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A close-up photo of a grouping of glass bottles with handwritten labels, and filled with grain seeds. Small, printed yellow paper envelopes are laid out in front of the bottles.

Food for the future: How Canada's seed bank is protecting crop plants for tomorrow

A woman wearing purple gloves looks into a glass bottle of water that she is holding.

Life on Mars? Billion-year-old water found near Timmins could offer glimpse into the past

A colourful, cartoon-style illustration depicts four rows of different faces, with six faces in each row. Each face is devoid of features, but shows distinctive skin tones, hair, and clothing.

My face blind life

Three images side by side. From left to right: a salmon filet being sliced with a knife, a greyscale photo of the moon, and an artistic rendering of a protein

3 things you should know about aquaculture, Moon samples, and artificial intelligence

A group of people stand outdoors, looking up as a small white plane drops candy and gifts while it flies over the crowd.

A living legend: Saying farewell to Johnny May’s sweet tradition

A young woman wearing sunglasses smiles as she looks towards the camera. A large yellow aircraft is visible on the runway behind her; the word “Ontario” is clearly visible on the side of the aircraft.

Stamp of approval: Emily Crombez honoured for her ground-breaking role in female aviation

Three images side by side: lush Christmas trees in a garden centre, the International Space Station in orbit, and a hand holding a syringe and needle up to an arm

3 things you should know about Christmas trees, COVID-19 vaccines, and the International Space Station

A tiny bottle of water is held in two purple-gloved hands.

Messages in a bottle: Ancient water in the Ingenium collection

The photo shows the carcass of Glacier, a North Atlantic right whale, on land. A number of people are standing next to the carcass. A large piece of construction equipment sits nearby.

Glacier the whale: Skeleton composting and 3D modeling

A young woman smiles as she stands next to a large helicopter, which is sitting on the grass.

Women in STEM: A conversation with Jasmine Shaw

Image is a black-and-white photograph showing the first Canadian contingent of troops standing at attention before a train car.

Remembering in black and white: Wartime photographs just released in Ingenium’s Digital Archives

A young woman wearing a navy blue shirt smiles as she stands next to a mannequin dressed in a black tank top. A computer and a variety of equipment is visible on shelves in the background.

Women in STEM: A conversation with Linda Dao

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An image of Angeline Lafleur holding up Arduino, a coding tool.

STEAM Horizon Awards: Catching up with Angéline Lafleur

An image of Sawsan Haider smiling for the camera.

STEAM Horizon Awards: Catching up with Sawsan Haider

Katiya Gareau-Jones smiles for the camera

STEAM Horizon Awards: Catching up with Katiya Gareau-Jones

Nicholas Flowers at a puffin sanctuary in Elliston, Newfoundland during the summer holiday

STEAM Horizon Awards: Catching up with Nicholas Flowers

The Bell Model 47 operated by Airspray Limited, Ontario. Anon., “Helicopter – Down on the Farm.” Canadian Aviation, September 1947, 25.

Old Macdonald had a farm, Ee-I-Ee-I-O. And on that farm he had a Bell, Ee-I-Ee-I-O: A few more words on the early days of agricultural aviation in Canada

Rénald Fortier

Hello, good day, my reading friend. What would you think of a brief excursion into the wonderful world of aviation and space? Surprise! It will not be news to you, aviation enthusiast that you are, if I said (typed?) that it was in December... I can see in your face that you are puzzled by a sense of déjà vu. Are the first words of this issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee all but identical to those of another December 2020 issue, you ask? Yes, they are. The content will not, however, be the

An advertisement announcing the introduction into service of Trans-Canada Air Lines’ Vickers Vanguard short to medium range airliner. Anon., “Advertisement – Trans-Canada Air Lines.” Maclean’s, 3 December 1960, 8-9.

From “big Viscount” to Merchantman: The abbreviated journey of the Vickers Vanguard

Rénald Fortier

If yours truly may be permitted to jump into the fray without so much as a hello, the great American stand-up comic Rodney Dangerfield, to use the stage name of Jack Roy, born Jacob Rodney Cohen, used to say that he got no respect. It might be exaggerated to say (type?) that the subject of today’s article got no respect, but I will argue that it deserved more success than it got. The subject of today’s article, as you may have guessed by now, I hope, is the Vickers Vanguard short to medium range

A young girl wears a white shirt and protective glasses, as she holds a beaker of green liquid. The image is set against a lime green backdrop, and the words, “Ingenium-NSERC STEAM Horizon Awards” are visible in white lettering.

Wanted: Canada’s brightest young minds

Three images side by side: lush Christmas trees in a garden centre, the International Space Station in orbit, and a hand holding a syringe and needle up to an arm

3 things you should know about Christmas trees, COVID-19 vaccines, and the International Space Station

The Convair Model 580 operated by the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing of Environment Canada, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Ottawa, Ontario, September 2001. Wikipedia.

It was one of the greats: The Convair Model 580 remote sensing aircraft of the Canada Aviation and Space Museum

Rénald Fortier

Hello, good day, my reading friend. What would you think of a brief excursion into the wonderful world of aviation and space? Surprise! This is not news to you, aviation enthusiast that you are, that it was in December 1950 that North America’s first turboprop airliner flew for the first time. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, or Convair, worked with the Allison Division of General Motors Corporation, an American automotive giant mentioned several / many times in our blog / bulletin /

An Air Tractor AT-502 agricultural aircraft operated by Southeastern Aerial Crop Service Incorporated, Belle Glade State Municipal Airport, Florida, June 2013. Wikipedia.

Wings over the world: The PT6 turboprop and turboshaft engine, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Greetings to you, my reading friend, and welcome to the second part of this article on one of the most successful aeroengine of the 20th and 21st centuries, the PT6. Did you know that United Aircraft of Canada Limited (UACL) of Longueuil, Québec, a firm known today as Pratt & Whitney Canada Incorporated, played a significant role in the introduction of a new type of aeroengine on agricultural aircraft? Well, it sure did. One could say it first became involved in agricultural aviation, somewhat

A tiny bottle of water is held in two purple-gloved hands.

Collection Development

Messages in a bottle: Ancient water in the Ingenium collection

Food for the future: How Canada's seed bank is protecting crop plants for tomorrow

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and…

The first turboprop engine designed in Canada, the PT6 of Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited. Anon., “Advertisement – Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited.” The Gazette, 14 November 1960, 24.

Wings over the world: The PT6 turboprop and turboshaft engine, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Allow me to offer you a big safe aerospace salute, my reading friend. I would like to talk (type?) to you about an engine, and what an engine! In 1956, realising very well that the heyday of the piston engine had passed, the American parent company of Canadian Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Company Limited of Longueuil, Québec, the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Division of the American aeronautical giant United Aircraft Corporation, gave it a mandate to develop jet engines of limited power. Shortly

A North Atlantic right whale is seen swimming alongside her calf in green water

Earth & Environment

Protecting the North Atlantic right whale through new regulations

Ingenium - Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

As of 2020, it is estimated that only approximately 400 NARWs remain, with fewer than 100 breeding females, and as such they are now classified as endangered by both the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada and the Species at Risk Act.

A composite image of the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Science and Technology Museum

Business & Economics

Connecting during COVID: How museums are rethinking engagement in a time of physical distancing

The 14 volumes of the 1960 edition of L’Encyclopédie de la jeunesse of Grolier Limitée. Anon., “Advertisement – Grolier Limitée. » La Tribune - Perspectives, 12 November 1960, 31.

Social Science & Culture

A book of knowledge: L’Encyclopédie de la Jeunesse

Rénald Fortier

Memory, it is said (typed?), is a faculty that forgets. This is all too true. It is indeed quite possible to remember events or scenes that never happened. There is nothing to it if it is just a trifle. During a trial for a serious crime, the consequences of false testimony, though unintentional it should be remembered, can send an innocent person to jail for the rest of her or his life. The case yours truly presents to you today is a trifle. I am almost certain to remember devouring the volumes

The photo shows the carcass of Glacier, a North Atlantic right whale, on land. A number of people are standing next to the carcass. A large piece of construction equipment sits nearby.

Earth & Environment

Glacier the whale: Skeleton composting and 3D modeling

A young woman smiles as she stands next to a large helicopter, which is sitting on the grass.

Engineering & Technology

Women in STEM: A conversation with Jasmine Shaw