive
(L to R) Harry Kowal, Geoff Languedoc, Jacques Giroux Mr. Geoffrey Languedoc, Executive Director of the Canadian Aeronautics [...]
Airbus rebrands C Series as A220 family
Witnessed by Airbus employees and members of the global news media, the A220-300 landed directly from the painting at 12:25 [...]
The Government Wants Your Input for Budget 2019
The federal government’s Standing Committee on Finance (FINA) has sent out notice that is now accepting submissions as part of [...]
MHICA is hiring!
Please logon to the MEMBERS ONLY section to view the various MHICA job postings. Corporate Background: MHI Canada Aerospace, Inc. [...]
Ottawa Branch Meeting
Aircraft Piston Engines – A Retrospective The CASI Ottawa Branch held a well-attended dinner meeting on June 21 in the [...]
The passing of one of our founding members – Julius Lukasiewicz
We regret to say that founding member Julius Lukasiewicz passed away peacefully on March 31, 2018. Our condolences go out [...]
Ottawa Branch Meeting
Rocketry and Launch Viewing Hosts: Ottawa Rocketry Group (ottawa-rocketry.org) Date: June 3, 2018 Begins at 9:30AM Connaught Range – Rifle [...]
ASTRO’18 Videos Now Available
Check out the ASTRO'18 video playlist on our YouTube Channel and watch Plenary Sessions, Keynote Presentations and the Turnbull Lecture [...]
Toronto Branch 2018 Annual Dinner Meeting & Awards Night
CAE - Flight Simulation and Pilot Training CAE is one of the cornerstones of the Canadian aviation industry. Established in [...]
CASI Quebec May Meeting
The Development, Flight Test and Certification of the Canadair CL-600 Challenger with Jim Martin The year 2018 marks the 40th anniversary [...]
CASI Senior Awards 2018 Press Release
The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute Announces 2018 Senior Awards Honourees The Trans‐Canada (McKee) Trophy Mr. Kevin W. Horton CASI McCurdy Award Dr. Michael G. Daly CASI C.D. Howe Award Mr. Gilles Labbé CASI Alouette Award CanX‐4 and CanX‐5 Precision Formation Flying Mission* [...]
CASI Toronto Branch – April 2018 Tour
Bombardier Aerospace Toronto Site The Bombardier Aerospace Toronto Site is the home of the Q400 [...]
The passing of CD Brigadier General Retired John (Jack) C. Henry
Read BG Henry's obituary. CASI members who knew Jack will be deeply saddened by his passing. Jack was a member [...]
OAC Scholarships for Aerospace Studies
Are you considering a career in Aerospace? Are you enrolled in an Aerospace Program? The Ontario Aerospace Council is pleased [...]
Overview of the Canadian CubeSAT Project – Mays Ahmad, Canadian Space Agency
Tuesday March 27th, 6pm University of Ottawa, Colonel By Bldg Room A707 , 161 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa Overview of the [...]
Careers in Sciences and Engineering – Post-Secondary Recruitment
Government of Canada’s Post-Secondary Recruitment Program is aimed at graduates interested in working in the Federal Public Service. If you [...]
CASI President’s Tour with Ian Fejtek – March 20 at the University of Ottawa (Reminder)
How Aeronautics will Impact the World Over the Next 30 Years - Reminder Dr. Ian Fejtek, CASI President It’s an [...]
Scholarship Deadline Extended
The deadline to apply for the The Elvie L. Smith Scholarship and the The Charles Luttman Scholarship has been extended to March [...]
The CASI Ottawa Branch March 2018 Meeting – POSTPONED
Ottawa Branch March 2018 Meeting - POSTPONED. Rescheduled date TBA. People, Places and Planes - My 50 Years in Aerospace [...]
INVITATION : Conference on March 21st, 2018 entitled: “GOVERNANCE AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT AT THE CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY”
The PMI-Montreal Aeronautical & Air transport Community of Practice cordially invites you to the upcoming evening conference on March 21st, 2018 entitled: GOVERNANCE [...]
CASI Toronto Branch March Meeting: Thursday, March 22, 2018
The CASI Toronto Branch March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 22, 2018. We will have a presentation by [...]
CASI QC Branch (with CIADI) Aircraft Certification Flight Test Course with J.C.T. (Jim) Martin and Hany Sadek
The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (Quebec) and the Concordia Institute of Aerospace Design and Innovation present: Aircraft Certification Flight [...]
Beyond the Barriers – Building the Ontario Aerospace R & T Community
Beyond the Barriers - Building the Ontario Aerospace R & T Community 3rd Annual OAC Research & Technology Event OAC's [...]
CASI Toronto Branch February Meeting
Toronto Branch - February 2018 Meeting John Bertram (Filmmaker & Videographer) Guest Speaker Hollywood Joins the Air Force Perhaps more [...]
ASTRO 2018 Online Registration Now Open!
Please select here to register online or visit our webpage to download the word document.
Directors General Panel
The organizing committee of the 18th CASI Astronautics Conference is pleased to confirm that the four Canadian Space Agency Directors [...]
CASI Web Talks – Mr. Jerzy Komorowski, NRC
Jerzy Komorowski CASI WEB TALKS Tuesday, 12 December at noon EST We're capping off the year with a very [...]
If You Aspire to a Career in Aviation and Space Law – Become a Part of McGill University’s World-Renowned Institute of Air and Space Law
The World’s Premier Academic Setting for the Study of Air and Space Law Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill [...]
CASI Ottawa Branch Meeting – Save the Date: The Canadian Space Program at a Crossroads
The CASI Ottawa Branch Meeting - Save the Date Presentation Topic: The Canadian Space Program at a Crossroads Speaker: Eric Choi, [...]
Toronto CASI Branch Meeting
Toronto Branch November 2017 Guest Lecture Brandon Bouwhuis (Engineering Manager, Burloak Technologies Inc.) Additive Manufacturing Technology (3-D Printing) Burloak [...]
CASI Quebec Branch – President’s Tour – How Aeronautics will Impact the World Over the next 30 Years
The Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute (CASI) Quebec Branch is pleased to welcome members, colleagues, students and aircraft enthusiasts to our upcoming speaker [...]
CASI Senior Awards
CASI recognizes outstanding achievement by Canadians in aeronautics, space and remote sensing by means of its Senior Awards. Canadians working [...]
Aircraft Design Course Public – Hosted by CASI Quebec
The CASI Quebec Aircraft Design Course gives an overview of practical working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques used for [...]
Nielsonsmith presents EU and EU Member State Trade Controls Compliance for North American Companies
The Reach Out Summit 14th and 15th of February 2018, Washington, DC. This summit will be unique in bringing US, [...]
TSAA Toronto Students Advancing Aerospace
TSAA is an inter-university student organization striving to promote the advancement of aerospace through student leadership and hands-on initiatives. The [...]
Ottawa CASI Branch Meeting
The Ottawa CASI Branch October meeting (drifted in November to accommodate academic break) will be presenting Development and Certification Flight [...]
Aerospace Unplugged 2017
Aerospace Unplugged 2017 Tickets Include: Networking Lunch Aerospace Unplugged Conference Networking Reception & Dinner For more information and to [...]
University of Alberta Aero-Day 2017
AERO DAY October 5th, 2017 at ETLC Solarium - 9107 116 Street Northwest, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 1V4 EXPO: 12-2PM SPACE [...]
The Commercial Space Blog will be at the 18th CASI ASTRO Conference; May 15th – 17th, 2018 in Quebec City, PQ
As outlined by Geoffrey Languedoc, the executive director of the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute(CASI), the upcoming 18th CASI ASTRO Conference, "promises [...]
CASI Ottawa Branch and Carleton CMAS Event Flying, Aeronautics and Aerobatics- Demonstrations and Paper Airplane Contest
CASI Ottawa Branch and Carleton CMAS Event Flying, Aeronautics and Aerobatics- Demonstrations and Paper Airplane Contest By Paul Penna with [...]
CASI Quebec – Fall Networking Event
Fall Networking Event – 5 a 7 Join us at our Fall networking event of the 2017-2018 year, held at [...]
Searchers locate Avro Arrow model in Lake Ontario
A free-flight model of the famed Avro Arrow interceptor has been located on the rocky bottom of Lake Ontario, [...]
CAHS Montreal Chapter welcomes Captain Bill Tate
Thursday, September 21 at 11:00am: The Montreal Chapter of the Canadian Aviation Historical Society welcomes guest speaker Captain Bill Tate, [...]
Ontario Society of Professional Engineers – Engineering Employment Event
Access top employers for one-on-one meetings, insights into hiring outlooks and information about qualification requirements Job Seeker Registration Open to [...]
Join us on August 31
Unmanned Systems Canada and the Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute will be co-hosting a Golf Tournament at the Metcalfe Golf [...]
2017 CARIC National Research Forum
Save the date for the 3rd National Research Forum of the Consortium for Aerospace Research and Innovation in Canada (CARIC). The [...]
Beam me up? Scientists teleport first object ever from Earth into space
Chinese scientists successfully teleported an object from the Earth's surface to an orbiting satellite for the first time ever. A photon [...]
Without funding, Canadian climate science is in peril
Without funding, Canadian climate science is in peril Most informed people agree that climate change is a reality, and that [...]
Scientists brace for climate-fund cutoff
Climate scientists across Canada are preparing to shutter research projects and lay off staff as time runs out on the [...]
Is the staggeringly profitable business of scientific publishing bad for science?
In 2011, Claudio Aspesi, a senior investment analyst at Bernstein Research in London, made a bet that the dominant firm [...]
CASI Web Talks with NATA’s Glenn Priestly
Register today and join in from the comfort of your homes and offices on Thursday, June 22, 2017 for a live [...]
CASI Chronicles – inaugural episode with Dr. Brian Brisco
The team assembled after a great interview with Brian Brisco. We’re proud to introduce our new podcast series, [...]
Space Apps Challenge 2017: A first for the CSA
From April 28 to 30, participants in Ottawa, Toronto and Waterloo joined developers, designers, students, engineers and entrepreneurs from around the world [...]
Ottawa’s Gastops gaining altitude with high-tech aircraft maintenance tools
(Source: Ottawa Business Journal) For nearly four decades, engineers at a nondescript office in an east-end industrial park have been [...]
Thousands of tiny satellites are about to go into space and possibly ruin it forever
Halfway through the European Space Agency's new film, we're at the part where — if this were some happy space documentary from yesteryear — [...]
CASI WEB TALKS w/Grant Cool
Don't miss the revolution!!!!! The Hybrid Airship Revolution – A Hot Topic for Dr. Cool’ [...]
Did Life Start More Than Once on Earth?
Source: University of Washington & Astrobiology Web Conditions suitable to support complex life may have developed in Earth's oceans -- [...]
AO for 2017 Earth Explorer Conference / AOP pour Conférence « 2017 Earth Explorer »
[English follows] L'Agence spatiale canadienne (ASC) vient d'afficher un Avis d'offre de participation (AOP) pour la participation étudiante à la [...]
Farnborough International Airshow (FIA) recap
As it launched into the blue, cloud-streaked sky over Farnborough International Airport in mid-July, the aircraft formerly known as Bombardier’s [...]
Corporate Partner News from CAE
CAE poised to revolutionize pilot, aircrew and healthcare professional training by investing C$1 billion over five years in innovation - [...]
ASTRO 2018
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Full videos now available in the ASTRO’18 video playlist on our YouTube Channel and watch Plenary Sessions, Keynote Presentations and the Turnbull Lecture as captured during the conference.
Member Spotlight
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Austen Barnes is the CEO of Barnes
Advanced Technology, Inc. He is an Associate Fellow and has been a CASI member for 57 years, having joined the Institute in 1959.Austen Barnes
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The always entertaining Sandy McLeod is President and CEO of Tower Aerospace Inc. He has been with CASI since 1989 and is a Senior Member of the Institute.Sandy McLeod
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Bruno Monsarrat is the Group Leader
for ARIMS at the National Research
Council. He’s been a CASI member
since 2005.Bruno Monsarrat 
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Meet fellow CASI Members in these lighthearted Q&As
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Max Kang is an Engineering student
at the University of Alberta. He is
currently on a co-op assignment with Coanda Research and Development
in Edmonton, Alberta. Max is one of
our newest members, having joined
CASI in October, 2016.Max Kang 
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Dave Muir is the President and CEO
of Gastops, a Canadian aerospace
company that specializes in advanced sensors, analytical instruments and technical services for equipment health monitoring.Dave Muir 
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Meet ABB's James Veilleux, a member since 2012. James was recently a candidate vying for a spot to become an astronaut in the CSA’s space program.James Veilleux
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Catherine Mavriplis is a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering. She teaches and does research in computational aerodynamics and other fluid dynamics.Catherine Mavriplis
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Meet fellow CASI Members in these lighthearted Q&As
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Victor Ujimoto, is a Professor Emeritus who mentors aviation students at Western University. One of our longest standing members, Victor has been with CASI for 62 years!Koji (Victor) Ujimoto
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Director of Sales and Marketing of Space & Defence Systems at ABB in Québec City, Marc-André has been a member of CASI for 22 years, having joined during his first years in the space sector.Marc-André Soucy
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Alejandro Lehman-Rubio is a student at Carleton University in Ottawa. He is a Structural and Full Scale Structural Testing Engineering Assistant with the National Research Council.Alejandro Rubio
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Meet fellow CASI Members in these lighthearted Q&As
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Bishnujee Singh has more letters after his name than anyone we know! He is the CEO of Cayley
Aerospace and an Associate Fellow
at CASI who has been a member
since 2004.Bishnujee Singh 
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In today’s Spotlight we meet
the fascinating Dr. Parvez Kumar.
Dr. Kumar is a Fellow of the Institute
and has been a CASI member
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Dr. Alex Jablonski is Project Manager, AIT Development with the Canadian Space Agency . He is an Associate Fellow and CASI Councillor. He has been a member since 1993.Alex Jablonski
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Carleton University Junior Member Lucas Brewster is an aspiring and inspiring aerospace engineer. Get to know more about Lucas and his future plans in this month's Spotlight feature.Lucas Brewster
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Meet fellow CASI Members in these lighthearted Q&As
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Adrian Wijeyewickrema is Consultant with DKMA. He is a Senior Member of CASI and has been with the Institute for 41 years!Adrian Wijeyewickrema
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