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CANADA - AN INNOVATION NATION


2023 COMPETITIVE KIDS STEM+ CONTEST THEME


IMPACT OF CANADIAN INNOVATIONS


HUMANS ARE CREATIVE, AND COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE GLOBE ARE INVENTIVE. YET SOME
NATIONS HAVE POPULATIONS THAT SEEM PARTICULARLY GOOD AT APPROACHING PROBLEMS IN
WAYS THAT MAKE CREATIVE THINKING EASIER. CANADA IS ONE OF THOSE NATIONS. WE
DON'T LIKE TO BRAG, BUT CANADIAN INNOVATIONS ARE USED ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND
AROUND THE WORLD EVERY DAY. TURN ON A LIGHT BULB? YUP, THAT'S A CANADIAN
INNOVATION. ZIP UP YOUR JACKET? THANK CANADA. EVEN PEANUT BUTTER CAME FROM A
RICH CANADIAN IDEA.


NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INNOVATION


FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, FIRST NATIONS AND INUIT PEOPLES EXPLORED AND SHARED THE
LAND WE NOW CALL CANADA. THEY NEEDED TO BE INGENIOUS TO COPE WITH THE DIVERSE
GEOGRAPHY AND CLIMATE. MANY EARLY INDIGENOUS INNOVATIONS, SUCH AS DUCK DECOYS,
CANOES, AND LIFE JACKETS, ARE STILL USED TODAY. 


CANADA'S VARIED CLIMATE AND VAST GEOGRAPHY CONTINUE TO INSPIRE INNOVATION. OUR
OFTEN-EXTREME WEATHER LED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LIFE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS
THE FOGHORN AND THE SNOWMOBILE. THE DESIRE TO STAY CONNECTED IN OUR VAST COUNTRY
SPARKED NEW COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LIKE THE TELEPHONE.


CANADIANS GET ALONG


ANOTHER CANADIAN QUALITY SUITABLE FOR INNOVATION IS OUR TENDENCY TO WANT TO GET
ALONG. CANADIANS ARE OFTEN TEASED FOR BEING POLITE, FOLLOWING THE RULES, AND,
SORRY TO SAY, OVER-APOLOGIZING. HOWEVER, OUR BELIEF THAT GOOD RELATIONSHIPS ARE
CRITICAL TO SUCCESS HAS PAID OFF. CANADIAN HISTORY HAS PROVEN THAT WHEN RESEARCH
TEAMS COLLABORATE, THEY PRODUCE BETTER RESULTS AND CAN ACHIEVE EXTRAORDINARY
BREAKTHROUGHS LIKE TELESURGERY.


CANADIAN INNOVATION STEM+ CONTESTS


CANADIAN INNOVATION STEM+ CONTESTS IN 2023 ARE DESIGNED TO SPREAD AWARENESS
ABOUT THE INNOVATION PROCESS WHILE CELEBRATING THE CONTRIBUTION OF CANADIAN
INNOVATORS IN SHAPING THE WORLD. WE WILL DISCUSS CRITICAL CANADIAN INNOVATIONS
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS. FEW CONTESTS WILL EXPECT YOU TO INCORPORATE CANADIAN
INNOVATIONS IN YOUR SUBMISSIONS TO HIGHLIGHT THE IMPACT OF THESE INNOVATIONS.
THROUGH THESE CONTESTS, WE WOULD LIKE TO COVER INNOVATION'S PAST, PRESENT AND
FUTURE. 

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WHAT IS INNOVATION?






CANADIAN  INNOVATORS




FREDERICK BANTING (1891 – 1941)


SIR FREDERICK GRANT BANTING WAS A CANADIAN MEDICAL SCIENTIST, PHYSICIAN,
PAINTER, AND NOBEL LAUREATE NOTED AS THE CO-DISCOVERER OF INSULIN AND ITS
THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL. IN 1923, BANTING AND JOHN MACLEOD RECEIVED THE NOBEL
PRIZE IN MEDICINE FOR THEIR INNOVATION IN DEALING WITH DIABETES. FREDERICK
BANTING, WHO RECEIVED THE NOBEL PRIZE AT AGE 32, REMAINS THE YOUNGEST NOBEL
LAUREATE FOR PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE. TO CELEBRATE THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF
BANTING’S DISCOVERY OF INSULIN, THE ROYAL CANADIAN MINT CREATED A COMMEMORATIVE
TOONIE. 

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CANOE - A SOCIAL INNOVATION


THE CANOE IS CANADA’S ORIGINAL AND PREEMINENT SOCIAL INNOVATION. TO SOME, THE
CANOE IS VIEWED AS ONE OF THE SEVEN WONDERS OF CANADA; A CANADIAN ICON AND A
SYMBOL OF CANADA. ONE THAT REPRESENTS CANADIANS’ CONNECTION TO NATURE, REVERENCE
FOR HISTORY, AND A TOOL FOR EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY OUTSIDE OF URBAN AND
SUBURBAN CENTRES.  


THE CANOE WAS A TECHNOLOGICAL AND COMMERCIAL INNOVATION. THE EARLY EXPLORERS
COULD NOT NEGOTIATE THE COUNTRY WITH THEIR HEAVY, CLUMSY VESSELS. THEY QUICKLY
TURNED TO THE BIRCHBARK CANOE WITH THEIR TECHNOLOGICAL ADAPTATION. 

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ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (1847 – 1922)


ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL WAS A CANADIAN INVENTOR, SCIENTIST AND ENGINEER WHO IS
CREDITED WITH PATENTING THE FIRST PRACTICAL TELEPHONE. HE ALSO CO-FOUNDED THE
AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY IN 1885.


BELL WAS A SPEECH PATHOLOGIST AND A TEACHER OF THE DEAF WHO HAD A KEEN
UNDERSTANDING OF THE HUMAN VOICE. IN BRANTFORD, ONTARIO, HE EXPERIMENTED WITH
SOUND IN THE WORKSHOP HE CALLED HIS "DREAMING PLACE." IN 1874, BELL'S "TALKING
TELEGRAPH" WAS UNVEILED. 

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EDWARD S. ROGERS SR. (1900 – 1939)


EDWARD SAMUEL ROGERS SR. WAS A CANADIAN INVENTOR AND PIONEER IN THE RADIO
INDUSTRY.  HE WAS DETERMINED TO DEVELOP A BETTER RADIO THAT WOULD RUN ON THE
ELECTRICITY PEOPLE ALREADY HAD IN THEIR HOMES. IN 1925, ROGERS DEVELOPED A TUBE
THAT COULD USE ELECTRICITY TO RECEIVE AND AMPLIFY SOUND. WITH THIS INNOVATION,
HIS DREAM OF AN ELECTRIC RADIO BECAME A REALITY.


ROGERS ALSO CREATED CFRB-CANADA'S FIRST ROGERS BATTERYLESS BROADCASTING
STATION-A TORONTO-BASED RADIO CHANNEL THAT YOU CAN STILL TUNE INTO NOW.  HIS
ONLY CHILD, EDWARD S. ROGERS JR., ESTABLISHED ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS.

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HENRY WOODWARD & MATHEW EVANS


IN 1874, MEDICAL STUDENT HENRY WOODWARD AND HOTELKEEPER MATHEW EVANS FASHIONED A
BULB OUT OF A GLASS TUBE THAT CONTAINED A LARGE PIECE OF CARBON CONNECTED TO TWO
WIRES. WHEN THEY HIT THE SWITCH, THE CURRENT FLOWED, AND THE CARBON GLOWED. THEY
PATENTED AN INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB DESIGN. THEIR INVENTION PRECEDED THAT OF
AMERICAN THOMAS EDISON BY SEVERAL YEARS. THE SECOND PATENT ISSUED IN 1876 WAS
AMONG THOSE THAT EDISON BOUGHT AS HE REFINED THE TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A
LONGER-LASTING BULB.

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GEORGE JOHANN KLEIN (1904 – 1992)


GEORGE KLEIN WAS ONE OF CANADA'S MOST PROLIFIC INVENTORS OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
HIS IMAGINATION SHAPED MORE THAN 1,000 NOVEL AND VALUABLE DEVICES. IN THE 1950S,
TO ASSIST VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II, HE CREATED THE FIRST ELECTRICALLY POWERED
WHEELCHAIR. 


KLEIN'S INNOVATION IMPROVED VETERANS' LIVES, BUT IT ALSO STARTED THE WHOLE FIELD
OF REHABILITATION ENGINEERING-USING TECHNOLOGY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
OR INJURIES. THE TALENTED ENGINEER WENT ON TO CREATE MANY OTHER INNOVATIONS. 

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GIDEON SUNDBACK (1880 – 1954)


CAN YOU IMAGINE LIFE WITHOUT ZIPPERS? SOMETIMES THE INNOVATIONS THAT HAVE THE
MOST SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON OUR LIVES DON'T DO GRAND THINGS. LIKE THE ZIPPER,
THEY MAKE OUR DAY-TO-DAY ACTIONS EASIER AND FASTER. 


GIDEON SUNDBACK, A SWEDISH-BORN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, INNOVATED THE ZIPPER. IN
1913, HE CAME UP WITH THE HOOKLESS NO. 2 TO REPLACE THE TIME-CONSUMING BUCKLES,
HOOKS, AND EYES FOUND ON CLOTHING. GIDEON INVENTED THE MACHINE TO CREATE
ZIPPERS. HE BASED ZIPPER PRODUCTION IN ST. CATHARINES, ONTARIO, WHERE HE WAS THE
LIGHTENING FASTENER COMPANY'S PRESIDENT. THE BUILDING WAS LOCATED AT 50 NIAGARA
STREET.

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MARCELLUS GILMORE EDSON (1849 - 1940)


MARCELLUS GILMORE EDSON WAS BORN IN QUEBEC. EDSON PROMOTED THE IDEA OF PEANUT
PASTE AS A DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS FOODSTUFF FOR PEOPLE WHO COULD HARDLY CHEW
SOLID FOOD, A COMMON STATE IN THOSE DAYS. IN 1884 EDSON WAS AWARDED UNITED
STATES PATENT NO. 306727 FOR THE INVENTION OF PEANUT BUTTER. HIS COOLED PRODUCT
HAD "A CONSISTENCY LIKE THAT OF BUTTER, LARD, OR OINTMENT", ACCORDING TO HIS
PATENT APPLICATION. HE INCLUDED THE MIXING OF SUGAR INTO THE PASTE TO HARDEN ITS
CONSISTENCY.

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