National Research Council (Canada)

The National Research Council of Canada ( NRCC, French Conseil national de recherches Canada) is the national authority for Canada for Scientific and Industrial Research. It comprises 20 institutes and employs around 4000 people.

The task, which was founded in 1916, it was first authority to advise the government on scientific field. In the early 1930s she began to research themselves and built for this purpose first laboratories in Ottawa. During the Second World War and in the postwar period, the research areas have been expanded significantly. Among the most famous achievements of the NRCC include the first pacemaker (1951 ) and the first cesium atomic clock (1958). The NRCC financed the construction of the TRIUMF particle accelerator and also operates the Canada -France - Hawaii Telescope on Mauna Kea.

Facilities that have emerged from NRC

Other agencies and services have emerged from the NRCC out:

  • Canadian Space Agency
  • Defence Research and Development Canada
  • Atomic Energy of Canada Limited
  • Canadian Institutes of Health Research
  • Communications Security Establishment
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council

Institutes and research institutions

Scientific Research

  • Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC - HIA) - Penticton and Victoria
  • Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences (NRC -SIMS ) - Ottawa and Chalk River
  • Canadian Neutron Beam Centre (NRC -SIMS) - Chalk River
  • National Institute for Nanotechnology ( NINT ) - Edmonton
  • Institute for National Measurement Standards ( NRC- INMS ) - Ottawa
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Institute ( NRC- NMR ) - Ottawa
  • Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC -IBS ) - Ottawa
  • Biotechnology Research Institute (NRC -BRI) - Montreal
  • Institute for Biodiagnostics (NRC - IBD) - Winnipeg, Calgary, Halifax
  • Plant Biotechnology Institute (NRC -PBI ) - Saskatoon
  • Institute for Marine Biosciences (NRC - IMB) - Halifax
  • Genomics and Health Initiative (NRC - GHI)
  • Institute for NutriSciences and Health (NRC - INH) - Charlottetown

Engineering

  • Institute for Aerospace Research (NRC - IAR ) - Ottawa, Montreal
  • Centre for Surface Transportation Technology (NRC - CSTT ) - Ottawa, Vancouver
  • Canadian Hydraulics Centre (NRC -CHC ) - Ottawa
  • Institute for Ocean Technology (NRC - IOT ) - St. John's
  • Institute for Microstructural Sciences ( NRC- IMS ) - Ottawa
  • Industrial Materials Institute (NRC -IMI ) - Boucherville, London, Saguenay ( Chicoutimi )
  • Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology (NRC - ICPET ) - Ottawa
  • Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation ( NRC- IFCI ) - Vancouver
  • Institute for Information Technology (NRC - IIT ) - Ottawa, Gatineau, Fredericton and Moncton
  • Institute for Research in Construction ( NRC -IRC ) - Ottawa, London, Regina
  • Imaging Network - Ottawa

Supporting institutions

  • Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information (NRC - CISTI ), Canada's National Science Library - Location: Ottawa
  • Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC - IRAP ) - Locations: Ottawa and across Canada.

Own aircraft

The NRC has a number of its own aircraft for research tasks:

  • Bell 412 Advanced Systems Research Aircraft
  • Bell 205 simulator
  • Convair 580 - atmospheres for research
  • Falcon 20 - used for air and space research and earth science
  • Twin Otter - Atmospheric and life sciences research, as well as for flight mechanics and flight training systems
  • Harvard Mark IV - experimental machine for Avionics Research
  • Canadair T-33 - Flight Training
  • Extra 300 - for pilot training under dynamic environmental conditions
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