{"id":8323,"date":"2025-03-04T18:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/cifal\/?page_id=8323"},"modified":"2026-02-10T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T18:46:56","slug":"drone-course","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/cifal\/drone-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Drone Pilot Course - 2026 Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Open to Everyone<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Register for one of these sessions and get ready to successfully pass the basic drone certificate exam<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dates: <\/strong>Saturday, April 25 | May 30 | June 27 | July 25 | August 29 | September 26 |
October 24 | November 28 | December 19 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/strong>: 9:00 AM-4:00 PM <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/strong>: ADERSIM Lab, N004, Schulich Building, 快播视频<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration Deadlines for Each Course<\/strong>: Saturday, April 18 | May 23 | June 20 | July 18 | August 22 | September 19 | October 17 | November 21 | December 12 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration Links<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday April 25<\/a> | Saturday May 30<\/a> | Saturday June 27<\/a> | Saturday July 25<\/a> |
Saturday August 29<\/a> | Saturday September 26<\/a> | Saturday October 24<\/a> |
Saturday November 28<\/a> | Saturday December 19<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Course Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Use of drone in industry, government, non-governmental operations, education, research and training is growing. Understanding and ability to operate drones for such purposes is becoming an important skill that everyone can have in its skillset. This one day condensed course is ideal for those who want to acquire essential knowledge of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) or drone and get their basic RPAS certificate from Transport Canada and start using drone. The course covers required knowledge that basic certificate holders must have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A microcredit certificate will be issued to all participants from CIFAL York upon completion of the course.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Course Outline<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Learning Objectives<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Section 1: Air Law, Air Traffic Rules and Procedures: Understand the Regulatory Framework
Section 2: RPAS Airframes, Power Plants, Propulsion and Systems: Identify RPAS Components
Section 3: Human Factors: Understand Human Performance Limitations
Section 4: Meteorology: Interpret Weather Information
Section 5: Navigation: Navigate Using Maps and Charts
Section 6: Flight Operations: Plan and Conduct Safe Flight Operations
Section 7: Theory of Flight: Understand Aerodynamics
Section 8: Radiotelephony: Effective Radio Communication<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Course Approach <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The is an in person condensed course. Each topic will be covered in about one hour using easy to understand materials including video clips, PowerPoint slides, live demos. After each topic there will be a short quiz that covers the key concepts and prepares participants for the basic certificate exam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Participants who successfully finish the course will be provided with a 2 hours practice session with mini drones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Target Participants <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyone (undergraduate, graduate students, staff, etc.) with interest in learning about and using RPAS (drone) in any particular field or industry can enroll in this course. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Course Instructor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Ali Asgary<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Professor Ali Asgary is an expert in disaster, emergency and business continuity management. He has been actively involved in research, teaching and professional activities in these fields since 1993. His research has been published in leading disaster and emergency management journals including Disasters, International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, International Journal of Disaster Science, Disaster Prevention and Management, Environmental Hazards, International Journal Of Emergency Management, International Journal of Business Continuity and Risk Management, Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management, and International Journal of Emergency Services among others. He was among the funding faculty members who started the first university program in Disaster & Emergency Management in Canada at Brandon University in 2003 and later on among the funding faculty embers who started Disaster & Emergency Management at 快播视频. Dr. Asgary served as the IAEM Canada president between 2007-2009 and as the board member of IAEM during the same period. He has led as a PI, Co-PI and collaborator in a large number of research projects funded by different agencies including NSERC, GEOIDE, SSHRC, PreCarn, CIHR, NFRF, ORF, Transport Canada, Public Safety Canada, Wellcome Trust, IDRC, and DRDC. Since 2015 Dr. Asgary has been the executive director of 快播视频's Advanced Disaster, Emergency and Rapid-response Simulation (ADERSIM). His research and teaching interests include post disaster recovery and reconstruction, business continuity and risk assessment, disaster and emergency simulations and modeling, applications of AI, VR, AR and MR, Drone, and geomatics in disaster and emergency management, and cost-benefit analysis and decision making under uncertainty. He holds Pilot Certificates for Basic, Advanced and Flight Review Operations of Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS), VLOS from Transport Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Course Syllabus<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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Air Law, Air Traffic Rules and Procedures<\/strong> <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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