Having fully colonized Canada’s federal university research system, the totalizing force of diversity, equity and inclusion is looking to the next frontier: space.

Now approaching the end of a four-year DEI strategy implemented in 2021, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has adopted many of the familiar traits of an organization shying away from merit: diversity “targets” for staff, mandatory diversity training, employee groups for every demographic clade other than white men and even DEI-based grant criteria.