As a kid, David Saint-Jacques travelled the world with his family, fostering his spirit of exploration, openness, curiosity and caring for others. An engineer and astrophysicist, David later became a family physician and practiced medicine in the Canadian Arctic. On May 13, 2009, he was recruited by the Canadian Space Agency as one of two new astronauts after a year-long selection process. Get to know David better in this video profile produced on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of his recruitment.

From the Curio.ca streaming audio-visual collection.