Great is Truth and Mighty Above All Things
It Endureth and is Always Strong
It Liveth and Conquereth for Evermore
The More Thou Searchest the More Thou Shalt Marvel...

Source: 1938 stone-carved inscription above the entrance of the NRC 100 Sussex Drive Laboratories, Ottawa, Ontario

"I will always remember the headiness of those early days when I first saw that ad [to recruit NRC's first team of astronauts]. There was a mixture of excitement but also apprehension about how it was all going to turn out."

Dr. Marc Garneau, First Canadian Astronaut in Space

More memories

"It all began as a surprise. I had never expected in all my born days to be President of NRC, NRC was and is one of Canada’s most valuable national assets and one of the things I tried to do was to get the public and politicians to come to realize this with, I hope, a certain success."

Dr. Larkin Kerwin, NRC President, June 1980 – March 1989
Source: Sphere (NRC’s internal newsletter) November/December 1991

"If you create knowledge, wealth will follow."

Dr. Saran Narang, Principal Research Officer, National Research Council Canada Institute for Biological Sciences (NRC-IBS)
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC (Summer 2005). Passed away in December 2006.

"I don’t regret switching from University to NRC. If I was to say in a sense why, the things we do [at NRC] are more clearly directed towards improving the well-being, economic or otherwise, of Canadians."

Dr. Robert Boyd, 2002 Researcher Emeritus
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC

"NRC was like being on a campus at university where you got the world's leading experts (... ) within walking distance... . I had a great team, if I had a problem, I could go across the road and see one of my colleagues from one of the other divisions. Where else could you find a place [with a] broad expanse of world expertise within a five minute walk?"

Dr. Lloyd Pinkney, NRC Alumni
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC (Summer 2005)

"This award is not just for me, for my efforts, it's also an award for my colleagues who have helped and supported my research over the years, and for those who continue to support it. I share this honor with each and every one of them."

Dr. Keith Ingold, Distinguished Research Scientist, Biomolecular Sensing and Imaging, Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
Upon receiving the Order of Canada, for his research in free-radical chemistry

"Going from the lab one day to being project manager (for the Canadarm Program), I don’t think very many civil servants ever get that kind of experience."

Dr. Garry Lindberg, Program Manager for the Canadarm Program
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC (Summer 2005)

"Pursue science because it is knowledge, because it broadens our horizons. There is so much more to be discovered."

Dr. Gerhard Herzberg, Distinguished Research Scientist at NRC's Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Father of Modern Molecular Spectroscopy
NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) named after him

"Ninety per cent of people who undergo invasive colonoscopy screening for colon cancer learn they do not have the disease. Because this method of colon cancer screening is unpleasant and expensive, many patients avoid it entirely. However, by screening stool samples for signs of cancer, they skip the process. The system saves money and the patient saves discomfort."

Dr. Ian Smith, Director General, NRC Institute for Biodiagnostics
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC (Summer 2005)

"The dehulling technology freed up (peoples') time (in developing country) and allowed them to do other things like start little businesses, look after their kids more, do other jobs. Those jobs contributed to an increase in GDP." This technology has had a major impact for Canadian farmers as every pea that is exported has been touched by the TADD (tangential abrasive dehulling device)."

Dr. Bob Reichert, Industrial Technology Advisor, NRC Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC-IRAP)
Reflecting on his experiences at NRC (Summer 2005)

"It’s rewarding to work at NRC, where technology and its uses are so pervasive. My job is about making connections, helping NRC and its partners achieve a solid outcome for their research."

Lise Hughes
Head, Business Development, NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences