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Roots of Radar

National Research Council Canada

During the Second World War, Canada’s National Research Council was the centre of Canadian contributions to radar technology. With NRC’s help, Canada installed the ﬁrst operating radar system in North America – a coastal defence system near Halifax. A few years later, building on secret British war plans, NRC designed one of the ﬁrst mass-produced radar systems manufactured in Canada. In the late 1930s, NRC began to explore the possibility of detecting aircraft by electrical means. Meanwhile

And the Beat Goes On

And the Beat Goes On

National Research Council Canada

For decades, NRC has worked at the very heart of biomedical engineering, a ﬁeld that combines medical expertise with the design and problem solving of engineering. NRC inventions include the world’s ﬁrst cardiac pacemaker and also the ﬁrst to be powered by the human body. These devices – and the newer models they inspired – have saved countless lives around the world. When doctors wondered how to safely restart hearts that stop during surgery, NRC found that a gentle electrical stimulus would do

Harold Jennings

Vaccine Victory

National Research Council Canada

Infectious disease is the world’s greatest threat to children, but a meningitis vaccine developed at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) is saving countless lives around the world. The vaccine protects against meningitis C—a potentially fatal infection of the lining around the brain and spinal cord. Older vaccines failed to protect infants, but NRC’s vaccine works for people of all ages, including children as young as two months. Meningitis kills up to 10 percent of its victims within 48

A Bomb that Cures

A Bomb that Cures

National Research Council Canada

For more than half a century, Canada’s National Research Council (NRC) has been a leader in cancer research. In the early 1950s, the cobalt-60 bomb treatment launched a new era in cancer therapy that has saved millions of people around the world. Since then, NRC researchers have continued to advance the ﬁeld of radiation therapy. In the 1940s, only about one in ﬁve people who got cancer survived for more than ﬁve years. Patients’ prospects improved greatly after two Canadian doctors asked NRC

Health & Wellness

The Good, the Bad and the Toxic

National Research Council Canada

In 1987, National Research Council of Canada (NRC) scientists worked around the clock to ﬁnd out why three Canadians had died and hundreds became sick after eating mussels. The villain, a rare toxin produced by algae, was traced to a single area of Prince Edward Island. Ever since, NRC has helped Canadian food inspectors ensure that popular seafood is safe to eat. Now, NRC is developing advanced tools to provide early warnings of toxic algae before shellﬁsh become contaminated. In 2002, NRC’s

George Klein - Inventor

Road Transportation

Electric Wheelchair

National Research Council Canada

An invention of Canada’s National Research Council – created over 50 years ago to assist injured war veterans – has helped thousands of paralyzed people around the world regain a sense of mobility. NRC designed the world’s ﬁrst practical electric wheelchair for quadriplegics, and it quickly drew international attention. The prototype, considered one of the most signiﬁcant artifacts in Canadian innovation history, is now on display at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. At the time

Operation Habbakuk

Marine Transportation

The Ice Ship Cometh

National Research Council Canada

Imagine an aircraft carrier that is unsinkable, self-repairing and virtually invisible to the enemy. In the midst of the Second World War, Winston Churchill made a direct request to Canada to build just such a vessel – out of ice. In 1943, the National Research Council of Canada teamed up with the British government in a secret project code-named Habakkuk (after an Old Testament prophet). The idea was to carve floating airﬁelds out of thick slabs of ice. These airﬁelds would provide mobile

Descendant of "NRC Blue-Box"

A Nose for Explosives

National Research Council Canada

Long before crime-ﬁghting wizardry captured the public’s eye, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) possessed one of the world’s best bomb sniffers. NRC built the ﬁrst device three decades ago to battle terrorism in the skies. Today, Canada’s national Research Council technology remains the hallmark in explosives detection. In the 1970s, NRC was well-known for its expertise in the analysis of chemical vapours. So when Canadian aviation security ofﬁcials were concerned about hijackings and

Canada Sciene and Technology Museum: CN Images of Canada Gallery

Rail Transportation

Streamlined Locomotive

National Research Council Canada

In the 1930s, National Research Council of Canada engineering helped to launch a new generation of streamlined locomotives. A sleek design grew out of an NRC project to improve the efﬁciency of locomotives and prevent smoke from obscuring the engineer’s view from the cab. Reduced visibility was a serious safety issue, so Canadian National Railways (CNR) turned to NRC for a solution. Engineers used NRC’s new wind tunnel to test existing locomotive models and experiment with alternate designs

Hans Hoffmann, Memorial, January, 2000 (J. Chernecki, Artist)

Engineering & Technology

Hans Hoffmann: A Mechanical Genius

Pitt Meadows Museum

A small community on the western edge of the Lower Fraser Valley is home to the Hoffmann & Son shop building. Now part of the Pitt Meadows Museum the building, the site it sits on and its contents belonged to the Hoffmann family before it was donated to the Museum in 1999. At this site Hans Hoffmann plied his trade for more than 65 years as a machinist, an inventor and a stationary engine enthusiast. Born in 1912 on a farm in Manitoba, Hans would grow up to be anything but a farmer. His

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