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Red Fife wheat – a Canadian landrace descendant of Western Ukrainian wheat, first grown by David Fife in Upper Canada in 1842. Spartan apple – an apple similar to the McIntosh introduced to Summerland, British Columbia in 1936, developed by R. C. Palmer.
Rachel Zimmerman Brachman (born Zimmerman; 1972) is a Canadian-born space scientist, educator, and inventor. [1] She invented the "Blissymbol Printer" in 1984-86, making it simple for users with physical disabilities to communicate.
Women inventors have been historically rare in some geographic regions. For example, in the UK, only 33 of 4090 patents (less than 1%) issued between 1617 and 1816 named a female inventor. [ 1 ] In the US, in 1954, only 1.5% of patents named a woman, compared with 10.9% in 2002. [ 1 ]
In 2016, Makosinski won a $50,000 investment from the Quest Climate Grant, supported by Canadian Geographic and Shell Energy North America for inventions powered by body heat. [18] Later that year, she was appointed a global brand ambassador for Uniqlo. [10] [19] [20] In 2017, Makosinski was included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list.
Also: Canada: People: By occupation: Scientists / Women by occupation: Women scientists This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:Canadian scientists . It includes scientists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.
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Yvonne Madelaine Brill (née Claeys; December 30, 1924 – March 27, 2013) was a Canadian American rocket and jet propulsion engineer.She is responsible for inventing the Electrothermal Hydrazine Thruster (EHT/Resistojet), a fuel-efficient rocket thruster that keeps today’s satellites in orbit, and holds a patent for its invention. [1]
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