Thoughts From a "Lost Canadian" About Canadian Inventions

This "Lost Canadian" has been learning many things about the wonderful place known as Canada - and has been sharing these things with you. Today I want to let you know about Canadian inventions - get ready to be impressed . . .

• Canadian inventions include the game Trivial Pursuit (Scott Abbot and Chris Haney), the telephone (Alexander Graham Bell), basketball (James Naismeth), and the snowmobile (Joseph-Armand Bombardier).
• Thomas Ahearn invented the electric cooking range in 1882.
• Graeme Ferguson co-invented IMAX. There are over 500 IMAX theaters in 45 countries.
• Insulin, a hormone produced by the pancreas was first isolated at the University of Toronto in 1921-22 by Dr. Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
• James Till and Ernest McCulloch are credited with the discovery of the stem cell.
• Artificial Pacemaker: Invented by John Hopps in 1950 to regulate abnormal heartbeats using external electrical pulses.
• Cobalt-60 Teletherapy: Developed in the 1950s by Harold Elford Johns, using radiation to target and destroy cancer cells globally.
• Canadarm: Debuted in 1981 on NASA’s space shuttle, this robotic arm was designed by a Canadian team to move and repair payloads in space.
• BlackBerry: Developed by Research In Motion (RIM) in Waterloo, Ontario, popularizing secure mobile email and paving the way for modern smartphones.
• Goalie Mask: Invented in 1959 by Montreal Canadiens goalie Jacques Plante after taking a slapshot to the face, changing player safety forever.
• Green Garbage Bag: Invented in 1950 by Harry Wasylyk, who used polyethylene plastic to create the first consumer trash bags.
• peanut butter: First patented as a processed peanut paste by Marcellus Gilmore Edson in Montreal in 1884.
• Canada Dry Ginger Ale – a dry ginger ale invented by John J. McLaughlin in 1904 under the name of "Pale Ginger Ale", before it was patented in 1907 under "Canada Dry Ginger Ale".
• Instant mashed potatoes (dehydrated potato flakes) – invented by Edward Asselbergs in 1962.
• McIntosh apple – developed by John McIntosh in Upper Canada in 1811.
• Yukon Gold potato – invented by Gary Johnston in 1966.
• Film colorization – invented by Wilson Markle in 1983.
• AM broadcasting – invented by Reginald Fessenden in 1906.
• Alkaline battery – invented by Lewis Urry in 1954.

There are so many, many more things - you will find information about Canadian inventions at this link.