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Rachael Driedger

Rachel Driedger

Principal and Project Manager

Rachel Driedger is the Principal and Project Manager of Causeway Consulting Inc.
Vivienne  Jaehn-Kreibaum sur une pente de ski

Vivienne Jaehn-Kreibaum

Career Profiles

Electrical Engineer

Vivienne Jaehn-Kreibaum is an Electrical Engineer for Facebook.
Rachel Chow dans un énorme conduit

Rachel Chow

Career Profiles

Wastewater Process Engineer

James Palcik sur un bateau avec un énorme doré

James Palcik

General Manager and Director of Safety, Compliance, & Education

James Palcik is the General Manager and Director of Safety, Compliance, & Education for FLINN Scientific Inc.
Ketchup bottle and ketchup spill

Why is ketchup so hard to pour?

STEM Explained

Ever go to pour ketchup on your fries… and nothing comes out? We’ll let the secrets about the viscosity of this non-Newtonian fluid out of the bottle!

Children on teeter-totter

Simple Machines - Levers

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The lever is a type of simple machine. Learn about the different classes of levers and how they provide mechanical advantage.

Patrick Simmonds

Patrick Simmonds

Implementation Manager

Patrick Simmons is an Implementation Manager for Bell Canada.
Adam Tofani in front of a pump-jack

Adam Tofani

Career Profiles

Offshore Completions Engineer

Adam Tofani is an Offshore Completions Engineer for Cenovus Energy.
Jamie Sevigny au travail

Jamie Sevigny

Career Profiles

Management Engineer

Jamie Sevigny is a Management Engineer for the Canadian Space Agency.
Hubble Space Telescope as seen during a servicing mission in 2009

Airborne & Space Telescopes

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Learn about telescopes that do their work high in Earth’s atmosphere and in space.

Abstract light pattern

Light and Its Properties

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Learn about light and its properties.

Photo de Gwen Healey Akearok avec les cils givrés par le froid

Gwen Healey Akearok

Executive and Scientific Director

Gwen Healey Akearok is the Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre.
Large diamond refracting light

Reflection and Refraction

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Learn about reflection and refraction and meet Emily Altiere, a PhD student in physics who studies lasers.

Eyeglasses and a visual test chart

How We See

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Learn about how human vision works as well as some common types of vision problems.

Photo de Laslo Pfefer

Laslo Pfefer

Engineering Manager

Laslo Pfefer is an Engineering Manager for Camcor Mfg., Linamar.