Canada History Week 2018: Science, Creativity and Innovation

Joey Angnatok, a community leader and fisherman from Labrador adapted his boat, the MV What’s Happening into an offshore marine research vessel. For more than a decade, he and his crew have taken scientists to measure sea ice and study climate change , while also sharing the traditional knowledge of Inuit communities.

Catherine Parr Traill was a pioneer, writer and botanist who immigrated to Canada in 1832. Her most famous book, The Backwoods of Canada provides a scientific account of her first three years in Canada. (Image Credit: courtesy Library and Archives Canada/C-067337)

The environmental movement seeks to protect the natural world and promote sustainable living. It had its beginnings in the conservation efforts

of the early 1900s, when conservationists aimed to slow the rapid depletion of Canadian resources in favour of more regulated

management. Check out key figures and milestones on our interactive timeline . ( Image Credit: 8399158 © Outdoorsman | Dreamstime.com)