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Portrait of Gerald Heffernan: Source: Whitby Library/Ireland Studio.

Engineering & Technology

Heffernan, the mini mill pioneer

Algonquin college

Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program Even growing up, Gerald Heffernan had the mind of an entrepreneur. One of his early business ventures was selling apples to a jam factory. Later, his entrepreneurial spirit led him to introduce new technologies into the steel manufacturing industry – most notably pioneering self-contained steel production facilities known as “mini-mills.” These efficient mills account for 200 million tons of the world’s overall 700 million ton steel output

Sylvia Fedoruk’s ground breaking work in physics has brought a lot of pride to Canada and to the science community of Saskatchewan.

Engineering & Technology

Adventures in radiation

Algonquin college

Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program Most of us have been touched by cancer in one way or another. It’s also likely that radiation treatment was used in helping with recovery. Fifty per cent of cancer patients have undergone radiation treatment. This is because radiation attacks the DNA of cancer cells so they can’t reproduce. Canadian scientist Sylvia Fedoruk devoted her life’s work to helping people with radiation techniques. Scientists have been using radiation to fight cancer

Through the work of James Milton Ham and his commission, the predecessor to the Occupational Health and Safety Act was born.

Earth & Environment

Working for the weekend: how job safety is rooted in science

Algonquin college

Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program In 1974 a three-week wildcat strike at the Elliot Lake uranium mines provoked the Ontario government to action. Workers were suffering from the effects of working in hazardous environment. And the threat of injury did not end after leaving work; years of inhaling silica dust often caused the miners to suffer from silicosis and lung cancer. A professor from Toronto was asked to helm the inquiry that was called for during the workers’ job action

Ursula Franklin

Earth & Environment

Scientist promotes peace after her war experience

Algonquin college

Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program After surviving the Holocaust in Germany, Ursula Martius Franklin used her scientific knowledge to promote peace and prosperity in any way possible. Four years after World War II, Franklin moved to Canada with PhD in experimental physics from Berlin. In 1967 she began working at the University of Toronto in the engineering department and eventually became a full professor in 1984. It was the highest honour the university could give her and she was

Armand Bombardier, seated at the wheel of the Bombardier military snowmobile in 1943. Credit: Library and Archives Canada reference number WRM 276.

J. Armand Bombardier

Algonquin college

Patrick Jodoin Algonquin College Journalism From a young age, Joseph-Armand Bombardier had an interest in mechanics and wanted to find ways to solve transportation problems caused by harsh Canadian winters. In fact, by the time he was a teenager, Bombardier had already built his first snowmobile. Bombardier was born in 1907 in rural Quebec. His parents sent him to a seminary to become a priest, but after three years, Bombardier’s preoccupation with engines prevailed and he began studying

Alexander Graham Bell was highly interested in hearing and speech, a passion which led to his invention of the telephone. Source: Library and Archives Canada. Author: Moffett Studio.

Engineering & Technology

Playing it by ear

Algonquin college

Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program Alexander Graham Bell was interested in both speech and hearing, a pursuit which was likely spurred by the fact that both his mother and wife suffered from hearing loss. Bell first worked with his father, who was a speech therapist, and then took a position in Boston teaching deaf children to speak. One of his methods was to hold a balloon to the chest of his patients so they could hear sound. It was these experiments that led to the invention of

Canada’s 1st open heart surgery

Engineering & Technology

Canada's 1st open heart surgery

University of Alberta

In 1956, John Callaghan conducted Canada’s 1st successful open-heart surgery at the University of Alberta (UAlberta) Hospital. While the surgery performed may be ‘simple’ by today’s standards, at the time it pushed the boundaries of modern heart surgery and knowledge. Pioneering advances In 1946, John Callaghan graduated from University of Toronto. While there, he and fellow cardia surgeon Wilfred Bigelow developed new cardiac surgical techniques to slow the heart for heart surgery. In 1951, the

Canadian Museum of History, 2005.3.1; gift of the Gander Airport Authority

Prismasteel Furniture System

Canadian Museum of History

Throughout the 1960s, airport terminals across the country featured Canadian-made furniture and artwork. Most of these buildings included variations of a seating design created by Robin Bush. After studies at the Vancouver School of Art and a stint in the Canadian Navy during World War II, Bush (and his then business partner, Earle Morrison) began producing furniture of his own design. In 1957, Canadian Office and School Furniture in Preston, Ontario, began producing Bush’s Prismasteel line. The

Building Safer Homes

Engineering & Technology

Building Safer Homes

Western University

Researchers at The Insurance Research Lab for Better Homes applied the first realistic hurricane wind load simulation to a full-scale house in 2008, providing valuable information for how to make structures safer. The Western University facility is the first-of its-kind in the world to allow researchers to simulate and study realistic damage to full-scale houses from wind, snow and rain – all within a controlled environment. Capable of simulating pressures as strong as a Category 5 hurricane, it

Defining Wind Engineering

Engineering & Technology

Defining Wind Engineering

Western University

Known as the father of modern wind engineering, Alan Davenport’s research into wind’s impact on built and natural environments improved the stability of structures around the world. In 1965, he established at Western University the first-of-its-kind Boundary Layer Wind Tunnel Laboratory for civil engineers. The tunnel allowed him and his colleagues to detect vulnerabilities and to redesign tall buildings and long bridges, including Confederation Bridge, to be more resilient. Davenport’s equation

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