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  • Wednesday, August 07, 2019 10:44 AM | Deleted user


    Canon Canada supports Canadian charities by providing project support as well as prizes for their fundraising activities. Project support is focused on the following areas: the environment; innovation in digital imagery; healthcare and medical causes, including hospital fundraisers and health walks/runs; and arts and culture, including photography programs, education, museums, and art galleries.

    Brand sponsorships and product sponsorships are also provided. Registered Canadian charities and nonprofit organizations are eligible to apply. Applications are accepted on a continuous basis. Visit the Canon Canada website to complete an online application for donations or sponsorships.

    Learn more.

  • Wednesday, August 07, 2019 10:42 AM | Deleted user


    A new partnership will allow Fleming College's Environmental Visual Communication program graduates to pursue a masters degree in science communication from Laurentian University.

    "Fleming graduates will receive 21 credits for their EVC certificate and will complete 12 additional credits at Laurentian University to receive their master's, which can be completed in three academic terms. To be eligible, students must have completed an undergraduate degree in addition to the Fleming certificate."

    Laurentian's Master's of Science Communication program is delivered in partnership with Science North and is Canada's only one of its kind.

    Related articles:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/laurentian-fleming-science-communication-1.5225730

    https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/laurentian-fleming-create-unique-partnership

    https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/news-story/9521201-fleming-signs-new-deal-with-laurentian-university/


  • Tuesday, August 06, 2019 7:43 PM | Deleted user


    The Treaty No. 6 Medal that was first presented to Chief Red Pheasant (Pihew Ka-mihkosit) on August 28,1876 at Fort Carlton has returned home to the Red Pheasant Cree Nation in an official Repatriation Ceremony on July 4, 2019. The Treaty No. 6 Medal was repatriated by the Manitoba Museum. The Medal was acquired by the Museum in 1994 as part of the donation of over 25,000 artifacts in the Hudson’s Bay Company Museum Collection.

    “The Manitoba Museum is delighted to see the Treaty No. 6 Medal return home. We acknowledge that repatriation is a vital aspect in the journey towards reconciliation,” Seema Hollenberg, Manitoba Museum’s director of research, collections and exhibitions, said in a statement.

    “It is our sincerest hope that reuniting the medal with the community will reconnect Red Pheasant people with their history.”

    The medal is set to be displayed for the public at the Saskatchewan Indigenous Cultural Centre in Saskatoon starting July 8.

    Related articles:

    https://globalnews.ca/news/5460994/red-pheasant-cree-nation-treaty-medal/

    https://manitobamuseum.ca/main/treaty-no-6-medal-returns-to-red-pheasant-cree-nation-after-134-years/



  • Tuesday, August 06, 2019 7:39 PM | Deleted user


    Hundreds of train enthusiasts turned up at Ingenium: Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa. An estimated 600 spectators lined the tracks leading to the museum's new conservation centre, which will house some 85,000 artifacts from the very small to the very large — some of the largest being the museum's collection of eight locomotives and nine rail cars.

    The train exhibit is expected to officially open in the spring of 2020, but there will be more opportunities to view the collection before then.


    Related article

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/moving-day-museum-trains-1.5224658

  • Tuesday, August 06, 2019 7:34 PM | Deleted user


    Touching a toad gives warts.
    More earwax is produced when stressed.
    Eating cheese at the end of a meal prevents cavities.

    Musée minéralogique et minier in Thetford Mines QC will have the exhibit Vrai ou Faux, sous la loupe de la science (True or False, under the microscope of science) a production of Sherbrooke Museum of Nature and Science until October 6, 2019.
    The exhibit allows visitors to exercise their critical sense by disentangling the true from the false while stimulating their scientific curiosity.The claims are divided into five categories (animals, nature, health, science and technology) and are arranged in the style of a big game.

    Are you skeptical?


    As part of the exhibition, Musée minéralogique et minier has invited the lecturer Joel Leblanc from Zapiens – Communication scientifique to present on September  10, 2019. The talk will address cognitive biases that mix true and false, especially in the field of scientific knowledge.  


    Related articles:

    https://www.courrierfrontenac.qc.ca/2019/07/06/exposition-vrai-ou-faux-sous-la-loupe-de-la-science/

    https://www.regionthetford.com/fr/actualites/2019/06/27/exposition-vrai-ou-faux-sous-la-loupe-de-la-science/


  • Tuesday, August 06, 2019 7:31 PM | Deleted user


    In the new permanent exhibit, MTL+ at Biosphère 14 award-winning architectural firms have looked ahead to 2067 and shared their visions of reinventing major Montréal infrastructures. To dream up the Montréal of the future, these teams were given the mandate of rethinking 14 sites.

    The projects presented provide a better understanding of society’s climate change issues and inspire a better future based on respect for the environment. Each project is a plus for society and a plus for the environment. Their solutions will inspire you.


    Related article:

    https://www.canadianarchitect.com/the-biosphere-introduces-a-new-permanent-exhibition/


  • Tuesday, August 06, 2019 7:12 PM | Deleted user


    Earlier this summer Edmonton’s TELUS World of Science opened the doors to its newest permanent exhibit. 

    The Nature Exchange gallery encourages visitors to explore nature and the outdoors, to find things like bark or rock and then take it into the science centre to share information and make trades for other cool natural artifacts.

    Visitors become natural history researchers as they catalogue, interpret, analyze, interact and get hands-on with unique aspects of the gallery.

    The idea for the Nature Exchange originated at Science North in Sudbury, Ontario. 


    Related articles:

    https://www.stalberttoday.ca/local-news/science-centre-touts-backyard-science-1545371

    https://globalnews.ca/news/5442394/elus-world-of-science-edmonton-nature-exchange-gallery/

    https://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-news/new-telus-world-of-science-exhibit-lets-guests-exchange-and-observe-natural-objects


  • Friday, July 05, 2019 12:28 PM | Deleted user

    The new Nature Exchange gallery opens at the Telus World of Science in Edmonton today. The gallery is a mini-laboratory that encourages kids to bring in natural artifacts, research them and trade that research for bugs, shells, gemstones and other curiosities.

    Media and Edmonton-area students previewed the gallery Thursday.

    This gallery is the last piece of the science centre’s ongoing renovation and replaces the old Discoveryland play area, said science centre president Alan Nursall. (The new CuriousCITY play area is down the hall and opened back in March.)

    “It’s a place that rewards curiosity and knowledge," he said, and a powerful learning tool that the science centre has wanted to build for years. Learn more.


  • Friday, July 05, 2019 12:23 PM | Deleted user


    “I started working at the Planetarium as a part-time lecturer the first year it opened,” recalls Tanner, now 75. “That was in 1968. In fact, I did the very first presentation ever at the Planetarium. It was called ‘The Way of the Stars.’ I have always been big into astronomy.”

    By 1967, after a fruitful run at CFUN, where he literally called the play-by-play of Beatlemania and the free love revolution happening right outside the station’s window, Tanner was working for the open-format radio station LG73. A year later, he accepted the part-time gig at the Planetarium and worked both jobs. Read more.


  • Friday, July 05, 2019 12:19 PM | Deleted user


    During the festival, people will be able to see all kinds of celestial phenomena, from shooting stars to planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

    Normally, Université de Montréal students, technicians, professors and supervisors are hard at work for their own research inside the facility, along with other organizations including the Canadian Space Agency and NASA. Learn more

    • The festival runs July 3-6 and 10-13.
    • Reserve your ticket online — they are free for children ages 6 to 17, and cost $34.75 for adults 18 and up. Taxes not included.
    • Mont-Mégantic is a provincial park, operated by SEPAQ. The entrance fee for the park is not covered in the cost of the ticket for the Astronomy Festival.
    • Bring warm clothing, as it can be cool at night. 
    • There is no restaurant on site, so bring water and food if necessary. Note that there is no food allowed at the summit, except for water. 
    • For more information, visit the Astrolab's website.



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