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OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND!

OH CANADA! OUR HOME AND INVENTIVE LAND!

De : Professor Mark Rector
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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 story telling 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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