Title:
The Future of Earth from Satellite Images
Agreement Number:
25EDILAK09
Agreement Value:
$19,861.00
Agreement Date:
Jun 2, 2025 - May 31, 2027
Description:
The "The Future of Earth from Satellite Images" training program enhances post-secondary students' training in space, spaceborne images, image processing and analysis by providing up-to-date, employment-ready knowledge and skills to meet the needs of an expanding geomatics industry.
The ten-day professional program is designed to boost the career development goals of participants. The program provides introductory remote sensing knowledge for post-secondary students who didn't complete regular geomatics courses during their studies to meet the geomatics literacy required in their careers. It enhances the capacity of Indigenous students and visible minority groups to meet the growing need for knowledge and experience requested by industry.
The program is designed to train and mentor post-secondary students in five specific areas:
1. Introduction to space and spaceborne image acquisition.
2. Data Science and Analytics.
3. Data Visualization skills and advanced methods for presenting information extracted from imagery.
4. Knowledge Mobilization, facilitated by establishing a geomatics research network that will provide mentorship and research projects that are linked with method standardization and experimental design to address the natural resource industry.
5. Work Experience and Professional Development through research projects at the Department of Geography and the Environment.
Organization:
Canadian Space Agency
Expected Results:
The Space Learning element of the program provides financial support to participate in learning opportunities to Canadian students at the post-secondary level and physicians to increase their knowledge and experience in advanced space-related educational activities and disciplines.
Location:
Thunder Bay, Ontario, CA P7B 5E1
Reference Number:
003-2025-2026-Q1-00028
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Additional Information:
The amount allocated covers more than one fiscal year.
Recipient's Legal Name:
Lakehead University
Program:
Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Program Purpose:
This program supports knowledge development and innovation in the CSA's priority areas while increasing the awareness and participation of Canadians in space-related disciplines and activities.
The Awareness and Learning Component aims to provide learning opportunities to Canadian students in various space-related disciplines; to support the operations of organizations dedicated to space research and education; and to increase awareness of Canadian space science and technology among Canadian students and their participation in related activities.