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A small plane drops presents over a snowy field full of people.
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Aviation

A sweet finale: Bush pilot Johnny May leaves an inspiring legacy

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Feb 25, 2020
Every Christmas for more than half a century, a bush pilot named Johnny May dropped a medley of candies and gifts for the residents of Kuujjuaq, a village in Nunavik, Quebec.
Doctor Margaret Beznak with one of her research subjects. Elizabeth Motherwell, “Elle succède à son mari à la tête de la faculté de physiologie de l’U. d’Ottawa.” La Tribune, 3 February 1960, 17.
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Medicine

A stellar example of the contribution made by people who choose Canada: A few words on the life and times of Doctor Margaret Beznak

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Feb 24, 2020
Good morning, my reading friend, good morning. Yours truly would like to move away a little bit from his favorite subjects to offer you a little something about medicine, one of the many subjects examined by one of the museums of the group which includes the mind-boggling Canada Aviation and Space Museum, at Ottawa, Ontario, namely the Canada Science and Technology Museum, also at Ottawa. The first paragraph of the article published in the 3 February 1960 issue of the daily La Tribune of
Victor Deng the student intern standing in front of the Avro Arrow and the CF-18
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Aviation

Project Log #1: Getting Started

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Feb 17, 2020
Working in an environment that’s full of airplanes has been my dream since childhood. So, when I learned that a summer internship at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum was a possibility, I jumped at the chance.
Sisters Maria Cleofas and Maria Innocenza of the Franciscan Sisters of St. Aloysius Gonzaga aboard an AVIA / Lombardi FL.3 light / private airplane during their flight training, Turin, Italy. Anon., “Le ciel leur appartient.” Le Soleil / Perspectives, 20 February 1960, 12.
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Aviation

Sister Bertrille was not the first flying nun, or, Let’s talk about Sisters Maria Cleofas and Maria Innocenza – and about Sister Mary Aquinas too

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Feb 17, 2020
Good morning, my reading friend of the Milky Way. Yours truly dares to hope that the weather, outside, does not affect your little neurons too much. I would like to offer you this week a subject of a scale that could not be more reasonable, inspired by a very brief article found in the 20 February 1960 issue of the weekly magazine Perspectives inserted in the same day issue of the daily Le Soleil of Québec, Québec – and of La Tribune of Sherbrooke, Québec, my homecity, and… You are quite right,
A surgeon stands watch over a patient being operated on by a robot. Holograms glow in the background
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Engineering & Technology

Looking into the future of medicine

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Feb 14, 2020
As we usher in a new decade, the medical industry is innovating at an incredible pace — producing technologies that will impact individuals and Canadian society as a whole.
The Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, ca 2007. Wikipedia.
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Aviation

So far away from home: The Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, Part 2

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Feb 10, 2020
You made it, my reading friend. Yours truly is very glad to, err, acknowledge you presence. Given that last week’s issue of our, oh, so fascinating blog / bulletin / thingee dealt with the potted history of the descendants of the Wright Bellanca WB-2 Columbia / Maple Leaf record breaking airplane, made by the American firm Bellanca Aircraft Corporation and by Canadian Vickers Limited of Montréal, Québec, in the 1920s and 1930s, and Northwest Industries Limited of Edmonton, Alberta, in the 1940s,
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3 things you should know — February edition

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Feb 4, 2020
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to our three museums — the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum. In this colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the February edition, our science advisors

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