Canadiana Connection

Feature Article #1

IMAX – Canadian Technology

At EXPO ’67 in Montreal, on being impressed by the multi-projector, multi-screen shows they saw, a small group of Canadian entrepreneurs and filmmakers hatched the idea for IMAX; a new system that would use one powerful projector. The IMAX motion picture projection system was born. This uniquely Canadian technology, used worldwide, has turned heads for [...]

Submit to Canadiana Connection | May 9th, 2012 | Continued

Feature Article #2

Kingston, Ontario

The last Canadian census was completed for the year 2011, and during the ensuing five years, Kingston, Ontario grew by approximately 4.6% (a little more growth is shown if you look at the full metropolitan area). In 2011, Kingston proper had a population of 118,000, making it the 25th largest city in Canada, and the [...]

Submit to Canadiana Connection | May 2nd, 2012 | Continued

Feature Article #3

RIM and the BlackBerry

As 2011 marched on, it almost obliterated Research in Motion® (RIM) with its ‘footsteps’. RIM®, the company behind what used to be the hugely reliable BlackBerry® phone, took a huge hit on several key fronts in 2011. For example, its stock price fell spectacularly. A couple of key service outages that weren’t handled very well [...]

Submit to Canadiana Connection | April 17th, 2012 | Continued

Feature Article #4

Canadians Play The Hunger Games

The Hunger Games is an exciting, futuristic, powerful movie, released in March, 2012. The movie is based on the best selling novel by Suzanne Collins, in which the nation of Panem has been separated into twelve functional nation-states called districts. The districts are controlled in the Capitol, a fortress city. Capitol is where the wealthy [...]

Submit to Canadiana Connection | March 26th, 2012 | Continued

Feature Article #5

History of Pablum

Goo goo ga ga … whoops, sorry, we were just talking baby talk. Actually, that’s not so far off the subject of this article! Though acquired by H. J. Heinz Company in 2005, from the time of its invention to that point, Pablum was largely an all-Canadian venture. The only exception to the list of [...]

Submit to Canadiana Connection | March 22nd, 2012 | Continued

About this Site

The idea of this site was born in 1999, when I was teaching myself how to build web pages as a way to keep my mind stimulated while I waited for a United States work permit. Earlier that year, my husband’s company had transferred our family to the USA, and we arrived, starry eyed and [...]