IEEE Milestones in Canada

The IEEE began the Milestones program in 1983 to honour technological innovation and excellence in electrical, electronic, and computer engineering. To be approved for this award, a project must be at least twenty-five years old, must have involved a unique solution to an engineering problem, and must have had a regional impact. Some of the milestones in Canada are listed here.

1. Landing of the Transatlantic Cable, 1866 (June 1985)
   – IEEE Newfoundland-Labrador Section
2. Reception of Transatlantic Radio Signal, 1901 (October 1985)
   – IEEE Newfoundland-Labrador Section
3. First Submarine Transatlantic Telephone Cable, 1956
   – IEEE Newfoundland-Labrador Section
4. Alouette-ISIS Satellite Program, 1962 (May 1993)
   – IEEE Ottawa Section
5. Decew Falls Hydro-Electric Plant, 1898
   – IEEE Hamilton Section
6. Nelson River HVDC Transmission System, 1972
   – IEEE Winnipeg Section
7. First 735 kV AC Transmission System, 1965
   – IEEE Quebec Section
8. First distant speech transmission in Canada
   – IEEE Hamilton Section
9. Pinawa Generating Station, 1906
   – IEEE Winnipeg Section
10. First External Cardiac Pacemaker, 1950
    – IEEE Toronto Section
11. Eel River High Voltage Direct Current Converter Station, 1972
    – IEEE New Brunswick Section
12. First TV Broadcast in Western Canada, 1953
    – IEEE Vancouver Section
13. Radio Astronomy Using VLBI, 1967
    – IEEE Vancouver Section
14. First 500 MeV Proton Beam from the TRIUMF Cyclotron, 1974
    – IEEE Vancouver Section
15. First Digitally Processed Image from a Spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1978
    – IEEE Vancouver Section