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A pair of worn-in brown boots stand on a patch of green grass.
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Footprints and fingerprints: Reflections on a shoe-forming press from the Kingston Penitentiary

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Sep 21, 2020
Have you ever thought about how far you’ve travelled and where you’ve left your mark? What about the people who have left their marks on your shoes?
Jani Moreau, female flight attendant as imagined by Québec artist Nicole Lapointe. Anon., “Un nouvel illustré: Jani hôtesse de l’air.” Claire, 15 September 1960, cover.
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She is not a waitress in the sky: Jani hôtesse de l’air and some words on the presence of female flight attendants in popular culture

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Sep 20, 2020
Hail, my reading friend. How are you on this day? If I may be permitted a quick introduction, do you like comics? Better yet, are you interested in the history of comics? I see ... It’s a shame because the topic of the week of our blog / bulletin / thingee is closely linked to this question. Did you know that the roman catholic church played a significant role in the history of Canadian / Québec aeronautical comics? That’s surprising, isn’t it? The publications of said church were intended to
A cartoon-style drawing depicts books, flowers, and animals. A large letter “B” represents the theme of biodiversity. The words “Sept. 21-27, 2020” is visible in the bottom, right-hand corner of the image.
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Science Literacy Week offers online learning opportunities

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Sep 16, 2020
Tap into your inner scientist during Science Literacy Week!
An infuriated Clara shredding the Curtiss biplane piloted by George F. Russell, Dongan Hills, New York, 10 September 1910. Anon., “La vache et l’aéroplane.” Le Petit Journal – Supplément illustrée, 25 September 1910, 312.
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A close encounter of the strange and unusual kind, or, How did Clara the cow meet a Curtiss biplane in Staten Island, New York City, New York

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Sep 13, 2020
Back in 1989, during an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation entitled Up the Long Ladder, when Captain Jean-Luc Picard, a Frenchman with a British accent (!! – Hello, EG!), walked into a cargo bay aboard the starship Enterprise to investigate a fire set by a group of lost colonists he had picked up, Patrick Stewart allegedly found the dialogue so hilarious that he began to laugh, albeit not too loudly. He actually turned his back to the camera to hide this lapse in concentration. When
A close up a burger patties, a diagram of the sun during the solstices and equinoxes, and a satellite image of the Milne Ice Shelf
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3 things you should know about cell-based meat, the Autumnal Equinox, and Canada’s last ice shelf

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Sep 10, 2020
For the September edition, we discuss cell-based meat, the Autumnal Equinox, and the collapse of the last Canadian ice shelf.
The first Douglas DC-3 airliner delivered to Trans-Canada Air Lines, Montreal (Dorval) Airport, Dorval, Québec, circa 1945-48. CASM, negative number 25515
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A gleaming example of one of the most famous and significant aircraft of the 20th century: The Douglas DC-3 of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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Sep 6, 2020
Hail, my reading friend. Eager as always to bring you news of the wonderful world of aviation, yours truly would like to remind you that, in September 1945, Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA), today’s Air Canada Incorporated, received its very first example of one of the most famous airliners of the 20th century, the Douglas DC-3. This outstandingly significant aircraft of national importance is presently on display at the awesome Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario. And yes, TCA was
The first Fleet Model 80 Canuck light / private airplane, Fort Erie, Ontario, March 1946. This aircraft belonged to Sturgeon Air Services Limited of Fredericton, New Brunswick. CASM, negative number KM-07962
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Teaching to fly because it has wings: Canada’s Fleet Model 80 Canuck light / private airplane

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Sep 1, 2020
Let’s be original and daring today, my reading friend. Would you like to take a look at one of the aircraft in the prodigious collection of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario? No? Let me respectfully reject your reality and substitute my own. And yes, yours truly was paraphrasing Adam Whitney Savage. This co-host of the very popular Australian American (!) television series MythBusters presumably heard this sentence in the 1984 American fantasy / horror / science fiction

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