Canadian Frederick Banting discovered insulin. He refused his name on the patent—he felt it was unethical for a doctor to profit from a life saving discovery. Co-inventors, James Collip and Charles Best, sold the patent for a $1. They wanted everyone to be able to afford it 🇨🇦
How proud I am of Canada
The country of my birth
Described by other Nations
As the greatest place on Earth
My country is diversified
With many sights to see
From the mountains of the Pacific
To the maritimes by the sea 🇨🇦
📹 michaelmatti
“Canada was the North Star"—the star followed by the Underground Railroad. "We sang of 'heaven' that awaited us and the slave masters listened in innocence, not realizing that we were not speaking of the hereafter," he explained. "Heaven was the word for Canada."🇨🇦#MLKDay#MLK90
Holding the door open for someone that is so far away that they speed up because they don’t want to make you wait.
They say sorry and thank you.
You say sorry and you’re welcome.🤷🏼♀️🇨🇦
“As far as I could see, north, south, along the miles of the ridge—there were Canadians, and I experienced my first full sense of nationhood” 🇨🇦
#VimyRidge#LestWeForget