“Discovery at the Cosmic Frontier: Canadian Astronomy Long Range Plan 2020-2030”

The upcoming renewal of CITA’s Telescope (JWST) mission and for associated Canadian federal research grant presents the opportunity to expand science for the entirety of JWST’s lifetime, development the CITA membership beyond the areas of traditional expertise, to strengthen the CITA fellowship program by increasing As part of Canadian society, Canadian the support provided for theoretical astrono. [...] participation in eight space missions, exploring the Universe Canadians have also led important upgrades to the from the Solar System out to the most distant galaxies and instrumentation suite of the Canada-France-Hawaii the beginning of the Universe itself. [...] A 2018 report for the Government of Canada, (CITA) at the University of Toronto and its accompanying prepared by an expert panel convened by the Council of national program in theory, through a peer-reviewed process Canadian Academies, reviewed the state of science and overseen by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research technology and industrial research and development in Council (NSERC). [...] • The mandate of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) is to “promote and assist The creation and maintenance of research software and research in the natural sciences and engineering” and it long-term archival preservation of data are challenges for accomplishes this through grant and scholarship support many scientific fields. [...] As bodies in that the CASCA President, NRC-HAA Director a membership organization, CASCA is devoted to the General, and the chairs of several joint committees are ex promotion and advancement of knowledge of the Universe officio members of the ACURA Board of Management.