The purpose of this page is to preserve and share memories of BNR (Bell-Northern Research) and Nortel
covering the twenty year period from 1981 to 2001. During this time, I was employed at BNR and Nortel in Ottawa at the Carling campus.
These were tremendously exciting years to be working in the telecommuncations industry. Many publications described the achievements of Nortel. For example the intent of telesis was "to portray BNR's technical progress to an international audience in telecommuncations, business communications systems, the scientific community and government". A more personal and "in the trenches" perspective was painted in the Global Reports from 1992 to 1995 (subsequently merged into the Nortel World publication). If there is sufficient interest from BNR and Nortel alumni in perserving some of these memories, a DVD of high-quality scanned images will be compiled and made publically available. I welcome feedback at mig@jensign.com.
Meanwhile here are some powerful images from the past:
- BNR Themes of Progress brochure (c. 1980) 12 page slide show ... click each image to advance
- BNR Themes of Progress brochure (c. 1980) (PowerPoint version 19 Mb)
- BNR Central Aerial Photograph (c. 1980) click for high-resolution image
- Aug 1992 Global Reports: Boris Yeltsin visits BNR
- Aug 1992 Global Reports: John Tyson on Corporate Design Group
The following sample represents the high resolution scanned quality planned for DVD compilation:
- First page of 1992 first edition Global Reports (click image for page bottom)
