Canada History Week 2018: Science, Creativity and Innovation

Norma Ford Walker (née Ford) was human geneticist. She completed a PhD in zoology in 1923 at the University of Toronto, and as a faculty member became interested in human genetics. She established her reputation as an authority on multiple births with her research on the Dionne quintuplets .

FRANCOISE BARRE-SINOUSSI

10 Totally Weird and Wacky Ways to get Around : Folks in our country have come up with lots of odd, innovative, and downright zany ways to transport goods and people

Bombardier Heritage Minute

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ANN MAKOSINSKI

A Shining Light

When Makosinski imagined helping developing countries with energy needs, a bright idea was born. She invented the revolutionary Hollow Flashlight, powered by the heat from one’s hand.

Joseph-Armand Bombardier was an entrepreneur, inventor of (among other things) the snowmobile and Ski-Doo. While Bombardier’s many inventions demonstrate his mechanical skills, his ability not only to respond to transportation needs but to create them gave rise to his namesake corporation.

Jeremy Johnson-Silvers and The Ubyssey

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