NRC's promise
A cornerstone of sustainable growth is the support of science, experimentation and exploration, deeply rooted in social responsibility, to deliver the technologies of tomorrow. Over the years, NRC has demonstrated the foresight to anticipate the technological challenges and opportunities that have presented themselves. Equally essential is providing the pathways to transform new ideas into solutions, which our industries can use to improve the lives of all Canadians—a foundational principle that has been true throughout NRC's 100-year history and will remain true tomorrow
Chairs and Presidents of the National Research Council Canada
1916–1921
Archibald B. Macallum
1921
Robert F. Ruttan
1921–1922
Robert A. Ross
1922–1923
Frank D. Adams
1923–1935
Henry M. Tory
1935–1944
Andrew G.L. McNaughton
1944–1952
Chalmers J. Mackenzie
1952–1962
Edgar W.R. Steacie
1963–1967
Bristow G. Ballard
1967–1980
William G. Schneider
1980–1989
J. Larkin Kerwin
1989–1994
Pierre O. Perron
1994–2004
Arthur J. Carty
2005–2010
Pierre Coulombe
2010–2016
John R. McDougall
2016–
Iain S. Stewart
Acknowledgements
Managing Editor
- Hélène Létourneau
Contributing Editor
- Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
Archivist
- Steven Leclair
Writers
- Dick Bourgeois-Doyle
- Lise Lafontaine
- Hélène Létourneau
- Marlene Orton
- Amanda Sage
Designer
- Dana Cranstone
Contributors
- Derek Beselt
- Cynthia Biasolo
- Brian Colton
- Jean-Pierre Davidts
- Véronique Dewez
- Tamara Keating
- Isabelle Lanteigne
- Luce Larocque
- Tina Riley
- Robert Soulière
- Robert St-Laurent
While we cannot acknowledge the efforts of everyone who contributed to the content contained in this book, we would like to thank all the people of NRC, both past and present, and the millions of Canadians who have contributed to our national spirit of innovation.