SGAC Trinidad and Tobago
National Points of Contact
Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago, like many other small islands, came from humble beginnings, being home to indigenous peoples and later becoming colonized by various monarchs of the past. As our national anthem illustrates, our independent identity was forged from the love of liberty and progress with our watchwords being discipline, tolerance, and production. The SGAC team intends to build on our historical successes and chart a path in the stars for all present and future generations through our people’s strength in diversity, creativity, and sheer resilience. Please reach out to the National Point of Contacts below for information, comments, suggestions or potential partnerships. Space is everyone’s business and we all have roles to play as crewmates on Spaceship Earth, not passengers. Here at SGAC we highly encourage all youth, regardless of background, gender, and ethnicity to be a part of creating a sustainable future for all. #Space4All #Space4SDGS #Youth2030 #SpaceGen |
Past Local Activities
- Onboarding sessions for new members hosted by the NPoCs
- What Space Can Do for WI (West Indies) Educational Webinar series based on the Space4SDGs programme by UNOOSA
- Diversity Month Campaign April 2022 with the Diversity and Gender Equality Project Group
- Wonders of the Universe: Time and Astronomical Art exhibit, a collection with a total of 53 works of art hosted by The Rotunda Gallery on Human Spaceflight Day, April 12th 2022 [Featured Art Piece: Trinis in Apollo by Shonari Richardson]
- SGAC_Decode 8 Week Cubesat Design Competition held between July-August 2022.
Opportunities for Young Nationals
NIHERST/ NASA Internship
http://niherst.gov.tt/awards/internships-nasa.html
Caribbean Science Foundation, SPISE Internship Program
https://caribbeanscience.org/spise-internship-program/
NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program
https://appliedsciences.nasa.gov/what-we-do/capacity-building/arset
European Space Agency (ESA) MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) https://earth.esa.int/web/guest/eo-education-and-training/moocs
Canadian Commonwealth of Learning, Skills for Work Scholarship Program https://col-skillsforwork.org/coursea-skills-for-work-scholarship/
Resources