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How to prevent falls

Canada Foundation for Innovation

Researchers at Simon Fraser University are analyzing how people fall with the aim of preventing injuries. The Technology for Injury Prevention in Seniors (TIPS) program at Simon Fraser University partnered with two long-term care facilities in the Vancouver area to study real-life falls. They’re using this falling data to design new preventions such as compliant flooring and hip protectors that can help alleviate fall-related injuries. According to principal investigator Stephen Robinovitch

(Left to Right) TritonWear co-founder and CEO Tristan Lehari, Minister of Small Business and Tourism Bardish Chagger, and Warrior Head Coach Jeff Slater

Sports & Gaming

Waterloo tech changes the way competitive swimmers train

University of Waterloo

Minister of Small Business and Tourism Bardish Chagger announced $500K for TritonWear Inc., a startup founded by University of Waterloo engineering alumni. High praise came with some practical advice in November of 2016 as the federal government formally announced recent financial support for developed-in-Waterloo technology that is changing the way competitive swimmers train. TritonWear Inc., a startup company founded by University of Waterloo engineering graduates Tristan Lehari and Darius Gai

Duck Decoy / photograph courtesy of Clifford Lambeboy/the Canadian Museum of History

Duck Decoy

Ingenious - Ingénieux

The hunter’s secret weapon. The hunter’s most formidable weapon is deception. The Cree and Ojibway peoples of Canada’s Great Lakes relied on it for thousands of years. They used reeds, cattails, bulrushes, tamarack, and other plants to make remarkably lifelike floating and stationary decoys that lured game birds and waterfowl to roosting areas. Once there, they were within reach of the nets, snares, arrows, and spears of the Aboriginal hunters. European settlers and then generations of

Sports & Gaming

Yahtzee

Janis Nostbakken

The identity of the wealthy Canadian couple who came up with the game of Yahtzee may never be known. According to Edwin S. Lowe, the American entrepreneur who began selling the game in the 1950s, the anonymous husband-and-wife originators were more interested in having copies of the game reproduced for their friends than in seeking fame or fortune. They began playing the dice game on their yacht in 1954, and when friends asked for copies, the couple asked Lowe to come on board. They agreed that

Crokinole board

Social Science & Culture

Crokinole

Janis Nostbakken

Crokinole appears to have originated in Southwestern Ontario in the 1860s. There are similarities to the British games of shovelboard (later developed into shuffleboard) and squails, as well as to the East Indian game carrom, but crokinole is generally acknowledged as a uniquely Canadian invention. Play involves flicking small wooden disks around a board to earn points while preventing opponents from scoring. Over the years, several variations on the original game have been patented in Canada

William B. Edwards / Library and Archives Canada / PA-080964

Sports & Gaming

James Naismith and the Invention of Basketball

The Invention of an International Sport In 1891, two peach baskets, an old soccer ball and cold weather resulted in one of the world’s most popular sports today. Dr. James Naismith studied physical education at McGill University before teaching that same subject at YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. The harsh New England winters meant it was too cold to go outside and play sports. Naismith’s class was particularly rowdy and without an outlet for their energy, it would only get

Munro Games - Canadian Museum of History, 2009.71.1982

Sports & Gaming

Table Hockey: From Munro Games to Eagle Toys to Coleco

Canadian Museum of History

Munro Games In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, Don H. Munro of Burlington, ON, built a mechanical table hockey game as a present for his family, using bits and pieces of material found around his home. The result was popular with his own children, and once it found its way to market, the family was kept busy satsifying the demand for the games. Munro was loaned the money to purchase the first saw he used, the goalie nets were hand-crocheted by Edith Munro, and the Munro children

Canadian Museum of History, D 8433

Sports & Gaming

Jacques Plante’s Goalie Mask

Canadian Museum of History

On November 1, 1959, a wicked shot from the Boston Bruins’ Andy Bathgate added seven more stitches to the forehead of legendary goaltender Jacques Plante. That night, Plante refused to go back into the net without a mask, and the face of hockey changed forever. The mask ultimately proved a success. Today, all goalies wear facemasks, some so artfully painted that they have become the subject of museum exhibitions. This fibreglass “pretzel” design mask was Plante’s second pretzel mask, and his

Caption: Trivial Pursuit – Master Game – Genus Edition, c. 1983. Canadian Museum of History, 2009.71.1607.2

Sports & Gaming

Trivial Pursuit

Canadian Museum of History

Trivial Pursuit, a board game that has sold over 100 million copies and been translated into 26 languages, was invented in 1979 in Montreal during a game of Scrabble. Inventors Chris Haney and Scott Abbott realized that there was money in board games and less than an hour later had drafted a plan for what became Trivial Pursuit. To create their original “Genus Edition,” Haney and Abbott wrote 6000 questions in six categories: geography, entertainment, history, art and literature, science and

Laser sailboat race. Source: International Laser Class Association

Marine Transportation

Laser Sailboat

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Laser began as a quick sketch made during a telephone conversation between Canadians Bruce Kirby and Ian Bruce. “How about doing a car-top sail boat?” This was the inspiration for the Laser, perhaps the most popular single-handed sailing dinghy in the world. Bruce Kirby responded to Ian Bruce’s question by creating a light, portable boat that appealed to both recreational and competitive sailors. Introduced in 1971, the Laser gave people access to the thrill of sailing without membership in

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