A message from our CEO:
Today we are joining the #ShutDownSTEM movement and standing with our Black friends and colleagues against systemic racism. We have been listening these past few weeks to the important conversations that are taking place and reflecting deeply on how we can make a difference in our corner of the space industry.
Black Lives Matter. At Mission Control, we want to make it unequivocally clear where we stand on racism: we have never and will never tolerate it in our workplace. We hope that the culture that we have cultivated thus far has made it clear that we celebrate and value diversity and inclusion in our workplace. However recent events have prompted reflection about how to move beyond celebrating and valuing diversity and inclusion, and actively integrating anti-racist and anti-oppressive policies and practices, within our workplace culture. We know that there are further steps we can take to listen, reflect, improve, and give back – for the sake of our current employees, our future employees, students and our customers and partners in the industry. This is not a one-day effort; the work has just begun, and it will probably never end. We hope to be transparent along the way.
Our leadership team is working on a vision and tactical steps to weave antiracist ideals into the cloth of Mission Control. These are issues that we cannot shy away from in an effort to build a company our employees and partners are proud of work for and with.
For #ShutDownSTEM today, we are providing our employees the opportunity to take some paid time off and direct that time towards educating, learning, and reflecting. We have compiled (and will continue to compile) and shared resources internally on systemic oppression and racism in Canada and what steps we can take as individuals and as a company to dismantle this system. We are devoting thought and resources to make meaningful change, including examining our internal policies and practices, and our Mission Control Academy curricula to ensure it is accessible and responsive to the diverse contexts for learning across Canada.
Space is for everyone, and we can each play a part in making it that way.
