Technology is everywhere! If you stopped and looked around you will see at least an invention or an innovation within 10 meters. There have been over half a billion patents given out; more than one million patents were awarded to Canadian inventors. In spite of that the National Science Literacy Survey showed that two thirds of Canadians aren't able to name even one Canadian inventor or any Canadian accomplishments! Throughout the past century and into the next millennium, the range of Canadian inventions reflects on how well the economy is going up for our great nation. Canada is a large country and innovating and inventing is precisely why Canada is on par with high economical countries such as: Britain, America, France and more. Coincidently, many Canadian made inventions have been in the fields of transportation and communications, while some field such as: medicine and science are slowly progressing. Others inventions have been made to contradict Canadian climate. Numerous technological advances have been accomplished in machinery associating in improving the way resources are excavated, due to the fact that this country is rich in primary resources or staples such as agriculture, wood, mining, and fish. However, since Canada is a rather new nation, many important achievements have either been built or improved upon, so it is hard to invent a worldwide usage invention. Although this doesn’t mean that Canada didn’t contribute to humanity. On the contrary, with inventions such as: the snowmobile, the discovery of insulin and the hockey mask are being used all over the world, as well as saving millions of lives every year. Over the past century, Canadian technology such as medical treatment, transportation, and technology have a...
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...rough occurred, with later research of insulin; the characterization of insulin’s amino-acid structure became the first synthetic insulin. Moreover it was produce almost simultaneously at both the University of Pittsburgh by Panayotis Katsoyannis and at RWTH Aachen University by Helmut Zahn in Germany in the early 1960s. In a similar manner Herbert Boyer invented the first genetically-engineered, synthetic human insulin by using Escherichia coli in a laboratory during the late 1970s. Thanks to Frederick Banting and Charles Best, In 1982 Eli Lilly and Company aided by Genentech (founded by Herbert Boyer) went to sell to Humulin: the first commercially available biosynthetic human insulin. The vast majority of insulin we currently use today is Humulin. Because of Frederick Banting and Charles Best discovery of insulin we now have a higher quality to save diabetics.
Instead of being acknowledged for their intelligence, they would be forced to be the slaves of their husbands and things like the car heater would have never existed. It was developed by Margaret A. Wilcox in 1893 (buzzfeed.com). Without various advancements in the 1920s, many objects, such as computers, cell phones, medicines, printers, televisions, movie theatres would not have been created. It is the first advancement that creates a ripple effect that other people build off of to create something even more spectacular. One day when a cure for a particular disease is found or a drink that allows one to live twenty years longer, it will not only be because of the discoverer, but it will also be because of the person that took the first step toward discovering it, which influenced the discoverer to discover it from one hundred years ago. Events in the 1920s may not seem to matter, but truly they were times of change, which Canada used and is currently using to improve their society
Spikoff, Martin. Controversy Continues to Surround Generic Insulin. 16 April 2008. 9 October 2009 .
Frederick Banting, with the help of Charles Herbert Best, J.R.R. Macleod and James Bertram Collip, was able to isolate insulin from animals and treat patients suffering from diabetes, using injections of the insulin. The insulin injections succeeded in treating diabetes.
Insulin is by far the most influential discovery in Canadian and world history. In Canada in 2008/2009 there were 2.4 million people living with diabetes and there are many more today. With out the discovery of insulin many people would not be able to live full lives. However, the discovery of insulin was not just an accomplishment Fredrick Banting and his colleagues had developed in the 1920s, it was a product of timing and luck on Banting’s part and the idea that he took from others was the product that changed the century.
The economic progress Canada made after the war lead to the growth of the country. New industries emerged from innovations of products like automobiles, radios, television, digital computers and electric typewriters (Aitken et al., 315). Canadians quickly adapted back to the “buy now, pay later” strategy rather than careful budgeting during the Great Depression (Liverant). Almost everything that Canadians did was influenced from new inventions; television was the most influential. Canadians conversations, humour, and lifestyle were influenced from television (Aitken et al., 315). Trade relations between the United States and Canada had become more efficient due to the St. Lawrence Seaway. The mass development of the St. Lawrence Seaway, in 1954, was to provide a large wate...
Approximately 30.3 million Americans are currently living with diabetes. Most of these individuals rely on insulin to moderate their health. Before insulin, there was not a proper way to manage diabetes and the disease was often deadly. Frederick Sanger helped develop the insulin that we know today, which earned him two Nobel Prizes in the field of chemistry.
Throughout the history of mankind, technology has been the engine of all social progress. People have made inventions that revolutionized our way of living and thinking. There have been over half of a billion patents given out throughout the World of which more than million patents were granted to Canadian inventors. Nevertheless, the National Science Literacy Survey revealed that two thirds of Canadians are not able to name even one Canadian inventor or any Canadian accomplishments! Throughout the past century and into the next millennium, the range of Canadian inventions is a reflection of Canada’s ingenuity, and innovating and inventing is one of the reason why Canada is on par with countries such as Britain, the United States, and France. Coincidentally, many Canadian-made inventions have been in the fields of transportation and communications, while some fields such as medicine and science are slowly progressing. Other inventions have been made to combat the Canadian climate. Numerous technological advances have been achieved in machinery associating in improving the approach resources are excavated, since Canada is rich in primary resources/staples such as agriculture, wood, mining, and fish. However, since Canada is respectably a new nation, many crucial achievements have either been built or improved on, so it is formidable to invent a Canadian worldwide utilized invention. Although, this doesn’t mean that Canada did not contribute to humanity. On the contrary, with inventions such as the snowmobile, discovery of insulin and the hockey masks; are being used all over the world, as well as saving millions of lives every year. In general, Canadian technology such as medical treatment, transportation, and technology have ...
Canada holds a very unique place around the world with exclusive characteristics, symbols and signs that sets Canada apart from other cultures and countries. In this Mr. Sub advertisement, Canadianness is produced in various ways throughout. Moreover, Mounties, lumberjacks, dog sleds, the color red,
Insulins are grouped into categories based on how they perform inside the body. They are categorized by how rapidly they start to work, when their effectiveness peaks, and when they lose their effect.
With the good times of the 1920's, came the most astouding number of consumer inventions Canada had ever seen. From 1923 to 1929, many Canadians had full-time jobs and regular paychecks. And with the growing amount of media advertising, Canadians were swepted away with the amount of flyers and catalouges filled with new products to buy and enjoy. Though some were invented by Canadians, most came from America. Inventions such as; the Refridgerator, Air Conditioner, Washing Machine and the pop-up toaster, were in thousands of Canadian homes by 1929. As stated by Bill Bryson, “[Americans] were, for one thing, so smitten with the idea of progress that they invented things without having any idea whether those things would be of any use.” Americans invented so many things during the Booming 20's, that Canadians wee overwhelmed, but one invention revolutionized Canada forever, the automobile. The automobile was huge success in Canada, not only commerically, but its commerical mass production on assembly lines generated hundreds of jobs with good living salaries. By 1929, a large amount of Canadians families owned an automobile and close to 600 000 kilometres of roads were paved within Canada. The American...
Afterward Canada gradually began the trade with countries all around the world. The global trade started to enrich the Canadian immigrants culturally and benefited many people economically as well. This aided businesses in Canada significantly. Now the Canadians had access to many products, such as fruits, vegetables, clothing items and more, which were never before produced or accessed in the Canadian market, which now, made it convenient for the
Canadian history has shaped Canada's future for centuries now. Without the great explorers of their time, and maybe even our time, provinces and territories, gulfs, bays, rivers and land would be lost and undiscovered for many years. Our great country can thank many brave and brilliant explorers and their crew, for founding our name, and creating such an amazing land. Jacques Cartier, John Cabot and Henry Hudson, all managed to explore much of Canada. Through discovering the islands of Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island to locating the Hudson Bay, these 3 explores endure Canada's harsh winters, famine, scurvy and much more, to begin the great discover of all of Canada.
In the last 20 years the penetration of the Canadian market by American cultural industries is still extremely strong. The United States is still the main source of culture products. American products represent 81% of all culture commodity imports. Canadians watch American TV shows, listen to American music, love American sports teams, drive American cars and buy American goods at American stores like Walmart. They eat American food, drink American beer (sometimes).
In the 1920s, Dr. Frederick Banting discovered that insulin was able to help reduce the sugar level in the blood. There are many health issues around the world, Diabetes is one of them. “Diabetes is a metabolic disease in which the body’s inability to produce any or enough insulin causes elevated levels of glucose in the blood” (Google). There are two principal kinds of diabetes there is type 1 and type 2. “Type 1 is called juvenile diabetes which is a chronic condition in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin”("Type 1 Diabetes - Google Search."). “Type 2 Diabetes is much more common that Diabetes type 1.However, type two is called onset adult diabetes which is a chronic condition that affects the way the body processes blood sugar”("Type
O DODSON, Edward. “Canada: an idea that must survive”. Online at: http://www.uni.ca/livreouvert/dodson_e.html , consulted on February 9, 2004.