Science and technology in Canada

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The Canadian-built space station robotic arm (right), referred to as Canadarm2, transferred its launch cradle over to Endeavour's Canadian-built robotic arm, referred to as Canadarm

Science and technology in Canada consists of three distinct but closely related phenomena:

the diffusion of technology in Canada,
scientific research in Canada
innovation, invention and industrial research in Canada

Contents

1 The diffusion of technology in Canada
2 Scientific research in Canada
3 Innovation, invention, and industrial research in Canada
4 Technological and industrial history of Canada
5 See also
6 Further reading
7 External links

[edit] The diffusion of technology in Canada

Main article: Diffusion of technology in Canada

[edit] Scientific research in Canada

Main article: Scientific research in Canada

[edit] Innovation, invention, and industrial research in Canada

Main article: Innovation, invention, and industrial research in Canada

[edit] Technological and industrial history of Canada

Main article: Technological and industrial history of Canada

See also: Technological and industrial history of 20th-century Canada

See also: Technological and industrial history of 21st-century Canada

[edit] See also

[edit] Further reading

Main article: Bibliography of Science and technology in Canada

[edit] External links

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Canadian Encyclopedia: Science

Fields

Agriculture	Agricultural engineering Aquaculture Fisheries science Food chemistry Food engineering Food microbiology Food technology GURT ICT in agriculture Nutrition

Biomedical	Bioinformatics Biological engineering Biomechatronics Biomedical engineering Biotechnology Cheminformatics Genetic engineering Healthcare science Medical research Medical technology Nanomedicine Neuroscience Pharmacology Tissue engineering

Buildings and construction	Acoustical engineering Architectural engineering Building services engineering Civil engineering Construction engineering Domestic technology Facade engineering Fire protection engineering Safety engineering Sanitary engineering Structural engineering

Educational	Educational software Digital technologies in education ICT in education Impact Multimedia learning Virtual campus Virtual education

Energy	Nuclear engineering Nuclear technology Petroleum engineering Soft energy technology

Environmental	Clean technology Clean coal technology Ecological design Ecological engineering Ecotechnology Environmental engineering Environmental engineering science Green building Green nanotechnology Landscape engineering Renewable energy Sustainable design Sustainable engineering

Industrial	Automation Business informatics Engineering management Enterprise engineering Financial engineering Industrial biotechnology Industrial engineering Metallurgy Mining engineering Productivity improving technologies Research and development

IT and communications	Artificial intelligence Broadcast engineering Computer engineering Computer science Information technology Music technology Ontology engineering RF engineering Software engineering Telecommunications engineering Visual technology

Military	Army engineering maintenance Electronic warfare Military communications Military engineering Stealth technology

Transport	Aerospace engineering Automotive engineering Naval architecture Space technology Traffic engineering Transport engineering

Other applied sciences	Cryogenics Electronics Engineering geology Engineering physics Hydraulics Materials science Microtechnology Nanotechnology Particle physics

Other engineering fields	Audio Biochemical Ceramic Chemical Control Electrical Electronic Entertainment Geotechnical Hydraulic Mechanical Mechatronics Optical Protein Robotics Systems

Theories and
concepts

Other

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v t e Philosophy of science

Philosophers	Albert Einstein Alfred North Whitehead Aristotle Auguste Comte Averroes Berlin Circle Carl Gustav Hempel C. D. Broad Charles Sanders Peirce Dominicus Gundissalinus Daniel Dennett Epicurians Francis Bacon Friedrich Schelling Galileo Galilei Henri Poincaré Herbert Spencer Hugh of Saint Victor Immanuel Kant Imre Lakatos Isaac Newton John Dewey John Stuart Mill Jürgen Habermas Karl Pearson Karl Popper Karl Theodor Jaspers Larry Laudan Otto Neurath Paul Häberlin Paul Feyerabend Pierre Duhem Pierre Gassendi Plato R.B. Braithwaite René Descartes Robert Kilwardby Roger Bacon Rudolf Carnap Stephen Toulmin Stoicism Thomas Hobbes Thomas Samuel Kuhn Vienna Circle W.V.O. Quine Wilhelm Windelband Wilhelm Wundt William of Ockham William Whewell more...

Concepts	Analysis Analytic-synthetic distinction A priori and a posteriori Artificial intelligence Causality Commensurability Construct Demarcation problem Explanatory power Fact Falsifiability Ignoramus et ignorabimus Inductive reasoning Ingenuity Inquiry Models of scientific inquiry Nature Objectivity Observation Paradigm Problem of induction Scientific explanation Scientific law Scientific method Scientific revolution Scientific theory Testability Theory choice

Metatheory of science	Confirmation holism Coherentism Contextualism Conventionalism Deductive-nomological model Determinism Empiricism Fallibilism Foundationalism Hypothetico-deductive model Infinitism Instrumentalism Naturalism Positivism Pragmatism Rationalism Received view of theories Reductionism Semantic view of theories Scientific realism Scientism Scientific anti-realism Skepticism Uniformitarianism Vitalism Metaphysics

Related	Epistemology History and philosophy of science History of science History of evolutionary thought Philosophy of biology Philosophy of chemistry Philosophy of physics Philosophy of mind Philosophy of artificial intelligence Philosophy of information Philosophy of perception Philosophy of space and time Philosophy of thermal and statistical physics Philosophy of social science Philosophy of environment Philosophy of psychology Philosophy of technology Philosophy of computer science Pseudoscience Relationship between religion and science Rhetoric of science Sociology of scientific knowledge Criticism of science Alchemy more...

Portal Category Task Force Discussion Changes

Year List	Pre-colonization New France (1534-1763) British Canada (1763-1867) Post-Confederation (1867-1914) World Wars and Interwar Years (1914-1945) Modern times: 1945-1960 1960-1981 1982-1992 since 1992

Topics	Constitutional Crown & Aboriginals Economic Etymology Former colonies & territories Immigration Military Monarchical National Historic Sites Persons of significance Territorial evolution

Provinces
and territories

Provinces	Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Scotia Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan

Territories	Northwest Territories Nunavut Yukon

Law
Constitution
The Crown
Governor General
Parliament (Senate
House of Commons)
Prime Minister (List)
Courts (Supreme Court)
Military
Local Government
Foreign relations
Law enforcement

Regions (west to east)	Pacific Northwest Coast Mountains Interior Plateau Columbia Mountains Rocky Mountains Prairies Western Canada Northern Canada Canadian Shield Great Lakes Central Canada Saint Lawrence Lowlands Appalachian Mountains Arctic Cordillera Atlantic Canada Maritimes

Topics	Animals Cities Extreme communities Islands Mountains National parks Plants Great Lakes Regions Rivers Volcanoes

Society

Topics	Canadians Immigration Languages Religion 1996 Census 2001 Census 2006 Census Population by year

Top 100s	Metro areas Population centres Municipalities

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