- from People and Places exhibit, The Secrets of Radar Museum, London, Ontario - with permission
Elizabeth Laird was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, and spent much of her youth here in London. She graduated from the University of Toronto in 1896, but despite having been at the top of her class for three years, her graduate school scholarship applications were rejected solely because she was female.
While undertaking PhD studies at Pennsylvania's Bryn Mawr College, Laird was awarded a fellowship to study under the famous physicist Max Planck at the University of Berlin in Germany. Although women were not formally admitted to the university at the time, Laird later recalled that, "there was no crowding in mathematics and physics, and I had no difficulty in...
In three religious traditions, the story of the nomads Abraham and Sarah plays a foundational role. For people who chose to live settled lives, it is a good story to hear. For those who become refugees, the story provides reassurance.
Raising animals in the fertile lands between the Tigris and Euphrates meant ...
When you get up from your Queen-size Beautyrest and pull out the last bag of milk for your cereal, don't throw out the bag!
The Bag Ladies are looking for it. Just like the ones in the picture. If you buy your milk in bags, save them for a group of loving and crafty people who turn them into sleeping mats. Keep them out of our land fills and put them to use as durable, waterproof, bug-proof mats for people who woud otherwise be on the ground.
To collect the bags please...
The Owen Sound Community Fund wants to share its good news, and if a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a million. Below is a request for proposals from Owen Sound videographers to create just such a video for us.
Project Overview: The Owen Sound Community Fund Management Committee is looking for a promotional video of 3 to 5 minutes that highlights its purpose, mission and the work it supports in the community of Owen Sound.
Background: Created in 2009 from proceeds from Owen Sound's 150th Anniversary Homecoming, the Owen Sound Community Fund exists to enrich the quality of life for the people of the City of Owen Sound by supporting projects...
The beginning of the new year means that Owen Sound Poets Laureate Rob Rolfe and Larry Jensen have begun thinking about the end of their tenure. Now, thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation Grey Bruce, the duo has started to plan in earnest for their final public performance, which will form part of the local celebrations for Canada's ...
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