In memory of those in the science, engineering, or technology communities returning to or coming to live or study in Canada on Flight PS752

176 people died on the Ukraine International Airlines Flight PS752 bound for Kyiv when it was shot down in what now appears to have been a tragic mistake. 138 of those people were scheduled to take connecting flights to Canada.

I extend my profound sympathies to these and all the families that must endure this loss.

National Post’s January 11, 2020 In Memoriam tribute (in the print edition) provides a glimpse of the impact this loss is having and, likely, will continue to have for some time. Approximately 60 of the people mentioned in the tribute were identifiably members of the science, engineering, or technology communities in Canada.

  • Ardalan Ebnoddin Hamidi  Civil Engineer
  • Forough Khadem Immunologist and Mitacs employee
  • Sharieh Faghihi DDS
  • Fareed Arasteh PhD Student Molecular Genetics
  • Pedram Jadidi PhD Student Civil Engineering
  • Naser Pourshabanoshibi MD
  • Firouzeh Madani MD
  • Ghazal Nourian PhD Student Nanophotonic Energy
  • Mehran Abtahi PostDoc Civil Engineering
  • Hadis Hayatdavoudi PhD Student Electrochemistry and Corrosion Science Centre
  • Alireza Pey CEO Message Hopper (Tech Startup)
  • Milad Nahavandi Ph.D. Student Industrial Bioproduct Lab
  • Mohammad Hossein Saket Mechanical Engineer
  • Fatemah Kazerani Medical manager
  • Hamid Setarah Kokab PhD Student Mechanical Engineering
  • Samira Bashiri Research Assistant Biology
  • Shekoufeh Choopannejad MD
  • Sara Saadat Alumna 2019 Bachelor of Science in Psychology
  • Saba Saadat Undergraduate Student Biological Sciences
  • Amirhossien Ghasemi Graduate Student Biomedical Engineering
  • Razgar Rahimi Instructor Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Farideh Gholami Lecturer Ontario Tech University
  • Mansour Pourjam Laboratory Technician Ottawa Denture & Implant Centre
  • Neda Sadighi MD
  • Sajedeh Saraeian Incoming Masters Student Chemical Engineering Program
  • Roja (or Rouja) Azadian Engineer
  • Alma Oladi PhD Student, Mathematics and Statistics
  • Mansour Esnaashary Esfahani PhD Student Civil Engineering
  • Ghanimat Azhdari PhD Student Dept. of Geography, Environment and Geomatics 
  • Hiva Molani HVAC Technician
  • Pedram Mousavi Professor Mechanical Engineering
  • Mojgan Daneshmand Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Farhad Niknam DDS
  • Marzieh Foroutan PhD Student Geography and Environmental Management
  • Saeed Kashani PhD Student Chemistry
  • Delaram Dadashnejad Student Nutrition
  • Bahareh Karami (Moghadam) Technologist Capital Planning and Delivery Branch
  • Mohammad Amin Jebelli MD & Graduate Student Master of Health Science in Translational Research
  • Amirhossien Ghasemi Graduate Student Biomedical Engineering
  • Mohsen Salahi Instructor Quality Engineering, Construction Project Management, and Chemical Laboratory Analysis Programs
  • Mahsa Amirliravi Instructor Quality Engineering, Construction Project Management, and Chemical Laboratory Analysis Programs
  • Amir Hossein Saeedinia PhD Student Mechanical Engineering
  • Masoumeh Ghavi Student Engineering
  • Zeynab Asadi-Lari Science Student University of Toronto, Mississauga
  • Mohammad Hossein Asadi-Lari MD/PhD Student at the Faculty of Medicine
  • Parisa Eghbalian DDS
  • Kasra Saati Senior Quality Engineer
  • Shadi Jamshidi Chemical Engineer
  • Shahab Raana Mechanical Engineer & Student Welding Technology
  • Mohammad Mahdi Elyasi Co-founder ID Green Inc. (Agricultural Tech Startup)
  • Arash Pourzarabi Graduate Student Engineering and Computer Science
  • Pouneh Gourji Graduate Student Engineering and Computer Science
  • Mirmohammad (Mehdi) Sadeghi Civil Engineer
  • Bahareh Haj Esfandiari Civil Engineer
  • Mojtaba Abbasnezhad PhD Student Engineering
  • Arvin Morattab PhD Student École de technologie supérieure
  • Aida Farzaneh PhD Student & Lecturer Engineering Department École de technologie supérieure
  • Sara Mamani Master’s in mechanical, industrial, and geoenvironmental engineering
  • Siavash Ghafouri Azar Masters in Mechanical Engineering

The Canadian Science Policy Centre (CSPC) has also compiled a list which is more exhaustive as it includes ,members of the academic communities at large and it includes details about the universities where people taught or studied.

Richard Warnica’s moving January 11, 2019 essay (‘A continuous secretion of sorrow’: The Iran plane tragedy and a sense of what was lost) for Post Media ends with these words,

It is the sum of everything in 176 lives. It is absence piled on absence. It is too massive to conceive.

If you are inclined, I strongly suggest you read Warnica’s essay. It’s not easy to read but you might find it helpful (I found it so).

Finally, if there are any errors in or omissions from the list, please let me know so I can make corrections.

ETA January 17, 2020: Nicole Janson wrote a January 9, 2020 article for University Affairs, which provides another memorial to the members of the academic community lost in the passenger plane shot down by Iran on January 8, 2020.

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