On the latest episode of the NEXTcast podcast, available free on Soundcloud and iTunes, we speak with Applied Tech professor Mark Rector about his new book, Oh Canada! Our Home and Inventive Land.

Mark was inspired to write his book after noticing he had a growing collection of handouts on Canadian inventions for distribution in his electronics engineering classes. The supplementary material about the history of often little-known inventions resonated with students, and the rest is history.   

“I wanted a way to inspire the students, and interest them. When I was a little kid, I heard a story about Alexander Graham Bell, a Canadian who invented the telephone, and I was fascinated. I’m sure that played into my electronics interest.” – Mark Rector

Listen to the episode or read the transcript here.

NEXTcast is a podcast about teaching and learning at Humber College, created by Humber Press and The Centre for Teaching & Learning. New episodes go up on Soundcloud and iTunes every second week.

To suggest a future guest or topic, email Humber Press at humberpress@humber.ca.

Kristin Valois
Humber Press