1. ARISS CANADA 2014 REPORT Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA Maurice- André Vigneault, VE3VIG presented by Stefan Wagener, VE4NSA/VE4SW ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

2. Delegates & Key Regional Leaders RAC Delegate – Daniel Lamoureux, VE2KA AMSAT Canada Delegate – Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG (retired from ARISS, 2014) ARISS SSC representative – Maurice-André Vigneault, VE3VIG (retired from ARISS, 2014) Operations: Steve McFarlane, VE3TDB, Ottawa Brian Jackson, VE6JBJ, Calgary Wayne Harasimovitch, VE1WPH Lori McFarlane, School Teacher Claude Lacasse, Audio/Video specialist Project Selection and Use Committee – Darin Cowan, VE3OIJ ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

3. Process School Submission SSC Rep SSC/Waiting List ARISS/NASA Operations Mentor Contact ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

4. Activities since Oct. 2011 More contacts during this period than any other year. Canada was responsible for 18 of the 23 contacts made by Chris Hadfield. We have completed 26 contacts since Oct 2011, which brings the total for Canada to 78. One contact was managed by 14 year old Vanessa Leblond- Drolet, VA2VDL, and she completed another for a different school in the following year. ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

5. Activities since Oct. 2011 In Canada, questions in four languages were handled, English, French, Russian, Inuktituk. AMSAT and ARISS representation and PR pamphlets continued to take place at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. Steve McFarlane was submitted for the AMSAT Award. Steve McFarlane was submitted for the RAC Extraordinary Award. ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

6. Future Plans More Canadian school contacts. VE4ISS (Shaftesbury High School) proposed ARISS telebridge station in Winnipeg, Manitoba. VE4ISS (Shaftesbury High School) HamTV receiving station. ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

7. SATS Shaftesbury High School ARISS Telebridge Station Project: Student and teacher led, supported by RAC, Prairie Mobile, Province of Manitoba

8. Discussion Point Within Canada, Operations & Mentors manage school contacts independently (weekly conference calls). They establish their own priority lists and move things forward. Well established and functional system. Question: Need for SSC? School ARISS/NASA Operations/ Mentor Contact ARISS-I Delegates Meeting ESA ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands, 3-5 April 2014

9. Next Steps… CSA (Support, Outreach) Metrics (ARISS-STEM education follow-up) Canadian HamTV receiving network (stations)