Explorer

In August 1930, all eyes were on Saint-Hubert, Quebec, as people waited for the arrival of a massive, rigid airship named the R-100.

The past year has been anything but typical. Staff at Ingenium’s Library and Archives have focused less on the physical and more on the digital/virtual — thanks to COVID-19 restrictions and staff mostly working from home.

Happy #LibraryShelfie Day! Founded in 2014 by the New York Public Library, Library Shelfie Day is celebrated on the fourth Wednesday of January.

On the occasion of Remembrance Day, Ingenium’s archivists would like to share some newly released photographs in the Digital Archives.

British Columbia’s Robert Hampton Gray died 75 years ago; he was Canada’s last recipient of the Victoria Cross.

Many of us are working from home during the COVID-19 quarantine and are experiencing the daily joys and agonies of video-conference meetings. One of the most popular conference softwares, Zoom, lets you choose your own virtual backgrounds.

Ian Willoughby Bazalgette was Alberta’s sole Victoria Cross recipient of the Second World War.

As students and educators shift from the traditional classroom to online learning in the face of COVID-19, the Ingenium Digital Archives portal is growing its offerings.

You’ve probably never stopped to think about the complex technical requirements and hard-working people who came together to make IMAX a reality.

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.