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60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 37
March 12, 2025

Sometimes biotech gets a bad rap, here's an innovation that counters that perspective.

 

Chinova Bioworks, co-founded by David Brown, uses fiber from the stems of white button mushrooms to make a natural preservative for foods and beverages. This innovation...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 36
March 05, 2025

When neurosurgeon Dr. Garnette Sutherland wanted to use magnetic resonance imaging during an operation to make sure he was getting every last bit of brain tumour, he realized that he needed a robot.

 

Working with MDA, the Canadian company famous for making the...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 35
February 25, 2025

Until today, you've likely never heard of a decorticator!

 

For millions of people in the world's semi-arid regions, sorghum and millet are important staple foods. However, these crops cannot be eaten until the outside layer, or hull, of the grain is...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 34
February 19, 2025

Not only does the Confederation Bridge make crossing back and forth from the mainland to P.E.I. easier, it is also the world's longest bridge over ice-covered water.

 

The ongoing debate around establishing year-round access from Prince Edward Island to...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 33
February 12, 2025

This Canadian innovation will have your sweet tooth aching for sure!

 

Breaking a jar of liquid honey in his backpack while hiking in the 1990s got John Rowe thinking that honey should really be available in solid form. Since no one had ever invented such a...(read more)

60 Years of Canadian Innovation - Week 32
February 05, 2025

In Canada's northern climate, Mother Nature often needs help to extend our growing season. 

 

In 1967, David Siminovitch and James Butler developed a nontoxic, protein-based version of fire-fighting foam that successfully protected row-crop plantings of...(read more)

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