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Black and white horizontal photograph of man wearing glasses who is laying on his side on the ground feeding a small squirrel by hand.

Reading Expedition Photographs in the Frank T. Davies Fonds

McGill University

Frank T. Davies was a Welsh physicist who studied at the University of Saskatchewan and McGill University before joining the Byrd Antarctic Expedition in 1928. From this experience, Davies went on to participate in the Canadian Second International Polar Year of 1932-1933 in which Davies, Balfour Currie, Stuart McVeigh, and John Rae lived in Igluligaarjuk, Nunavut (then referred to as Chesterfield Inlet of the Northwest Territories) for a year to study the environment.

A red plastic telephone with the handset off of the base on a light grey table. There are scratches on the phone which is an angular design. The rotary dial is on the handset and attached to the base by a red spiral cord.

Collection Development

A Phone Call from Below the Arctic Ice - The 50th Anniversary of Arctic III Sub-Igloo Phone Call to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

On December 17, 1972, Canadian scientists on an Arctic expedition made a groundbreaking phone call to Ottawa. The Arctic III expedition, led by Dr. Joe MacInnis, made the call from 12 metres (40 feet) below the Arctic ice in Resolute Bay, Nunavut, (which was, at that time, part of Northwest Territories).

Designed image showing stars representing children who never made it home from residential schools, an eagle representing First Nations, a narwhal representing Inuit, a beaded flower representing Métis peoples, a winding white pathway representing the Road to Reconciliation, and a circle representing being together in a spirit of reconciliation.

Canada’s Federal Interdepartmental Indigenous STEM Cluster – A Force for Cooperation, Empowerment, and Reconciliation

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Introduction Diverse perspectives in science, technology, engineering and math are crucial to supporting innovation and building trust between the research community and the public. This requires us to look outside of our organizations and think about how we can best support the innovation potential of other communities within Canada and ensure our work is reflective of multiple worldviews. Indigenous Peoples, including First Nations, the Métis Nation and Inuit, have been major innovators since

A black and white photograph of approximately 10 airplanes under construction in a large factory. Two workers are visible in the foreground.

The Avro Lancaster: Beyond the Second World War

Valerie Kaiyang Wood

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Avro Lancaster was a large British bomber airplane, manufactured by A.V. Roe and Company (Avro), that entered the Second World War in April 1942 and was best known for nighttime bombings of German cities. It was one of the first British bombers to feature four engines, which allowed it to carry a very large bombing load, more than 6,000 kg, as well as enough fuel to fly more than 2,600 km in a single flight. The Lancaster could reach speeds of 438 km per hour and had a high-altitude ceiling

Tomanowos, better known as the Willamette meteorite, American Museum of Natural History, New York City, New York. Anon., “Ça et là, par l’image.” Le Samedi, 22 February 1947, 8.

Earth & Environment

Tomanowos, a visitor from the sky or Moon: A brief look at the largest North American meteorite known today

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Hello there, my reading friend. Given the name of the breathtaking and world-famous Canada Aviation and Space Museum, in Ottawa, Ontario, it occurred to yours truly that a space rock would make a nice anchor for an issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. Let us therefore begin this pontification by quoting, in translation, the caption of the photograph found in a February 1947 issue of the illustrated weekly Le Samedi, published in Montréal, Québec.

In a field, a group of people lie on the grass looking up at the sky in front of two tipis.

Digging deeper: Regenerating Indigenous star knowledge

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

How can Indigenous knowledge be regenerated and protected? Ideas are growing out of the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project.

Stick used for cultural purposes painted with brown, white, and black markings.

The Yuin Message Stick: A piece of the Yuin nation’s continuing history

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

Read about the Yuin Message Stick — which is intertwined with the Indigenous culture of the Yuin nation.

Working on a small boat near the shoreline, Heiltsuk fishers harvest roe-on-kelp from a line in the water.

Bákvḷá: A collaborative exhibition on Heiltsuk place-based foodways

Curator of Agriculture and Fisheries

Coming soon! Bákvḷá is a visually stunning exhibition about the herring roe-on-kelp fishery on B.C.’s central coast.

Image of an outrigger boat near the coast in open water in Hawaii with some sand visible on the shore and a small island in the distance.

Under the same sky: Conversations from the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

Ingenium is part of the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project, which is opening up conversations around Indigenous knowledge.

A tipi in the distance at sunset.

Star stories: The making of the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

The Indigenous Star Knowledge Project offers free webinars that bring together speakers from around the world.

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