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Home / Regional / North America / Canada / Society and Culture / History / Science
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- Banting Digital Library - A rare collection of personal artifacts, diaries, journals and paintings belonging to Sir Frederick Banting. Learn about the life and times of one of the insulin discoverers.
www.newtecumseth.library.on.ca/banting
- Canada's History in Space - A timeline highlighting events in Canadian space history from 1916 to 1996. Covers Canada's astronauts, satellites, experiments and launches.
www.conveyor.com/space/history.html
- Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame - "Meet the minds" of several famous Canadian scientists who made significant contributions and discoveries.
www.nrc.ca/corporate/english/hall/index.html
- Great Canadian Scientists - A reference source for learning more about Canada's past and present scientists.
www.science.ca
- People and Discoveries: Banting and Best Isolate Insulin - Describes the work of Banting and Best as they worked toward the discovery of insulin. Includes biographies of both Frederick Banting and Charles Best.
www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm22in.html
- Roberta Bondar, Astronaut - In 1993, she became the first Canadian woman to go into space. Site secribes her science background.
collections.ic.gc.ca/science/english/bio/bondar.html
- Terry's Journey: Marathon of Hope - Includes a biography of Terry Fox, historical time line, honours, quotations and photo gallery. Documents his efforts to raise funds for cancer research.
www.terryfoxrun.org
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