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Portrait of Sir Sanford Fleming. Source: archive.org

Rail Transportation

A question of time

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Daniel Prinn Algonquin College Journalism Program Father Time might be just a personification of time, but Sir Sandford Fleming, who is considered the father of standard time, is most certainly real. Fleming came up with the concept of standard time while he was building the Canadian Pacific Railway. With all the different local times, travelling across the country would be chaotic and make it impossible to maintain a schedule. Thus, the railway needed standardized times for train arrivals and

Sylvia Fedoruk’s ground breaking work in physics has brought a lot of pride to Canada and to the science community of Saskatchewan.

Engineering & Technology

Adventures in radiation

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Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program Most of us have been touched by cancer in one way or another. It’s also likely that radiation treatment was used in helping with recovery. Fifty per cent of cancer patients have undergone radiation treatment. This is because radiation attacks the DNA of cancer cells so they can’t reproduce. Canadian scientist Sylvia Fedoruk devoted her life’s work to helping people with radiation techniques. Scientists have been using radiation to fight cancer

Reginald Fessenden not only invented a way to transmit the human voice, but made the very first radio broadcast.

Reginald Fessenden, the first voice of radio

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Ilana Reimer Algonquin College Journalism Program The first radio broadcast in history was on Christmas Eve in 1906. Crackling slightly, but still audible, the voice belonged to Reginald Fessenden, also known as the father of radio. He was born in Knowlton, Quebec, but his family moved to Ontario not long afterwards. Growing up, one of Fessenden’s heroes was Thomas Edison. And, a few years later, due to unstoppable determination and a knack for wiring, he even ended up assisting Edison at his

Douglas Copp was Canadian biochemist who worked on the Manhattan Project and found a protein to help cure bone disease. Source: The Canadian Medical Hall of Fame and Irma Coucill (artist).

Douglas Copp discovers a way to treat osteoporosis

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Ilana Reimer Algonquin College Journalism Program The Manhattan Project, a top secret military plan to produce the first U.S. atomic bomb, was created in 1942. Only a year later, a young, highly-qualified Canadian biochemist was recruited to the team. Douglas Harold Copp was still in his twenties, but he already held a medical doctor degree with honours from the University of Toronto, as well as a second doctorate in biochemistry. His father was a family physician, which was likely what inspired

Through the work of James Milton Ham and his commission, the predecessor to the Occupational Health and Safety Act was born.

Earth & Environment

Working for the weekend: how job safety is rooted in science

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Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program In 1974 a three-week wildcat strike at the Elliot Lake uranium mines provoked the Ontario government to action. Workers were suffering from the effects of working in hazardous environment. And the threat of injury did not end after leaving work; years of inhaling silica dust often caused the miners to suffer from silicosis and lung cancer. A professor from Toronto was asked to helm the inquiry that was called for during the workers’ job action

Ursula Franklin

Earth & Environment

Scientist promotes peace after her war experience

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Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program After surviving the Holocaust in Germany, Ursula Martius Franklin used her scientific knowledge to promote peace and prosperity in any way possible. Four years after World War II, Franklin moved to Canada with PhD in experimental physics from Berlin. In 1967 she began working at the University of Toronto in the engineering department and eventually became a full professor in 1984. It was the highest honour the university could give her and she was

Physicist Gerhard Herzberg photographed in London, England in 1952. He believed in pursuing science for the love of it and the desire of expanding knowledge, rather than focusing on its “usefulness.”

Gerhard Herzberg, uncovering the mysteries of science

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Ilana Reimer Algonquin College Journalism Program At 12 years old, Gerhard Herzberg made a homemade telescope with one of his friends. The two boys ground glass lenses to fit into handmade mounts in a metal tube. When the sky was clear, they would take the streetcar to a park in Hamburg, Germany, and look at the planets through their home-made telescope. This was just the beginning of Herzberg’s long, brilliant career. For him, science was a mystery that he wanted to solve. In 1933 Herzberg was

John William Dawson, taken in Montreal, Quebec in 1884. Author: Wm. Notman & Son.

Earth & Environment

John William Dawson, the man who made McGill

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Ilana Reimer Algonquin College Journalism Program Sir John William Dawson was just as comfortable teaching in a classroom at McGill University as he was precariously scaling a cliff in search of rock samples. A renowned geologist, Dawson was the first Canadian scientist to gain a worldwide reputation for his work. His efforts, both in research and as the principal of McGill, helped lay the foundations for the Canadian scientific community during the 19th Century. A modernist in both science and

Armand Bombardier, seated at the wheel of the Bombardier military snowmobile in 1943. Credit: Library and Archives Canada reference number WRM 276.

J. Armand Bombardier

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Patrick Jodoin Algonquin College Journalism From a young age, Joseph-Armand Bombardier had an interest in mechanics and wanted to find ways to solve transportation problems caused by harsh Canadian winters. In fact, by the time he was a teenager, Bombardier had already built his first snowmobile. Bombardier was born in 1907 in rural Quebec. His parents sent him to a seminary to become a priest, but after three years, Bombardier’s preoccupation with engines prevailed and he began studying

Bertram Neville Brockhouse, lauréat du prix Nobel de physique de 1994.

Making the universe sing

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Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program Have you ever thought about how scientists figure out with such detail what happens, even at the smallest of scales? No microscope has ever been able to resolve the interactions at the atomic level and scientists can’t even see the invisible lines of energy and magnetism. How did we reveal the structure and patterns of condensed materials like liquids, crystals and proteins? This was made possible with the help of Alberta native Bertram Neville

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