Julie Payette worked with the Canadian Space Agency.
 This fact was highlighted by Marc Garneau, Canada's first astronaut and former head of the CSA, who in the fall of 2007 called upon the Canadian government to develop and institute a space policy for Canada
 BoisvertJanuary 1, 2008 - September 2, 2008Guy BujoldSeptember 2, 2008  February 1, 2013Steven MacLeanFebruary 2, 2013  August 5, 2013Gilles Leclerc (interim)August 6, 2013  November 3, 2014Walter NatynczykNovember 3, 2014 - March 9, 2015Luc Brl, InterimMarch 9, 2015 - September 14, 2020Sylvain LaporteSeptember 14, 2020  presentLisa Campbell=== Cooperation with the European Space Agency ===The CSA has been a cooperating state of the European Space Agency (ESA) since the 1970s and has several formal and informal partnerships and collaborative programs with space agencies in other countries, such as NASA, ISRO, JAXA, and SNSA

