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• May 15, 2019

  What goes up…

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  Economic bubbles continued to pop up regularly throughout history, and still do today.

  Content type(s): Blog posts Subject(s): Economy, Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 08 / Secondary 2, Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP
• April 25, 2019

  Welding with Liquid

  By: Stephanie Shank

  
  

  

  In heritage conservation, broken metal objects can be reassembled with an adhesive most commonly used for repairing glass and ceramics.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• April 22, 2019

  Conserving the Spider Press

  By: Stephanie Shank

  
  

  

  Used extensively in the 19th century, this type of hand-operated press printed secure financial documents using the intaglio method.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• April 1, 2019

  How Does $ = Dollar?

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  How on earth did an “S” with a line or two through it come to represent a dollar? Any ideas? No? That’s OK, you’re in good company.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• March 29, 2019

  A Nation's Calling Card
• March 29, 2019

  TTC Tokens and the Proposed 1978 Cent

  By: David Bergeron

  
  

  

  In 1977, the Royal Canadian Mint wanted to reduce the size of the penny in response to the rising price of copper. Little did the Mint know that the Toronto Transit Commission’s reaction would force the cancellation of the program.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• March 14, 2019

  Trading Planets

  

  Onsite program: Travel to planet Plutopia on a trade mission with your students. Once there, you will see that trading goods without a common currency poses some serious problems. Trading Planets uses interactive, game-based learning to teach about trade, currency, and supply and demand.

  Content type(s): School programs Subject(s): Social studies Grade level(s): Grade 04, Grade 05, Grade 06, Grade 07 / Secondary 1, Grade 08 / Secondary 2
• March 14, 2019

  Inflation Busters

  

  Onsite program: How do you plan for the future when you don’t know what things will cost? Join the fight against inflation in Inflation Busters, a game-based program for students. Who knew learning about monetary policy could be fun? We did!

  Content type(s): School programs Subject(s): Economy Grade level(s): Grade 09 / Secondary 3, Grade 10 / Secondary 4, Grades 11 and 12 / Secondary 5 and CEGEP
• March 8, 2019

  The Vertical Note That Almost Was

  By: Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  The printing firms’ design teams went to work and came back with a surprising result: vertical notes.

  Content type(s): Blog posts
• February 19, 2019

  The Coming of the Toonie

  By: David Bergeron, Graham Iddon

  
  

  

  The life expectancy of a two-dollar paper note was about a year. But coins can last for more than 10 years.

  Content type(s): Blog posts