City of Ottawa Councillor Maria McRae (@CouncillorMcRae), an avowed "Space Geek" who led the city of Ottawa in expressing its appreciation of Astronaut Chris Hadfield and the Expedition 34/35 crew), gave a very engaging presentation during the Canadian Space Summit 2013, on the benefits of building space businesses in Ottawa. This presentation is a synopsis of my blog post on the subject.

1. Onwards and Upwards
Nicholas Kellett's personal blog about space exploration, scuba diving, and travel
Ottawa In Space:
Councillor Maria McRae
http://blog.nicholaskellett.com/2013/11/30/ottawa-in-space-councillormaria-mcrae/
http://blog.nicholaskellett.com

2. Councillor Maria McRae
 City of Ottawa Councillor
 Twitter: @CouncillorMcRae
 Self-avowed “Space Geek”
 Spoke at the Canadian Space
Summit 2013, on the benefits of
building space businesses in
Ottawa.
 Led the city of Ottawa in
expressing its appreciation of
Astronaut Chris Hadfield and the
Expedition 34/35 crew)

3. Why Ottawa?
 Ottawa is Canada’s National Capital
 World class quality of life and educated population
 #1 Global City: Martin Prosperity Index
 Less than 2 hour flight to Montreal, Toronto, Boston, NYC,
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Washington, Detroit, and Chicago = 200 million people.
Industries such as engineering, Aeronautical, IT,
communications, intelligence solutions, aviation, and
defense
64% of population has post-secondary education
130 national embassies located here
Over $4.7 B of investment capital in Ottawa technology
companies in last 10 years

4. Knowledge Capital
 > 1900 knowledge-based companies and 44 research labs
 #1 most affordable city in world (Mercer)
 #3 most sustainable city and #1 best city to live (Money Magazine)
 Major academic institutions include
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University of Ottawa
Carleton University
La Cite Collegiale
Algonquin College,
University of Quebec in Outaouais.
OCIMAE is the Ottawa-Carleton Institute for Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering.
 University of Ottawa and Carleton University produce over 2500
graduates per year specialized in aerospace and security
 12,800 persons enrolled currently; 450+ faculty

5. Private Sector
 Over 70 companies are directly involved in civil
aircraft and space technologies in Ottawa
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ComDev
Gladstone Aerospace
Raytheon
Lockheed Martin.
 14000+ employees at companies engaged in aviation
industry

6. The Ottawa Advantage
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Proximity to Fed government and labs
Within 2 hour flight to 200M+ consumers.
High concentration of scientists and engineers
Over 2500 new graduates a year
300 business / 14,000 employees = $46 B GDP.
Big city amenities, small city feel. Clean safe and
friendly. Outdoor playground. Many cultural
attactions and festivals.
#1 Best City to Live In (Money Sense, 2012)

7. Ottawa In Space: Councillor Maria McRae
 Read the whole post on my blog, Onwards and
Upwards, to find out and add your thoughts!
 http://blog.nicholaskellett.com/2013/11/30/ottawain-space-councillor-maria-mcrae/

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