Sources

CAGIS regularly creates social media posts about the latest STEM news and discoveries. These posts may contain information sourced from Canadian news media, which can no longer be shared on Facebook or Instagram. See below for a list of these select posts and their corresponding sources.

Sophia B. Jones – posted on February 25, 2025

https://JBHE.com/2023/10/Sophia-Bethena-Jones-Canadas-First-Black-Woman-To-Earn-A-Medical-Degree/

https://www.CBC.ca/Radio/Quirks/Black-Scientists-History-1.5918964

https://www.SCHEQ.org/Dr-Sophia-Bethena-Jones

https://www.Spelman.edu/About/History-In-Brief.html

 

Tectonic Plates – posted on February 23, 2025

 
 
 
 

Age difference between the centre and surface of the Earth – posted on February 22, 2025

https://www.NewScientist.com/Article/2085599-Earths-Core-Is-Two-And-A-Half-Years-Younger-Than-Its-Crust/#:~:text=Physicists%20have%20calculated%20that%20the,which%20you%20experience%20time%20passing

 

Dr. Joy Buolamwini – posted on February 18, 2025

https://www.Media.MIT.edu/People/JoyAB/Overview/

https://www.PoetOfCode.com/

 

Marie Van Brittan Brown – posted on February 13, 2025

https://Lemelson.MIT.edu/Resources/Marie-Van-Brittan-Brown

 

Fireworks – posted on February 9, 2025

https://www.OntarioScienceCentre.ca/Science-At-Home/Diy-Science-Fun/The-Science-Of-Fireworks#:~:text=Black%20Powder%3A%20Invented%20in%20China,The%20Stars%20Within%20The%20Firework

 

Beavers – posted on February 7, 2025

https://English.Radio.cz/Beavers-Build-Planned-Dams-Protected-Landscape-Area-While-Local-Officials-Still-8841536

 

Clarice Phelps – posted on February 5, 2025

https://www.CNN.com/2023/02/07/us/Clarice-Phelps-Tennessine-Element-117-scn-ctpr/index.html

https://www.NewsChannel5.com/News/Clarice-Phelps-Became-The-First-Black-Woman-To-Help-Discover-A-Periodic-Table-Element#:~:text=(WTVF)%20%E2%80%94%20Clarice%20Phelps%20is,is%20classified%20as%20a%20halogen

 

Viaduct bridge – posted on February 1, 2025

https://www.Britannica.com/Technology/Viaduct

https://www.Britannica.com/Topic/Danyang-Kunshan-Grand-Bri

Bomb cyclone – posted on January 26, 2025

https://www.AccuWeather.com/en/Weather-News/What-Is-A-Bomb-Cyclone/433474

https://www.TheWeatherNetwork.com/en/News/Weather/Severe/British-Columbia-Bomb-Cyclone-To-Create-The-Worlds-Largest-Wave-Pool

https://www.CBSNews.com/News/What-Is-Bomb-Cyclone-Winter-Storm-Weather-Explained/

Pangolins – posted on January 24, 2025

https://www.WorldAnimalProtection.ca/Education/Animal-Facts/Pangolin-Facts/?utm_medium=google_grant&utm_source=google_grant&utm_campaign=google_grant&ea.tracking.id=google_grant

First fully 3D-printed microscope – posted on January 22, 2025

https://www.biorxiv.org/Content/10.1101/2024.12.16.628684v1.full

https://www.PopSci.com/Technology/3D-Printed-Microscope/

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin – posted on January 20, 2025

https://PhysicsWorld.com/a/Cecilia-Payne-Gaposchkin-The-Woman-Who-Found-Hydrogen-In-The-Stars/

Chelsea Martins-Ezeifeaku – posted on January 18, 2025

https://NationalPost.com/Sponsored/News-Sponsored/Meet-Three-Inspirational-Students-Breaking-Barriers-Changing-Lives?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0BMAABHWUfuHFqnUPks_4DVVD2CXCEokVAYV5oVpcNM79EWszbzIbQQ8bobrCtsg_aem_X601pHMRueyTwgHkF3n7XA

“Wood Wide Web” – posted on January 16, 2025

https://e360.Yale.edu/Features/Exploring_How_And_Why_Trees_Talk_To_Each_Other

Pistol Shrimp – posted on January 10, 2025

https://OceanConservancy.org/Blog/2020/09/10/Pistol-Shrimp/

Voyager 1 is the farthest human-made object from Earth – posted on January 8, 2025

https://Science.NASA.gov/Mission/Voyager/Mission-Overview/

https://www.CNN.com/2024/12/03/Science/Voyager-1-Radio-Transmitter-Power-Supply

Scientists create the world’s thinnest noodles – posted on December 20, 2024

https://www.sciencenews.org/Article/Thinnest-Pasta-Nanofibers

Scientists discover world’s largest coral – posted on November 26, 2024

https://BBC.com/News/Articles/c629ddqg9v6o

Scientists discover one of the world’s oldest fossils – posted on October 24, 2024

https://www.reuters.com/Science/Fossil-New-Reptile-Species-Found-Brazil-Sheds-Light-Rise-Dinosaurs-2024-10-14/

The atoms in you are billions of years old – May 8 2024

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/star-in-you/

 

Sharks came before trees – May 1, 2024

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/26/world/shark-week-facts-scn/index.html