Canada has joined the SKA Observatory as a Member, becoming the tenth country to join the intergovernmental organisation. Earlier this month the Canadian Government has announced announced a CAN$269m (approximately €182m) investment over eight years. The National Research Council of Canada’s (NRC) Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre will oversee this investment and work with Canadian industrial partners to deliver key observatory systems. The announcement follows more than two decades of Canadian contributions to the SKA project dating back to its inception. Canada is also heavily involved with the SKA Regional Centre Network (SRCNet), an international effort to design, develop and operate a distributed network of high-performance computing centres to support the science exploitation of the SKA data. The image above shows the Canadian flag flying outside the SKAO headquarters at Jodrell Bank in the UK. (Image credit: SKAO)