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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

Close-up of a bright, fresh salmon steak with a garnish of herbs.

Off the hook: Canadian aquaculture grows amidst environmental change

Three images side-by-side, purple lavender blossoms, Ingenuity helicopter in flight, cicada close-up on a flower stock.

3 things you should know about lavender, the Ingenuity helicopter, and cicadas

The exterior of a very large rectangular building; the word “Ingenium” is visible on the front of the façade.

Case study: A second RHFAC Gold for Ingenium

Over-the-shoulder shot of curator and conservator peering under the hood of the Electronic Sackbut synthesizer. Internal wiring and circuitry behind keyboard is exposed.

Uncovering the secrets of the world’s first synthesizer

A young woman smiles and looks at the camera as she poses with a cardboard cut-out of Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques.

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Ruth Hwang

A woman wearing a protective jumpsuit crouches next to a beehive.

Behind the scenes: Meet a beekeeper at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Four cups of tea rest on a kitchen counter top. A Brown hand reaches out to grab one of the tea cups.

Asian Heritage Month: The power of “Cha”

A black-and-white image depicts two men in military uniforms, standing in front of an aircraft. The man in front is a pilot, and is being helped into his parachute by the man standing behind him.

Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque: The first Canadian to fly air combat missions in the Korean War

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Anna Jee

A plate of medium-brown soy sauce chicken drumsticks. Green onion pieces are sprinkled on top, and a silver pair of tongs rests on the plate. A red floral placemat can be seen under the white plate.

Asian Heritage Month: Cantonese soy sauce chicken

A mid-sized biplane with distinctive yellow wings, photographed outdoors from the back right.

From cobwebs to Interwebs: Uncovering vintage photos of the museum’s aircraft

From the Channel

Wilfrid-Henri Perron. Claude Asselin, “Une encyclopédie québécoise pour les horticulteurs.” Photo-Journal, 3 to 9 May 1971, 12.

Chez Perron, tout est bon: A giant of Québec and Canadian horticulture, Wilfrid-Henri Perron (1897-1977)

Rénald Fortier

I have a terrible confession to make, my reading friend. I do not have a green thumb. Far from it. This being said (typed?), I like plants and flowers. It is in this context that I would like to excrete a brief text on a giant of Québec and Canadian horticulture, Wilfrid-Henri Perron. Our saga began in April 1897 with the birth of Perron, in Saint-Philippe-de-Chester, now Chesterville, Québec. His childhood and youth were quite uneventful, except that his passion for growing flowers and

A woman wearing a protective jumpsuit crouches next to a beehive.

Behind the scenes: Meet a beekeeper at the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Four cups of tea rest on a kitchen counter top. A Brown hand reaches out to grab one of the tea cups.

Social Science & Culture

Asian Heritage Month: The power of “Cha”

A black-and-white image depicts two men in military uniforms, standing in front of an aircraft. The man in front is a pilot, and is being helped into his parachute by the man standing behind him.

Joseph Auguste Omer Levesque: The first Canadian to fly air combat missions in the Korean War

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Read about the first British Commonwealth pilot to shoot down a German Focke-Wulf Fw-190, who spent the end of the Second World War as a POW, and, went on to be the first Canadian to fly combat missions during the Korean War.

The cyclecar / “vélomobile” / “vélocar” / bicycle car / “automouche” with pedals and / or auxiliary engine Le Dauphin. Edmond Massip, “Un cyclecar à pédales et moteur auxiliaire.” La Vie automobile, 25 May 1941, 153.

The cyclecar / “vélomobile” / “vélocar” / bicycle car / “automouche” with pedals and / or auxiliary engine Le Dauphin: An (extreme?) solution to the fuel shortage in Paris during the German occupation in the Second World War

Rénald Fortier

Hello there, my reading friend. Yours truly would like to converse with you on this day about a vehicle which looked somewhat unusual, strange and bizarre. As you might expect from reading some of the many issues of our blog / bulletin / thingee, I have a slight penchant for the unusual, the strange, and the bizarre. I am not denying it. If you do not mind, I will be brief, and… What is it, my reading friend? Is it skepticism that I see on your face? If I may quote, in translation of course

Social Science & Culture

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Anna Jee

A plate of medium-brown soy sauce chicken drumsticks. Green onion pieces are sprinkled on top, and a silver pair of tongs rests on the plate. A red floral placemat can be seen under the white plate.

Social Science & Culture

Asian Heritage Month: Cantonese soy sauce chicken

Bridjet Lee

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

May 13, 2021

This Asian Heritage Month, Ingenium staff are sharing family recipes that reflect their cultural identities and love for good food.

A mid-sized biplane with distinctive yellow wings, photographed outdoors from the back right.

From cobwebs to Interwebs: Uncovering vintage photos of the museum’s aircraft

A colour image depicts a Black man in an aviator uniform posing inside the cockpit of an aircraft.

Major Walter “Wally” Watson Peters: Canada’s first Black jet fighter pilot

The Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum during its grand tour of the United States, when it was owned by Sealed Power Corporation. Anon. “Pohled na Ciervovu autogiro za letu.” Letectvi, November 1932, 310.

“‘Flying Windmill’ here on Wednesday”: The great journey of Donald Walker and the Pitcairn PCA-2 of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, part 2

Rénald Fortier

You came back, my reading friend? Really? Yours truly is touched, really. No pun intended. You will remember that this week’s issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee will be concerned with the Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and… You have a question, don’t you? Let me guess, and answer it forthwith. “Pohled na Ciervovu autogiro za letu” means “view of a Cierva autogiro in flight” in Czech. And yes, the photo just above came from a Czech magazine. I must have told

A young woman wears a traditional Vietnamese dress in bright pink.

Social Science & Culture

Asian Heritage Month: A conversation with Linda Dao

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

Lindsey Kirby-McGregor

University of Ottawa

Three images side by side, microscopic view of plant cells, space debris burning up in the night sky, garbage on a beach.

3 things you should know about living inoculants, space debris, and an ocean of plastic waste

The Pitcairn PCA-2 autogiro of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum when it was owned by Standard Oil Company of New York. Anon., “Advertisement – Standard Oil Company of New York.” Aviation, May 1931, 22.

“‘Flying Windmill’ here on Wednesday”: The great journey of Donald Walker and the Pitcairn PCA-2 of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Greetings, my reading friend. May I wish you a happy International Workers’ Day? Yours truly must admit that I rather like union people, the gentlepeople who gave me paid holidays, a retirement pension, a reasonable work week and many other things I often took / take for granted, but I digress. As you may perhaps have noticed, I am also quite fond of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum of Ottawa, Ontario, one of Canada’s national museums. You may have been amused, or irritated, by the many

A graphical treatment of an image shows a wide-eyed young person, with their head seemingly opened up. Some hand-drawn squiggles and a lightning bolt appear in white on the top section of the head.

Engineering & Technology

Science Odyssey 2021: Ingenium museums offer inspiring, virtual experiences

A collage of the 5 winning LEGO creations for each category.

Building imagination: Ingenium members shine in 2021 LEGO® contest

A sober, no-frills advertisement from Elzéar Fortier Limitée of Québec, Québec. Anon., “Advertisement – Elzéar Fortier Limitée.” L’Action catholique, 8 April 1946, 9.

He was a smooth operator: Elzéar Fortier and the production of soft drinks in Québec, Québec

Rénald Fortier

Before going any further into the textual jungle that awaits us in the paragraphs below, let me point out that, as far as I know, my closest relationship to the key figure in this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee is at least 300 years old, assuming there is one. Our story begins on an unfortunately undetermined date. While some people claim that Elzéar Fortier was born in 1855, in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Québec, the age mentioned at the time of his death seems to indicate that he was born

A young man wearing a mask stands at a table, with two cedar boxes stacked in front of him. He is using a garden trowel to dig in a soil-like mixture inside the top box. Pieces of wood and an electric saw are visible in the workshop behind him.

Earth & Environment

The Box of Life: Grow a gorgeous garden with one of nature’s superheroes