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Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursday to Monday

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Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday to Sunday

1867 St Laurent Blvd

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Holiday Fun at the Museum

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

DateDec 26, 2023 - Jan 7, 2024

Time9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Holiday Fun at the Museum

9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

DateDec 26, 2023 - Jan 7, 2024

Time9:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Disability is Diverse: A Talk and Demo with Atif Rashid

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Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

DateDec 3, 2023

Time11:15 am - 12:30 pm

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Farming For the Future

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

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Permanent Exhibition

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Eyes on the Skies: Managing Air Traffic in Canada

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

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Permanent Exhibition

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Oh Crap! Rethinking Human Waste

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Canada Science and Technology Museum

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Upcoming Exhibition

May 1, 2024 to Jan 6, 2025

Six different styles of toilets are on display, they are set against a lime green wall with wood and green cutouts resembling plumbing pipes.

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The straw-gas powered McLaughlin D45 touring automobile with its gas bag, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Anon., “Is This Prophetic of Future? Auto Is Run With Straw Gas.” The Winnipeg Evening Tribune, 20 August 1918, 1.

“Is This Prophetic of Future?”: University of Saskatchewan professor Robert Dawson MacLaurin and the billowing saga of straw gas, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

You came back, my reading friend! I just knew that the billowing saga of straw gas would be a topic you could not stay away from. Shall we begin? You will remember that we closed the first part of this article of our amaaazing blog / bulletin / thingee in May 1917, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. As he prepared to board a train which would take him to Eastern Canada and the Eastern United States for a month long trip to gather information on straw compression methods and chamber-oven production

The illustration which brought the straw gas production project of University of Saskatchewan professor Robert Dawson MacLaurin to the attention of many. Anon., “Straw Gas Here: Novel Motor Fuel Used to Save Gasoline.” Visalia Morning Delta, 15 November 1918, 6.

“Is This Prophetic of Future?”: University of Saskatchewan professor Robert Dawson MacLaurin and the billowing saga of straw gas, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

How would you feel about the idea of using a definition to launch this issue of our mind-blowing blog / bulletin / thingee? […] Thank you. And apologies for the tardy appearance of this text online. I overslept. By the way, Visalia is a city in the San Joaquin valley of California, located half way between San Francisco and Los Angeles. According to a 2023 document of the United States Energy Information Administration, an agency of the United States Department of Energy, and I quote,

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Contesting Closure

Contesting Closure is an Ingenium-University of Toronto research collaboration that examines the history of General Motors Canada in Oshawa from 1980 to 2019.

Caricature by illustrator / graphic designer Jacques Gagnier promoting the weekly Québec radio game show Auto-Tram broadcasted by the radio station CKAC of Montréal, Québec. Jacques Gagnier, “–.” RadioMonde, 27 November 1948, 18.

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Auto-Tram, Pic et pic et colégram, Bour et bour et ratatam, Auto-Tram: Do you want to participate with me in the weekly Québec radio game show Auto-Tram?

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello, my reading friend, you are late. A few more minutes and the door of the Saint-Stanislas parish hall in Montréal, Québec, would have been slammed in our faces. Yes, yes, the Saint-Stanislas parish hall mentioned in the 1972 song Fu Man Chu, a masterful work performed by the actor / author / composer / musician / performer Robert Charlebois, a giant of Québec song mentioned in March 2021 and November 2022 issues of our staggering blog / bulletin / thingee. (Hello, EP!) By the way, the Fu

The left-hand photo shows several square bins lined with clear plastic, full of bunches of purple grapes, with rows of grape vines visible in the background. The right-hand photo shows a cathode ray tube computer terminal and small keyboard. The computer has yellow plastic housing and black plastic frame. The keyboard is grey. To the right in this photo is a conservation photography colour correction card.

2 things you should know about how grape diversity could help save winemaking in Canada and how conservators use an x-ray fluorescence spectrometer to uncover and analyze the materials in the collection's artifacts

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Meet Renée-Claude Goulet and Jacqueline Riddle. Renée-Claude is the Science Advisor at Ingenium’s Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, and Jacqueline is a Conservator at Ingenium. In November’s edition of this colourful monthly blog, Renée-Claude explains how climate change is affecting agriculture all over the world, including the growing of grapes and the making of wine, and Jacqueline describes how she and her colleagues use x-ray fluorescence spectrometer technology to discover which chemical

Advertisement of Campbell Motors Limited of Vancouver, British Columbia, promoting the AZNP Škoda 1101 or 1102 automobile. Anon., “Campbell Motors Limited.” The Vancouver Sun, 10 June 1950, 11.

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“Reds Carry Cold War to North Americans:” A brief roadmap of the circumstances surrounding the importation of Czechoslovakian automobiles into Canada at the height of the Cold War, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Dobrý den, můj čtenářský přítel, a vítám vás u této druhé části našeho článku. Um, hello, my reading friend, and welcome to this second part of our article. You will of course remember that said second part will complete our examination of the reaction of various stakeholders to the importation into Canada of automobiles produced in Czechoslovakia by the state firm Automobilové Závody Národni Podnik (AZNP), during the 1950s. An interesting aspect of that story was / is that, in the spring of

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Scouting and Guiding on Overseas RCAF Bases During the Cold War

Carleton University

The Cold War brought about many changes to family life. For military personnel who were part of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), the founding of NATO in 1949 meant opportunities for overseas tours in Europe for themselves and their families.

Celebrating Women’s History Month in Canada with Dr. Shohini Ghose, Quantum Physicist

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

October is Women’s History Month in Canada. It is a time to celebrate the women and girls from our past, and our present who are contributing to a better, more inclusive Canada. The theme of Women’s History Month this year is “Through Her Lens: Celebrating the Diversity of Women.” There are many accomplished women in Canada who deserve to be celebrated this month. One such prominent Canadian woman is Shohini Ghose, currently Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Wilfrid Laurier University

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