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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Bernie Stene and Lional Desmarais's "Rail Mount Plowing System", a method to lay thousands of kilometres of the cable without disrupting railway traffic.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Daugela

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "Vertec grain dryer" invented by George Daugela, member of the Alberta Agriculture Hall of Fame.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen

For Students 9th - 10th
What is the only breed of farm livestock to originate in Canada? Learn about Jack Stothart and Howard Fredeen and their development of the Lacombe swine.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: George Clynch

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the biography of George Clynch and learn about his 'Laser Digitizer System' that is designed to build socket pieces on custom prosthetics.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Grant Skinner

For Students 9th - 10th
Canada's top Macromedia Flash Developer, Grant Skinner, is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Highmark Renewables

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you recover usable bio gas from cow manure? Read about Highmark Renewables and how they have invented the 'Integrated Manure Utilization System' to do just that!
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: James Gosling

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about James Gosling who is widely known for his invention of Oak, the precursor to Java, which was the first general purpose programming language.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Bruce Nodwell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Bruce Nodwell's "Nodwell 110", which is a tracked vehicle that can travel through the squishy muskeg in Alberta.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Charles Sherwood Noble

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Alberta's greater known inventors, Charles Noble, is explored through his biography and his impact on soil erosion, the invention of the "Noble Blade" and the history of Nobleford, a community in southern Alberta named for him.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Alex Taylor

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Alex Taylor--Edmonton's first telegrapher, meteorologist, lightning manipulator and timekeeper--who is most widely know as being the father of Edmonton's telephone system.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Andrew Briosi

For Students 9th - 10th
Andrew Briosi created nearly 150 inventions in his life, one of which was the "Beet Lifter". Learn about this invention, and about Mr. Briosi through excerpts from his autobiography.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John and Nicholas Boychuk

For Students 9th - 10th
John and Nicholas Boychuk invented the "Boychuk Stooker" which has been called one of the greatest labour-saving devices created. Read about the Boychuck Brothers and their invention on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frances Kallal

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "hoe-rake" invented by Frances Kallal, who was one of the few women innovators from the early 20th century.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Earl and Harold Kirchner

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the "Kirchner Haysweep", invented by Earl and Harold Kirchner who were farmers near Tilley, Alberta in the 1930s.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Stephen Snow Sears

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Stephen Sears, an Albertan who patented an invention, a weed killer, in 1929, in addition to modifying a Stook Loader.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Frank Van Slyke

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Frank Van Slyke and the "Van Slyke plough" which was very influential in the Red Deer area.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: John Toogood

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about John Toogood, one of the most prominent and influential soil scientists in all of North America, and his contribution to agriculture.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Edward Jordan

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore Edward Jordan and his invention of the "Peak Limiter" which solved two common problems found in broadcast studios--sibilant "s" and the vocal tics of high-pitched voices.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dr. Xingwei Wu

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Dr. Xingwei Wu, the developer of hybrid electroluminescent flat-panel display screen, more commonly known as the flat colour TV screen or computer monitor.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Robert Burrell

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the first commercial application of nanotechnology developed by Robert Burrell.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Raymond

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about Raymond "Sugar Ray" Lemieux's synthesis of carbohydrates as you read about his life and his invention of "Synthetic Sugar".
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Dr. Jacqueline Shan & Dr. Peter Pang

For Students 9th - 10th
CV Technologies,an Edmonton biotech company founded by Dr. Shan who co-invented "Cold-Fx" and is highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Ted Wolff Von Selzam

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography highlights a developer of gluten-free and wheat-free foods, Ted Wolff von Selzam.
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Alberta Online Encyclopedia: Alberta Inventors and Inventions: Norbert Berkowitz

For Students 9th - 10th
The transportation of coal through a pipeline was developed by Norbert Berkowitz. His biography and discovery are highlighted on this site by the Heritage Community Foundation.