Many Canadians believe we are much too modest about our creativity and accomplishments in science, both basic and applied. In order to counteract that tendency, E-TIPS® published a series of mini-articles highlighting Canadian inventions and inventors. Below is a list of the topics covered, with links from each entry in the list to the full text of each article.

• The Automatic Mail Sorter – Dr Maurice Levy (July 13, 2011 E-TIPS issue)
• World’s First Household Radio – Edward S Rogers Jr (E-TIPS July 27, 2011 issue)
• Insulin – Sir Fredrick Banting and Charles Best (E-TIPS August 10, 2011 issue)
• The Hockey Goalkeeper Mask – Jacques Plante (E-TIPS August 24, 2011 issue)
• The Snowmobile – Armand Bombardier – (E-TIPS September 7, 2011 issue)
• The Telephone – Alexander Graham Bell (E-TIPS September 21, 2011 issue)
• The Electric Light Bulb – Henry Woodward/Matthew Evans (E-TIPS October 5, 2011 issue)
• Radio – Reginald Fessenden (E-TIPS October 19, 2011 issue)
• The Quartz Clock – Warren Morrison (E-TIPS November 2, 2011 issue)
• The Avro Jetliner – (A V Roe, Toronto) (E-TIPS November 16, 2011 issue)
• The Avro Arrow – (A V Roe, Toronto) (E-TIPS November 30, 2011 issue)
• Deep Water Cooling (Enwave Energy, Toronto) (E-TIPS December 14, 2011 issue)
• The Alkaline Dry Cell Battery – Lewis Urry (E-TIPS January 25, 2012 issue)
• Canadarm Robotic Space System (DSM Acton, Spar Aerospace) (E-TIPS February 8, 2012 issue)
• Java™ Programming Language – James Gosling (E-TIPS March 7, 2012 issue)
• The Charge-Coupled Device – William Boyle (E-TIPS March 21, 2012 issue)
• Kerosene – Abraham Gesner (E-TIPS April 18, 2012 issue)
• Basketball – Dr James Naismith (E-TIPS May 2, 2012 issue)
• The Steam Fog-Horn – Robert Foulis (E-TIPS May 16, 2012 issue)
• The Robertson Screwdriver System – Peter Robinson (E-TIPS May 30, 2012 issue)
• Standard Time – Sir Sandford Fleming (E-TIPS June 13, 2012 issue)
• The IMAX Movie Projection System – Graeme Ferguson, Bob Kerr, Bill Shaw and Others (E-TIPS June 27, 2012 issue)