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Program gives youth STEAM to explore new fields

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Bradley Legault
Algonquin College
Apr 14, 2020
A program at the Canada Science and Technology Museum aims to give students a burst of science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM) and inspiration to pursue opportunities for the future.
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Online resources for #ScienceAtHome

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Melissa Gruber
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 24, 2020
When you can’t come to the museums - we bring the museums to you! Ingenium has always had lots of online educational resources for all ages. With the museums closed, our teams are busy at work to bring you even more!
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Ten science activities you can do at home

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Melissa Gruber
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 19, 2020
When you can’t come to the museums - we bring the museums to you!
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Women in STEM: A look at the incredible contributions of women through Ingenium’s collection

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Christine Clouthier
Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
Mar 5, 2020
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we’re highlighting some historically significant items from Ingenium’s collection intrinsically linked of the incredible contributions of women in STEM.
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Artificial intelligence and the fight against climate change

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jan 20, 2020
Recently, the media has been flooded with warnings about climate change, and wildly contrasting predictions about the promise and pitfalls of AI. What you may not know is how AI and climate change are linked.
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Wikipedia edit-a-thons give recognition to women in STEM

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Lauren DiVito
Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation
May 31, 2019
On June 23 — which marks International Women in Engineering Day 2019 — Ingenium will open its doors to volunteer editors eager to participate in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. In partnership with Engineers Canada, this free event, hosted at the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, will celebrate the achievements of women in engineering through the editing and creation of Wikipedia pages. “An edit-a-thon puts facts on the page, allows us to change biases, and adding translations in both French and English
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Electronic Sackbut: The First Synthesizer

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Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation
May 23, 2019
Atomic physics, radar, and radio technology … and music Hugh Le Caine’s electronic Sackbut was the first synthesizer, a type of musical instrument that gave 1970s pop music its distinctively electronic sound. Le Caine, a trained musician, was a physicist at the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and began work on the Sackbut in 1945. Borrowing from atomic physics, radar, and radio technology, Le Caine innovated techniques in voltage control to generate wave forms and enrich their
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A peek inside the mind of a collector

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Michel Labrecque
Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Technology
Apr 25, 2019
A biochemist, avid cross-country skier, and former science budget analyst speaks on the joys of collecting, the lessons learned, and the importance of preserving material culture.
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Behind the scenes: Conservators face unique task handling hazardous artifacts

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Ingenium
Apr 17, 2019
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The Dominion Observatory's Earth Physics and Time Keeping Functions, part 4

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Associate Fellow, University of King's College and Research Associate, Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Dec 21, 2018
The Dominion Observatory's Earth Physics and Time Keeping Functions, part 4 by Randall Brooks Earth Physics The Dominion Observatory had another mandate — rather than looking up from the Observatory dome, some staff went to the basement to study gravity and seismic activity. The Observatory became part of a growing worldwide network of centres with seismographs to detect earthquakes and to combine the information to determine the location of the seismic activity. The Museum has a couple of early
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