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A typical advertisement for a product offered by O-Pee-Chee Gum Company of London, Ontario. Anon., “O-Pee-Chee Gum Company.” The Aylmer Express, 6 June 1912, 5.

“Chew Chew Chew Chew Your Bubble Gum:” The sweet old times of O-Pee-Chee Gum Company Limited of London, Ontario

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

I have a favour to ask, my reading friend. Would you be willing to entertain the possibility of accepting a well-known if defunct Canadian confectionery company as a worthwhile topic under our agriculture and food heading? Much obliged. You will of course have noted that today’s illustration was / is brought to us by The Aylmer Express, a newspaper which still existed as of 2022. Even though that particular name made its appearance in that small Ontario town located near Ottawa, Ontario, in

A Vincent Amanda personal watercraft in its element, Ruislip, England, April 1957. Anon., “Triss i bâtar.” Teknikens Värld med Flyg, 2 to 16 May 1957, 8.

Marine Transportation

Bournemouth, Scarborough, ooh I want to take you. Great Yarmouth, Lyme Regis, come on my reading friend: The Vincent Amanda, the almost forgotten ancestor of today’s personal watercrafts

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hej, hej, hur mår du? Yours truly is please to see (read?) that you are reasonably well, my reading friend. I too am reasonably well. (Hello, MM!) One could argue that my old bones would feel a tad better if the federal, provincial and territorial governments of Canada got with the program and celebrated International Workers’ Day, or Labour Day, on May 1st, rather than on the first Monday of September but let us not dwell. We, after all, have an intriguing topic on our plate. Our weekly

Two female cyclists pedal through a tight roadway during the Tour de France féminin, 1984.

Collection Development

The uphill race: Researching Canadian women in competitive cycling

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Since the 1980s, female competitors have brought home many accolades, and not without their challenges.

A Jacobs Jaycopter at rest, Edmonton, Alberta. Lyn Harrington, “Cutting helicopter training cost.” Canadian Aviation, February 1961, 20.

A helicopter simulator with a difference: it flies – Canada’s Jacobs Jaycopter

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

If it is okay with you, yours truly would like to start this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee with a question. Do you like flight simulators, or video games inspired by this type of technology? If so, please read the following. If not, please read the following anyway. Please note that this article had its origins in a photograph that yours truly found in the February 1961 issue of the monthly magazine Canadian Aviation, a go-to source for anyone interested in the history of aviation in

A wide-angle photo shows the Artifact Alley exhibition within the Canada Science and Technology Museum. A variety of artifacts are visible in cases on both sides of the image.

Sports & Gaming

Augmented Alley: The future meets the past in museum’s new app

Bradley Legault

Algonquin College

While the Canada Science and Technology Museum is temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the public can get a sneak peek at an innovative, Augmented Reality (AR) experience right now.

A young girl assembles waist-high wall out of small, brown cardboard "bricks."

Cardboard: Igniting imagination for all ages

Catherine Émond

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Here at Exploratek, we’ve been praising cardboard as the best material ever for a long time, and we’re far from the only ones!

A black-and-white image of team of young hockey players, posing on the ice with their hockey sticks.

Engineering & Technology

Ahead by a century: A snapshot of the hockey stick’s evolution since 1920

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Today marks 100 years since Canada won its first Olympic gold medal in hockey. At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, the Winnipeg Falcons — representing Canada — were awarded the gold medal on April 26. This was the first ice hockey tournament at an Olympic Games, and the only instance of it at a Summer Olympics. A hockey tournament was part of the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924, and has been a part of every winter program since then. Founded in 1911, the Winnipeg Falcons hockey

Inspiring educational resources

Inspiring educational resources

Catherine Émond

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Looking for some inspiration to jump-start learning at home or through your virtual classroom? The education team at the Canada Science and Technology Museum has gathered some of our favourite links to educational, playful, and hands-on resources — which can be done online or offline. We’ve divided the resources into suggested age groups (but note there are overlaps): 5+ 8+ We’ve also separated them into categories: Science experiments Computer skills Creation challenges Applications Lectures

Game screenshot of StarBlox Inc.

Sports & Gaming

Sneak Peek: StarBlox Inc. for the Nintendo Switch

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Barbara Ann Scott with her flying instructor. Noel Bart, “Skating sky skipper.” Skyways, April 1949, 28.

She was the skating queen, young and sweet – and a pilot too

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello there, my reading friend. As we all move along the month of April, enjoying the rites of spring, yours truly thought that a feel good story might not be a bad idea. What say ye? Good. Let us proceed then. Once upon a time, in late 1946 or early 1947, a number of teenagers and young adults, both female and male, were taking lessons at a skating school. Many of the male skaters were taking flying lessons, or already had a pilot licence. Some of these young men openly bragged about their

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