OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND!

OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND!

Professor Mark Rector

Episodes 13
Avg. Duration 19m
Activity Highly Active
Since Jan 2026
Latest Episode Jun 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
15%
Hosting
media.rss.com

About This Podcast

Canadian Inventors, inventions and firsts!

This fun and informative podcast will take you on an amazing journey to hear some of the amazing, funny and engaging stories about the whole history of Canadian inventions, inventors and firsts, taken right from the pages of the best-selling book OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND by Professor Mark Rector.

You'll laugh, you'll maybe shed a tear or two, but you will probably learn something about this vast, interesting and innovative country of ours. But mostly you will certainly have your chest bursting with pride, and probably pop a few buttons off of it!

With his funny and immersive storytelling ability, Professor Rector will take you across this land with an unforgettable cast of interesting characters, and tell you about a host of inventions which many of you have never heard of, and the stories of the people behind them.

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Recent Episodes

S1E14 The invention of wireless phones, Reginald Fessenden and the BlackBerry!!

Jun 07, 2026 53m

Did you know wireless phones were a Canadian invention?? Envisioned by a young Canadian boy of 9 yrs old?? in the 1870's!!!That's right, I'm going to take you back in time to a prophetic carriage…

S1E13 AVRO ARROW PT2: The NASA Legacy

Mar 24, 2026 22m

In this episode, we go over some of the Avro Arrow employees' post-cancellation legacy and touch on some of the many contributions by Canadians to NASA and the space…

S1E12 Avro Arrow PT1: Did one get away???

Mar 16, 2026 36m Transcript

The mighty, amazing Avro Arrow!!!!The enduring story that won't die!!Think you've heard it all???Well, wait till you hear the story of the possibility that one that got away!!!!?!?!!?Well, you've…

Sample: Invention of Hockey

Feb 25, 2026 6m Trailer

Sample clips from the Invention of Hockey!To hear the whole episode, search for Professor Mark Rector's podcast "OH CANADA! Our Home and INVENTIVE Land!" on all your favourite podcast apps or…

S1 Ed Rogers and the invention of the AC Vacuum Tube (ad)

Feb 23, 2026 4m Trailer

Ed Rogers and the invention of the AC Vacuum Tube

S1E10 Dr John Hopps and the Pacemaker

Feb 19, 2026 8m Transcript

Dr. John Hopps of Winnipeg, Mb invents the first electronic pacemaker at the University of Toronto in 1950.His invention goes on to save literally tens of millions of lives around the world...…

S1E11 Sir F. Banting: insulin and the Zero-G Suit

Feb 19, 2026 18m Transcript

Sir Frederick Banting and Dr Charles Best are well known for inventing insulin, but we are going to take you inside the actual U of T building where history happened!!Then we take you on an amazing…

S1E8 Camp X!! Top Secret Spy Training School

Feb 08, 2026 41m

Have we got any James Bond fans in the audience??This is the Top Secret story of the first Spy Training school: Camp X!!! It was started by Sir William Stephenson "A Man Called Intrepid!" one of the…

S1E7 Dr Elizabeth "Elsie" McGill - The first female Aeronautical Engineer

Feb 01, 2026 11m Transcript

This episode dives into the story of one of THE most accomplished women in Canadian history.Dr. Elizabeth "Elsie" McGill, the first woman to get a bachelors degree in Canada, the first woman to get a…

S1E6 The Lightbulb a Canadian Invention!!

Feb 01, 2026 11m Transcript

PT 2 of our Victorian Era InventionsIf you thought Thomas Edison invented the light bulb, well you'd be wrong.Let me tell you the real story about Mathew Evans and Henry Woodward, two young inventors…

S1E5 NS INVENTORS of Gasoline + the Trans-Atlantic cable!

Jan 27, 2026 23m

This episode is Part 1 of a 2 part Victorian Era Retrospective looking at two fellow East Coasters Frederic Gisborne and Abraham Pineo Gesner.In part one the massive multi-year effort for Gisborne to…

S1E4 The First Female Doctors in Canada Emily Stowe and Jennie Trout

Jan 24, 2026 7m

This is the story of Canada's first two female Doctors, Emily Howard Stowe and Jennie Kidd Trout.

S1E3 Edward Rogers and the invention of the A.C. vacuum tube!

Jan 24, 2026 16m Transcript

This is the amazing story of a very brilliant young man who not only explores the early world of radio communications, he goes on to invent the A.C. vacuum tube which allowed us all to have a radio…

S1E2 The Invention of the Game of Hockey (and the goalie mask and jockstrap).

Jan 24, 2026 20m Transcript

This episode will take you back and explore the invention of hockey in Canada. Some call it Ice Hockey some call it Hurley on ice, we call it shinny, or just the Good 'ol Hockey Game!You'll also…

S1 NEW PODCAST INTRO

Jan 24, 2026 1m Trailer

The introduction to the OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! Podcast.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! have?

OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! has published 13 episodes since January 2026, covering topics in History, Technology.

Is OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! still active?

OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND! is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 19m.

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