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music_space
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posted 10-24-2011 09:34 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for music_space   Click Here to Email music_space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Canadian Space Agency statement
The Canadian Space Agency is pleased about the appointment of Julie Payette as Scientific Authority for Quebec in Washington, as announced today by Quebec's Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade, Sam Hamad.

"It is with great enthusiasm that I accept the challenge of representing Quebec knowledge in the United States. I hope to use the experience that I acquired working with our southern neighbors over the last 15 years to advance scientific issues that are of interest to Quebec. I will work hard to develop strategic partnerships and collaborations with key American players in innovation on Quebec's priority issues", said Ms. Payette.
Her new status at the agency, if any, has not been indicated yet.

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posted 10-24-2011 09:37 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
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Originally posted by music_space:
Her new status at the agency, if any, has not been indicated yet.
According to the Minister's release, "Ms. Payette joined the scientific team of Quebec as part of an intergovernmental exchange program and will remain in this assignment a member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps."

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posted 10-24-2011 09:45 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for music_space   Click Here to Email music_space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Julie Payette will be the first person to occupy this function.

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posted 10-24-2011 06:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for music_space   Click Here to Email music_space     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Sam Hamad, the Minister of Economic development, Innovation and Export Trade at the Government of Québec, indicated that the new position of Scientific Authority for Quebec in Washington, to which Julie Payette was appointed, will be reevaluated after one year. The minister used the expression "Scientific diplomacy" to qualify the new position.

Mrs. Payette will notably act as an ambassador to Articnet, which federates research work from about 140 researchers from Canadian universities into the impacts of climate change in the coastal Canadian Arctic. Articnet is based at Université Laval in Quebec City, the oldest French-speaking university in America.

Part of her remuneration will come from Université Laval, another from the Canadian Space Agency.

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