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E.W.R. (Ned) Steacie.

Engineering & Technology

Chemist’s war-time research leads to discovery

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Victoria Dalgleish Algonquin College Journalism Program Dr. E.W.R. “Ned” Steacie developed a new way of melting metallic magnesium for fighter aircraft during World War II. Today, this metal is used to make bicycles. Steacie was born on Christmas Day, 1900 in Montreal. He was an only child. When he was a teenager, his father was killed during World War I, and Steacie was left to take care of his invalid mother. In 1919 Steacie started Royal Military College, but he switched to McGill University

McCurdy sits in a Curtiss JN-4 bi-plane in 1911. Source: City of Toronto Archives Photo, Fonds 1244, Item 79.

J.A.D. McCurdy: Reaching new heights

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Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program John Alexander Douglas McCurdy was the first Canadian to ever pilot an aircraft. Not only that, but he was the first person to fly a plane so far over the sea that he couldn’t see the shore. His goal was to fly over the Straights of Florida from Key West to Havana – thus setting a new world record for distance flown over open water. The Havana Post and the city of Havana, Cuba, had offered McCurdy $8,000 to be the first person to fly the 94-mile

Photograph of Lieutenant-General Andrew McNaughton taken in March of 1942, a few years before he became Canada's Minister of Defence. From the National Archives of Canada - reference number PA-132648.

Engineering & Technology

Andrew McNaughton, outsmarting the enemy

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Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program During World War I Andrew McNaughton was an artillery specialist and later a counter-battery staff officer of the Canadian Corps. When most thought locating an enemy’s heavy artillery was simply impossible, McNaughton was able to apply scientific methods of artillery warfare to locate enemy guns. He used methods such as sound ranging, which was a way of locating the enemy guns by using the data from the sound of the gunfire. McNaughton’s

Harold Elford Johns asked the NRC to start creating Cobalt-60 isotopes to treat cancer.

The bomb that saves lives

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Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program In 2009, Ontario’s Chalk River nuclear laboratory closed for maintenance. This meant that the largest producer of medical isotopes in the world was turned off and supply plummeted, causing significant delays in medical treatments. This event underscored how important Canada’s role in nuclear medicine has been ever since physicist Dr. Harold Elford Johns asked the National Research Council to start creating Cobalt-60 isotopes in 1949. Cobalt-60 is

John Alexander Hopps helped to invent the artificial pacemaker to regulate the heart.

Engineering & Technology

Creating a new kind of heart beat

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Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program The pacemaker is a device that helps to stimulate the heart, thus saving lives. But surprisingly, this remarkable discovery was made unintentionally. It began with two Canadian surgeons, Dr. Wilfred G. Bigelow and Dr. John C. Callaghan, who were researching cold heart surgery, a method of operating while cooling a body to slow the heart rate. However, their research led the two men to observe that pulses of electrical current from a probe could

Engineering & Technology

The sackbut, and other surprising inventions by Hugh Le Caine

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Ilana Reimer Algonquin College Journalism Program Hugh Le Caine is considered one of the “heroes” of electronic music – an unusual reputation for a scientist. Le Caine studied music as a child, and also tried building his own instruments. He envisioned beautiful sounds that he believed could be achieved if new electronic instruments were developed. Later, Le Caine studied physics at Queen’s University, equipping him to apply science to music in remarkable ways. After graduating in 1939 he began

Chalmers Jack Machenzie.

Chalmers Jack Mackenzie: ambitious on Canada’s behalf after WWII

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Patrick Jodoin Algonquin College Journalism Program The years during and after World War II were a crucial time for scientific research and development in Canada. Chief among this era’s important figures was Chalmers Jack Mackenzie, who was president of the National Research Council from 1944 to 1952, and who played an instrumental role in forming some of the institutions that have shaped modern Canada. Initially appointed to the NRC in 1935 after a 17-year stint as Dean of Engineering at the

George Lawrence built the world’s second nuclear reactor.

Engineering & Technology

Harnessing a power: the story of the second nuclear reactor

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Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program As the curtain of World War II fell over Europe, George C. Laurence began working against the clock to harness the future of energy and warfare. He was going to build the world’s second nuclear reactor. Born in Charlottetown, P.E.I., Laurence graduated from Dalhousie University with a bachelor’s and master’s in physics. After completing his doctorate in England with the greatest minds in nuclear research, Laurence returned to Canada in 1930. He

George. J. Klein.

Engineering & Technology

Klein, the man who invented everything from the electric wheelchair to the STEM antenna

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Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program George J. Klein was one of Canada’s most productive inventors of the 20th Century. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, his father, a watch and jewellery store owner, initially sparked Klein’s interest in mechanical design. Klein studied at the University of Toronto and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in applied science in 1928. A year later he was offered a job as a researcher for the National Research Council of Canada. Klein would remain with the NRC

Gerald Hatch (left) was able to grow his engineering firm into a company of over 12,000. Source: McGill University.

Earth & Environment

Gerald Hatch’s global impact

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Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program Canada is known for its natural resources and the ways that we have extracted them from our countryside. And because of stewards like Gerald Hatch guiding the technological advances, responsible use and sustainability have taken a far higher priority. Hatch helped create new metallurgical practises, reduced the impact on our environment and created one of the most successful engineering firms in Canada. Hatch grew up in eastern Ontario, attended

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