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A young woman wearing a white lab coat and blue rubber gloves sits in a laboratory, working with a variety of tools in front of her.
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Women in STEM: A conversation with Micaela Gray

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Oct 9, 2020
This month, the Ingenium Channel is highlighting a series of talented, Canadian women who are participating in the Dr. Roberta Bondar Career Development Program.
A spliced, horizontal image shows photos of a field of corn, the planet Mars, and an albatross flying over the water.
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3 things you should know about fertilizer pollution, Mars, and the wandering albatross

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Oct 1, 2020
For the October edition, they discuss how technology is helping with fertilizer pollution, your chance to see Mars, and how the wandering albatross is helping to prevent illegal fishing.
Insert from Jell-O recipe book showing images of syllabub, maple walnut Jell-O, cherry Jell-O, stuffed tomato salad, pineapple mouse, and marbled Jell-O. (“JELLO- 10 c A PACKAGE”)
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Retro recipes: Cookbooks from the Ingenium collection

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May 4, 2020
Conservators Erin Secord and Jessica Lafrance-Hwang noticed a lively exchange of vintage recipes on social media and suggested we share some from Ingenium’s trade literature collection.
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Experiment: Starting seeds at home

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Apr 9, 2020
It’s the perfect time of year to start seeds inside for your spring garden.
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Women in STEM: A look at the incredible contributions of women through Ingenium’s collection

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Mar 5, 2020
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some historically significant items from Ingenium’s collection intrinsically linked of the incredible contributions of women in STEM.
A scan of the damaged cover of a catalogue. On the page behind, you can see handwriting in pencil showing through.
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Uncovering the age-old angst of love

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Feb 11, 2020
Romantic song lyrics are not exactly what you’d expect to find in the pages of an old, agricultural catalogue. But as Ingenium staff members have learned, artifacts can be full of surprises.
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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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3 things you should know — December edition

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Dec 4, 2019
In the December column, we dig into the science of beer, offer tips for viewing the Geminids meteor shower, and bust myths about alcohol in hot drinks.
The Dairy Barn at the Central Experimental Farm in 1894. It is now part of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum.
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Historic barns bring architecture to life for students

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Nov 18, 2019
The Central Experimental Farm (CEF) in Ottawa is known for agricultural ingenuity and scientific discovery, as a national historic site and urban greenspace, and for being the home of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. Architecture, however, is not typically the first thing people associate with this agricultural oasis in Ottawa.
dairy cows walking outside at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum
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Virtual tour: Explore a Dairy Farm

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Oct 30, 2019
Looking for a great educational tool to teach students about dairy farming and where food comes from? The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum has partnered with Google Arts & Culture to develop “Explore a Dairy Farm,” a virtual reality (VR) expedition available through the Google Expeditions app.