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One of the two life-size aluminum alloy sculptures of whooping cranes created by Wolfram F. Niessen for Regina Municipal Airport, Regina, Saskatchewan. Anon., “Regina Honors the Whooping Crane.” The Ottawa Citizen, Weekend Magazine, 18 November 1961, 38.

Let’s talk about art, humans. All the humans. Louder now. Help me out. – Wolfram F. Niessen, John Cullen Nugent and the life-size aluminum alloy sculptures of whooping cranes created for Regina Municipal Airport

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Let us indeed talk (read?) about art, airport art to be more precise, my reading friend. When the Second World War came to an end, in 1945, the terminal buildings of Canada’s largest airports were by no means huge buildings. Indeed, one could argue they looked a lot, and felt a lot, like bus depots. As the accumulated desire of passengers to travel was released, these terminal buildings became busier and busier. In 1946, approximately 837 000 people travelled by air in Canada. By 1956

Joseph Alphonse Ouimet. Anon., “Le pionnier de la télévision préférait la radio à une bicyclette neuve.” La Patrie, 5 November 1961, 26.

“The pioneer of television preferred radio to a new bicycle:” An overview of the career of Joseph Alphonse Ouimet, a founding father of Canadian television

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Given the situation which has prevailed for 20 months (!?), that is since March 2020, yours truly must admit having spent many hours, very many hours, too many hours, in front of my boob tube. Finding content that was / is worth seeing was / is not always easy. This being said (typed?), the fact is that a television set is one of the most important items in most North American homes. I would like to bring to your attention on this autumn day the life and times of a pioneer of Québec / Canadian

An ascent made by Québec female fairground balloonist and parachutist Florida Lanthier. Maurice Desjardins, “Dans une modeste maison de Montréal-Nord -- Florida Lanthier, reine des parachutistes, vit de couture... et de souvenirs.” Photo-Journal, 8 November 1951, 3.

Shadows and light in the skies of Québec: A preliminary look at the life and times of Québec female fairground balloonist and parachutist Florida Lanthier

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

It is not every day that a topic of our blog / bulletin / thingee takes the front page of a newspaper, whether that be a daily or weekly. Nay. Yet, that is the case today. The 8 November 1951 edition of the Montréal, Québec, weekly Photo-Journal carried the following headlines, in translation: “Florida Lanthier, without her parachute – Read on page 3.” Yours truly must admit to being intrigued. It turns out that Lanthier was / is one of the rare francophone female fairground aeronauts in Québec

A wax model of a set of yellowed and unsightly teeth seem to be suspended in the air, set against a black background.

Toothy tales: 5 artifacts from your dental nightmares

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Open wide! In honour of Halloween, the Ingenium Channel offers up a tour of creepy artifacts straight out of your worst dental nightmare.

An advertisement for St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited, Port Credit, Ontario. Anon., “Advertisement – St. Lawrence Starch Company Limited.” Le Bulletin des agriculteurs, September 1941, 61.

Free, magnificent cards bearing drawings or photographs of Allied aircraft! Collect them all!

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Do you like gifts, my reading friend? And no, in this case, this is not a rhetorical question. This being said (typed?), I do not have the slightest intention of giving you anything. I simply wish to make use of an advertisement which appeared in the September 1941 issue of the Québec monthly magazine Le Bulletin des agriculteurs of Montréal, Québec, to pontificate on the question with which I have just introduced this September 2021 issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. You are obviously

A cartoon-style graphic of two hands holding a tablet; the screen features an open book and some science-themed icons like a light bulb, a microscope, and a rocket ship.

Earth & Environment

Science Literacy Week explores science in our everyday lives

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hey educators! Help your students tap into their inner scientist…with fun and FREE resources during Science Literacy Week.

In a field, a group of people lie on the grass looking up at the sky in front of two tipis.

Digging deeper: Regenerating Indigenous star knowledge

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

How can Indigenous knowledge be regenerated and protected? Ideas are growing out of the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project.

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Music meets public history and digital humanities in Garth Wilson Fellowship

As the 2020-2021 Garth Wilson Fellow, Victoria Hawco provided design input on an international database of acoustical objects with Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation.

Stick used for cultural purposes painted with brown, white, and black markings.

The Yuin Message Stick: A piece of the Yuin nation’s continuing history

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

Read about the Yuin Message Stick — which is intertwined with the Indigenous culture of the Yuin nation.

Image of an outrigger boat near the coast in open water in Hawaii with some sand visible on the shore and a small island in the distance.

Under the same sky: Conversations from the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

Ingenium is part of the Indigenous Star Knowledge Project, which is opening up conversations around Indigenous knowledge.

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