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Practising science communication at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

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Jagpreet Kaur Maker
Oct 7, 2019
Born and educated in Mumbai, the culturally diverse metropolis of India, I moved to Canada in 2018 as a new permanent resident to pursue my passion of making science more accessible and building trust in the brand, “Made in India.”
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Many voices: Oral histories of Canada’s grain elevators

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Vanessa Finney
Sep 23, 2019
Grain elevators have long been a symbol of agricultural strength for the Canadian prairies. But what was it actually like to work in the grain elevators? As a practicum student from Carleton University, I have been pondering this question while researching a grain elevator model in the agricultural collection of Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation. Fortunately, I was introduced to Friends of Grain Elevators (FOGE), a non-profit group of volunteers that celebrate grain elevators
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Behind the scenes: Meet an organic grain farmer

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Sonia Mendes
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Sep 19, 2019
Shelley and Tony Spruit are going against the grain. After more than a quarter century of growing wheat, soybeans, and corn — mainly for animal feed and ethanol — the couple began experimenting with alternatives on their family owned and operated farm near Ottawa, planting seeds from corn and barley varieties not traditionally grown in Ontario. The move is reflective of their agricultural philosophy, and Shelley Spruit believes it’s critically important to educate consumers about what they’re
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3 things you should know — September edition

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Sep 10, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Michelle Campbell Mekarski. These Ingenium employees are professional science communicators, and provide expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science communicators offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the September edition
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Recovering the lost artifacts of ethnologist Marius Barbeau

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Denise Steeves
Aug 21, 2019
You might not imagine that volunteer work at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum would involve unravelling a mystery. But in truth, it can!
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3 things you should know — August edition

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Aug 12, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the August edition, they tackled how perspectives are
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A colourful, family history shines behind a soil test kit

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Vanessa Finney
Aug 12, 2019
Behind a single artifact, there are many interwoven stories.
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3 things you should know — July edition

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Jesse Rogerson, PhD
Canada Aviation and Space Museum
Jul 2, 2019
Meet Renée-Claude Goulet, Jesse Rogerson, and Kyrke Gaudreau. This all-star trio works as Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert 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 new monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their area of expertise. For the July edition, they tackled how blockchain
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Beyond the beans: the advantages of coffee by-products

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Connor Wilkie
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May 15, 2019
An Ottawa-based coffee roaster is hoping to give consumers a wake-up call about coffee waste and by-products.
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Volunteer week: The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum offers an unusual museum experience

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Connor Wilkie
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Apr 12, 2019
The Canada Agriculture and Food Museum — a working farm in the heart of the Ottawa — is not your typical museum. So it’s fitting that volunteering at the museum isn't your typical experience either.
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