You can email me at johnsankey@ncf.ca

If you're wondering how I've done so much, I've had more than 80 years to do it.
I've never stopped questioning, and still assume that I have a million things to learn.

Education:

• Fixed-wing Pilot License, Night & Water ratings, 1970-72
• courses on anything that fascinated me, at various institutions, 1966-
• Cambridge University, Cambridge, England, 1963-1966, M.Sc.
• every British lecture on physics, baroque music and instrument making I could fit in, 1963-1966
• A.Reyrolle&Co, Hebburn England, 1962-1963, apprentice engineer
• McGill University, Montreal, 1957-1962, B.Eng.
• training to qualify for Canada's Olympic Cycling Team, 1959-1961
• Amateur Radio Licence VE2ARH, 1959
• anything I could read, any time, anywhere, 1943-
• Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, 1942-1956, A.R.C.T.(piano), Grade 9(violin)

• National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, 1966-1995, ending as Senior Research Officer (INMS)
• National Research Council Canada, Ottawa, Summer 1962 (Applied Physics)
• Canadian Industries Ltd, Beloeil QC, Summer 1961 (Research)
• Ontario Research Foundation, Toronto, Summers 1959,1960 (Physics)
• McGill University Surveying School, June 1959 (instructor)
• Ontario Paper, Thorold ON, Summer 1958 (summer student)
• Quebec North Shore Paper, Baie Comeau QC, Summer 1957 (summer student)
• Murray Morton Orchestra, St.Catharines ON, Summers 1955-56 (violin)
• St.Catharines Symphony, St.Catharines ON, 1949-1957 (violin)

• Conservation Award, Ottawa Field-Naturalists Club, 2023
• Front Yard Garden Contest Winner, OSEAN, 2021
• Life Member, Hunt Club Community Organization, 2018
• Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, 2017
• Lifetime Achievement Award, Eastern Chapter Society of Ontario Nut Growers, 2011
• Achievement Award, Eastern Chapter Society of Ontario Nut Growers, 2003
• President's Prize, National Research Council Canada, 1990
• Certificate of Recognition, Co-operative Education Program, Carleton Board of Education, 1986
• Reviewer Excellence, Association for Computing Machinery, 1986
• Scientific Authority, Natural Language Analysis Project with Cognos, 1984
• Member for the physical sciences divisions, NRC EDP Advisory Committee, 1983
• Chair, NRC-wide office systems, 1983
• Project Authority, NRC-wide stores inventory system, 1982
• NRC research fellowship, 1965-66
• Athlone Fellowship, 1962-65
• C.Michael Morssen Medal, McGill University, 1962
• Great Books of the Western World Prize, 1962
• Ontario Paper Company Scholarship, 1957-62

• The 'stream watcher' of Hunt Club Creek, Randy Boswell, The Ottawa Citizen, 12 July 2021
• Member, Open Hearts Ottawa Refugee Sponsorship Group, 2017-18
• Participant, Canadian Pride Harmony in Cultures mural, 2017
• Member, Little Italy Refugee Sponsorship Group, 2016-17
• Member, Environmental Assessment Airport Parkway widening consultation group, 2015
• Member, Environmental Assessment Trillium line extension consultation group, 2015
• RVCA Stream Watcher, Hunt Club Creek, 2013-
• Layout&Graphics, Hunt Club: My Community, 2013-2019
• Adopter, Paul Landry Park, 2012-
• Adopter, Uplands Park, 2012-2020
• Chair, Eastern Chapter Society of Ontario Nut Growers, 2011-2017, webmaster 2011-
• Director, Hunt Club/Riverside Community Services Center, 2009-2012
• Director, Hunt Club Community Organization, 2005-2020; President 2007-2015; Webmaster 2005-2019
• Editor, The Nuttery, 2000-2004
• Volunteer, National Capital Commission, Greenbelt Division, 2000-2014
• Volunteer, Oak Valley Pioneer Park, 1998-2016; Secretary, 2004-2016, webmaster 2004-
• Chair, Gloucester City Center Safety Committee, 1992-2000
• Editor, The Shrike, Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, 1984-1985
• Chair, Health Dangers of Urban Use of Pesticides Advisory Committee to the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton, 1980-2000
• Member, Recreation&Parks Board, Township of Cumberland, 1976-80; Chair, 1980
• Director, CAMMAC, 1970-1976; President, CAMMAC Ottawa-Hull, 1970-1972
• Spokesperson, Pesticide Education Network, 1967-2008
• Erskine&American Cantata Orchestra, violin, 1959-62
• McGill Student Union Poster Press, 1959-61
• McGill Chamber Orchestra, violin, 1958

• John Sankey. On The Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics (2023)
• John Sankey. Canada's Wars (2022)
• John Sankey. On Residential Schools for Indigenous Children in Canada (2022)
• John Sankey. The Role of a Library (2019)
• John Sankey. Don't deny our history - just let us learn to grow from it.. Get Involved Kingston. September 2018
• John Sankey. Safety Comes One Step at a Time. Hunt Club: My Community, March 2018
• John Sankey. Uniquely Canadian Foods (2017)
• John Sankey. Indoor Succulents (2017)
• John Sankey. Hallowe'en. Hunt Club: My Community, December 2017
• John Sankey. Hunt Club has a real coffee shop! Hunt Club: My Community, December 2017
• John Sankey. The Limits of Site Adaptation. NCC Meeting with the Scientific Community 16 November 2017
• John Sankey. Our Poverty Industry(2017)
• John Sankey. Leaders need to show some courage. Ottawa Citizen 27 July 2017
• John Sankey. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau was right about women (and men). Ottawa Citizen, 30 March 2017
• John Sankey. Compassion Denied. Ottawa Citizen, 9 February 2017
• John Sankey. An Open Letter to Apple(2017)
• John Sankey. Objection!. Ottawa Sun, 23 November 2016
• John Sankey. A Celebration of Volunteers. Hunt Club: My Community, December 2016
• John Sankey. Community Supported Agriculture. Hunt Club: My Community, March 2016
• John Sankey. Cultural Landscape in Hunt Club. Hunt Club: My Community, December 2015
• John Sankey. Bollywood West opens in Hunt Club. Hunt Club: My Community, September 2015
• John Sankey. Taste Treats in My Community. Hunt Club: My Community, June 2015
• John Sankey. ECSONG Winter Meeting/AGM. SONG News 103 (2015)
• John Sankey. The Saga of Our Bridge. Hunt Club: My Community, December 2014
• John Sankey. Hunt Club Creek: A History. Hunt Club: My Community, September 2014
• John Sankey. McDonald-Cartier International Airport. Hunt Club: My Community, June 2014
• John Sankey. A Famous Hunt Club Resident. Hunt Club: My Community, March 2014
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Hunt Club Community: Hunt Club Creek(2014)
• John Sankey. Hypertufa Pots for Ottawa Canada(2014)
• John Sankey. ECSONG News. SONG News 99 (2014)
• John Sankey. Our Railway History. Hunt Club: My Community, December 2013
• John Sankey. Colour from our Past. Hunt Club: My Community, September 2013
• John Sankey. The Crows of Hunt Club. Hunt Club: My Community, June 2013
• John Sankey. Why are we called Hunt Club? Hunt Club: My Community, March 2013
• John Sankey. A Community-Centered Approach to Arterial Roads(2013)
• John Sankey. Python vs. Mac OSX vs. Unix(2013)
• John Sankey. Tuscan Castagnaccio. SONG News 98 (2013)
• John Sankey. ECSONG News. SONG News 97 (2013)
• John Sankey. Why Do Shagbarks Shag? SONG News 96 (2013)
• John Sankey. West Bend - A Grand Old Brand Gone(2012)
• John Sankey. Towards a human-centered Ottawa, beginning with Bronson North(2012)
• John Sankey. A Spicy Kitchen(2012)
• John Sankey. A Penny Collection(2012)
• John Sankey. Insects in an Urban Garden(2012-)
• John Sankey. ECSONG News. SONG News 95 (2012)
• John Sankey. News from the Eastern Chapter. SONG News 94 (2012)
• John Sankey. Compulsory vs. Optional Census Data(2011)
• John Sankey. A Hardy Heartnut Project(2011-)
• John Sankey. Warning - Life/Sunbeam Ultraheat Technology(2011)
• John Sankey. The Saga of a Bridge(2011-2022)
• John Sankey. ECSONG AGM. SONG News 91 (2011)
• John Sankey. Nuclear Power and Canadian Oil Sands(2010)
• John Sankey. Closing Roads in Ottawa Canada(2010)
• John Sankey. SunCalc - Brilliant Idea, Poor Implementation(2010)
• John Sankey. Requiem for a Special Tree. SONG News 89 (2010)
• John Sankey. Silence and Fear in Ottawa Canada(2009)
• John Sankey. Mogens Lief Anderson: A tribute to a man who loved trees. SONG News 85 (2009)
• John Sankey. Pottery: Glaze Analysis(2008)
• John Sankey. Pottery: Glaze Thermal Expansion(2008)
• John Sankey. Pottery: Iron Glazes(2008)
• John Sankey. Pottery: Experiments with Glazes(2008)
• John Sankey. Pottery Tips(2008)
• John Sankey. The Sankey Glaze Database(2008)
• John Sankey. The Sankey Oxide Database(2008)
• John Sankey. What is your Server's Real Uptime?(2008)
• John Sankey. Visitor Estimation from Site Access Logs(2008)
• John Sankey. Hassleware - Norton Anti-virus(2008)
• John Sankey. Search Engines: costs vs. benefits(2008)
• John Sankey. Truth in Labelling(2008)
• John Sankey. Canada and the The Kyoto Protocol(2007).
• John Sankey. Taking the Temperature of the Earth(2007)
• John Sankey. The Ship Cutty Sark(2007)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Hunt Club Community - Our Area (2007)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Hunt Club Community - Our History(2007)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Hunt Club Community - Our Names (2007)
• John Sankey. Naturalised Gardens and Municipal Standards By-Laws(2007)
• John Sankey. A Yellow Perennial Garden(2006-)
• John Sankey. Compact Fluorescent Lifetime in Household Use(2006-)
• John Sankey. Aquarium Gouramis (Family Belontiidae)(2006)
• John Sankey. Aquarium Water Changing(2006)
• John Sankey. Crime Reporting in Ottawa Canada(2006)
• John Sankey. On Bureaucracy(2006)
• John Sankey. Star Trek - The Chosen Collection(2006)
• John Sankey. The Sankey DNA Project: To determine our origins(2005-)
• John Sankey. Analysis of Diet Supplements(2005)
• John Sankey. Adventures with Food Prices(2005)
• John Sankey. Chinese Takeouts in Ottawa(2005)
• John Sankey. All-way Stops in Canada(2005)
• John Sankey. Respect for Police in Ottawa Canada(2004)
• John Sankey. What is your Carbon Budget?(2004)
• John Sankey. What is your Landfill Budget?(2004)
• John Sankey. Water 'use' in Ottawa Canada(2004)
• John Sankey. Where to Buy Nut Trees. The Nuttery 23(4)(2004)
• John Sankey. Selling Local Nuts. The Nuttery 23(3)(2004)
• John Sankey. DNA and the Lavant Shagbarks. The Nuttery 23(2)(2004)
• John Sankey. ECSONG - Our Future. The Nuttery 23(1)(2004)
• John Sankey. Crime Solving in Ottawa Canada(2003)
• John Sankey. West Nile Virus and Insecticides(2003)
• John Sankey. Adventures in Diet Land(2003)
• John Sankey. Questions in Protein Land(2003)
• John Sankey. Problems in Food Analysis - Iodine(2003)
• John Sankey. Sources of Dietary References and Data(2003)
• John Sankey. Adventures in Cholesterol Land(2003)
• John Sankey. Nut Tree Agroforestry(2003)
• John Sankey. Oenothera cruciata - New to the Ottawa District. Trail & Landscape 37(1):8(2003)
• John Sankey. Copy Protected Programs(2003)
• John Sankey. To Build a Harpsichord(2003)
• John Sankey. Dolman Ridge: Ready for Another Winter. The Nuttery 22(4)(2003)
• John Sankey. John Sankey, Nut Tree Grower. The Nuttery 22(3)(2003)
• John Sankey. Lavant Shagbark Seed Results. The Nuttery 22(2)(2003)
• Scott R. Lemmon, John Sankey. The Proxomitron(2002)
• John Sankey. Close-up Photography(2002)
• John Sankey. Diffraction in Photography(2002)
• John Sankey. Living Foods(2002)
• John Sankey. Noise in Digital Cameras(2002)
• John Sankey. Finishing Solid Pine(2002)
• John Sankey. A Butternut Taste Test. The Nuttery 21(4)(2002)
• John Sankey. On Butternut Cake. The Nuttery 21(3)(2002)
• John Sankey. Nut Tree Agroforestry: intercropping the young orchard. The Nuttery 21(2)(2002)
• John Sankey. Nut Tree Agroforestry: Where you Find the Money. The Nuttery 21(1)(2002)
• John Sankey. When you Think Safety, Think it Through(2001)
• John Sankey. Health Canada says pesticides are safe. Why?(2001)
• John Sankey. A Brief History of the Harpsichord(2001)
• John Sankey. Ottawa Nut Pesto Recipes(2001)
• John Sankey. What is a Nut?(2001)
• John Sankey. On Constant Taxation(2001-)
• John Sankey. The CISTI Memorial Grove(2001-4)
• John Sankey. Nut crackers of 780,000 years ago. The Nuttery 20(4)(2001)
• John Sankey. A Source of Mycorrhizal Fungi. The Nuttery 20(3)(2001)
• John Sankey. A New ECSONG Nut Tree Grove. The Nuttery 20(2)(2001)
• John Sankey. What are Mycorrhizae? The Nuttery 20(1)(2001)
• John Sankey. The Pollinators' View - Insect Vision(2000)
• John Sankey. Outdoor Murals of Ottawa Canada(2000-)
• John Sankey. Black Walnut Crackers(2000-)
• John Sankey. Crackers for Easy Nuts(2000-)
• John Sankey. The Lavant Shagbarks(2000-2012)
• John Sankey. Canadian Bread Machine Recipes(2000-)
• John Sankey. International Bread Machine Recipes(2000-)
• John Sankey. Mystery on Everest. National Geographic 197(2) (2000)
• John Sankey. The Vegan Slow Cooker(2000)
• John Sankey. The Canadian Cookie Monster(2000)
• John Sankey. A Key to Adult Damselflies of the Ottawa District. Trail & Landscape 34(1):17-27(2000)
• John Sankey. To Grow a Tree: Limits of Site Adaptation(2000)
• John Sankey. Nut Tree Agroforestry: Where You Find The Money(2000)
• John Sankey. A Matter of Trust - Banking(2000)
• John Sankey. The Leitrim Wetland(2000)
• John Sankey. How to Be an Activist(2000)
• John Sankey. The Keyboard of a Harpsichord(2000)
• John Sankey. Bridge Pins of Harpsichords(2000)
• John Sankey. Wood Moisture(2000)
• John Sankey. Traffic Calming in Ottawa Canada(2000)
• John Sankey. Road Danger Reporting by Citizens(2000)
• Lance Jensen, John Sankey. The Windows NT 4.0 Registry(2000)
• John Sankey. A Plant Growth Lumen(2000)
• John Sankey. I just wanted to rpm -tb lilypond-1.1.47.tar.gz ...(2000)
• John Sankey. The Song of the Deer Mouse(2000)
• John Sankey. The American Chestnut. The Nuttery 19(4)(2000)
• John Sankey. Predation of squirrels on an isolated red oak tree. The Nuttery 19(3)(2000)
• John Sankey. A small experience with Bear Oak. The Nuttery 19(3)(2000)
• John Sankey. The Dolman Spring Field Day et.seq. The Nuttery 19(2)(2000)
• John Sankey. A Note on Nut Wood Use. The Nuttery 19(1)(2000)
• John Sankey. Studies in the Central Research Forest(2000-2014)
• John Sankey. Getting Sirius About Time(1999)
• John Sankey. The Bottom Board of a Harpsichord(1999)
• John Sankey. The Physics of Harpsichord Sound(1999)
• John Sankey. The Soundboard of a Harpsichord(1999)
• John Sankey. A Roof-watered Bog Garden(1999)
• John Sankey. Pinhole Cameras and Trees(1999)
• John Sankey. Nut Growing Economics - 1877 vs. 2000. The Nuttery 18(4)(1999)
• John Sankey. Global Warming and ECSONG et.seq. The Nuttery 18(2)(1999)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Southern Corridor at Hunt Club Woods: A Year in the Meadow(1998)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Southern Corridor at Hunt Club Woods: Photos(1998)
• John Sankey. Ottawa's Southern Corridor at Hunt Club Woods: Plans(1998)
• John Sankey. Thoughts on a Catfish(1998)
• John Sankey. Johann Sebastian Bach(1998)
• John Sankey. What is Time?(1998)
• John Sankey. Nature in the City(1998)
• John Sankey. Ground Covering Plants for Ottawa-Carleton. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1998)
• John Sankey. Non-toxic Control of Cockroaches. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1998)
• John Sankey. Non-toxic Control of White Grubs. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1998)
• John Sankey. Sustainable Municipal Turf Management. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1998)
• John Sankey. Ecological Lawn Care in Ottawa-Carleton. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1998)
• John Sankey. Urban Pesticide Use - Ontario Style(1998)
• John Sankey. 2,4-D: The Wrong Symbol for Pesticides(1998)
• John Sankey. The Keyboard Tuning of Domenico Scarlatti(1998)
• John Sankey, William A. Sethares. A Consonance-Based Approach to the Harpsichord Tuning of Domenico Scarlatti. J.Acoustical Society America 101(4):2332-2337(1997)
• John Sankey. A Field Guide to Adult Damselflies & Dragonflies of the Ottawa District ISBN: 0-96933330-4-8(1997)
• John Sankey. Checklist of the Mammals of the Ottawa District. Trail & Landscape 31(1):15-19(1997)
• John Sankey. Recycling Wood: Turning Bowls & Vases from Scraps(1996)
• John Sankey. How to Grow Dandelions(1996)
• John Sankey. Human Reactions to Pesticide Exposure. Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton(1996)
• John Sankey. Why Science Can't Prove a Pesticide is Safe(1996)
• L.Marmet, J.D.Sankey. Laser coupling to an ultra-stable Fabry-Perot cavity using optical fiber coupling. Congrès de l'Association Canadienne des Physiciens, Québec(Québec)(1995)
• John Sankey. On International Living Standards(1995)
• John Sankey. Using an RV in Winter (below 0°F)(1995)
• B.G.Whitford, K.J.Siemsen, A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Absolute-frequency measurement of the narrow-linewidth 24-THz D-D transition of a Single laser-cooled barium ion. Optics Letters 19:356-358(1994)
• J.D.Sankey. Coupling laser radiation to a Fabry Perot cavity with a single mode optical fibre. Applied Physics B 58:467-470(1994)
• John Sankey. CAMMAC at Round Lake. CAMMAC: 40 years of Music(1993)
• A.A.Madej, K.J.Siemsen, J.D.Sankey, R.F.Clark, J.Vanier. High-resolution spectroscopy and frequency measurement of the midinfrared 5d2D3/2-5d 2D5/2 transition of a single laser-cooled barium ion. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement 42(2)(1993)
• John Sankey. Copyright and the Performance of Early Music(1993)
• L.Li, J.A.Dobrowolski, J.D.Sankey, J.R.Wimperis. Antireflection coatings for both visible and far-infrared spectral regions. Applied Optics 31:6150-6156(1992)
• A.A.Madej, B.G.Whitford, K.J.Siemsen, J.D.Sankey. Doppler-free mid-infrared spectroscopy and direct frequency measurement of a single barium ion transition using a frequency stable ammonia laser. Frequency-stabilized lasers and their applications pp377-385(1992)
• K.J.Siemsen, A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Frequency measurement of a single barium ion transition with an ammonia laser. 46th Frequency Control Symposium(1992)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey, K.J.Siemsen, B.G.Whitford, R.F.Clark, G.Magerl. High precision doppler-free spectroscopy of the mid-infrared 5d 2D3/2-2D5/2 transition using a single laser-cooled trapped barium ion. 13th International Conference on Atomic Physics(1992)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey, G.R.Hanes, K.J.Siemsen, A.R.W.McKellar. Observation of a mid-infrared fine-structure transition for the single trapped barium ion. Physical Review A 45:1742(1992)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey, A.R.W.McKellar. Quantum jump studies using the 5d2D3/2 - 5d2D5/2 transition in Ba+. J.Modern Optics 39(2):373-379(1992)
• John Sankey. A Walker's Community Checklist(1992)
• John Sankey. Thoughts on EPR(1991)
• Li Li, J.A.Dobrowolski, J.D.Sankey, J.R.Wimperis. Antireflection coatings with reflectance controlled in visible and far infrared spectral regions. Annual Meeting of the Optical Society of America(1991)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey, G.R.Hanes, K.J.Siemsen, A.McKellar. Mid infrared, fine structure spectroscopy with the single trapped barium ion: observation of the 5d 2D3/2 - 5d 2D5/2 transition at 12.5 µm. 10th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy pp99-101(1991)
• John Sankey. To Adjust your Computer Monitor(1991)
• John Sankey. Book Reviews - Bread Making(1991-)
• John Sankey. Book Reviews - Canadian Politics(1991-)
• John Sankey. My Sankey Ancestors(1991)
• John Sankey. The Irwins of Granby Quebec(1991)
• John Sankey. My Woolley & Neil Ancestors(1991)
• John Sankey. The Watsons of Granby Quebec(1991)
• John Sankey. Mungo Ponton, a Canadian Pioneer(1991)
• John Sankey. William Hutton, a Canadian Pioneer(1991)
• John Sankey. Joseph Baker, United Empire Loyalist(1991)
• John Sankey. Wallaces of the Pennines, Canadian Pioneers(1991)
• John Sankey. Ancestral Names of Sankey of Ottawa(1991)
• J.D.Sankey, A.H.Bass. A preliminary attempt at the calibration of a small quadrupole mass spectrometer in the ultra-high vacuum portion of its range. Vacuum 40(3):309-312(1990)
• John Sankey. On the Structure of our Universe(1990)
• John Sankey. The Many Worlds of Quantum Mechanics(1990)
• J.D.Sankey, A.A.Madej. Observations of anomalous 'quantum jumps' in a single ion trap. Applied Physics B 50:433-438(1990)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Quantum jumps and the single trapped barium ion: Determination of collisional quenching rates for the 5d2D5/2 level. Physical Review A 41:2621(1990)
• J.D. Sankey, A.A.Madej. Single trapped strontium ion: a first step towards an improved frequency standard. Conference on Precision Electromagnetic Measurements(1990)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Single, trapped Sr+ atom: laser cooling and quantum jumps by means of the 4d 2D5/2-5s 2S1/2 transition. Optics Letters 15(11):634-635(1990)
• John Sankey. Pesticides vs. Worker Safety in Canada(1990)
• John Sankey. The Keyboard Music of William Byrd(1990)
• John Sankey. Traffic Lights - Some Safety Aspects(1990)
• A.A.Madej, M.Houssin, J.D.Sankey. Studies of a Single Laser Cooled Trapped Strontium Ion. 12th International Conference on Atomic Physics Proceedings pg.IV-20(1990)
• John Sankey. A Mother's Recipes(1990)
• John Sankey. Down, Grass, Down!: Herbicidal Activity of the Leaves of Veronica filiformis Sm. Trail & Landscape 23(3):116-118(1989)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Application of quantum jumps: the accurate determination of quenching rates for a single trapped barium ion. Quantum Electronics and Laser Science April 25(1989)
• J.D.Sankey, A.A.Madej. Quantum jumps and the single trapped barium ion: lifetimes, quenching rates, and anomalous dark periods. 9th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy, pp 278-281(1989)
• K.J.Siemsen, A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey, J.Reid, G.Magerl. Stable 15-NH3 laser for cooled, single ion Ba+ frequency standard. 9th International Conference on Laser Spectroscopy pp292-4(1989)
• J.D.Sankey, A.A.Madej. The production of ions for single-ion traps. Applied Physics B 49(1):69-72(1989)
• John Sankey. A Naturalist's View of Pesticides(1988)
• John Sankey. Botanical Delights of the Old Blackburn Railway: Herbivore Defenses of Senecio viscosus L. Trail & Landscape 22(1):8-10(1988)
• John Sankey. My Back Yard Meadow. Trail & Landscape 22(3):107-112(1988)
• A.A.Madej, J.D.Sankey. Observation of coherence nulls in the spectrum of a collection of trapped barium ions. 11th International Conference on Atomic Physics(1988)
• John Sankey. Nature in the City: On Sustainable Development(1988)
• John Sankey. The First Bee of Spring(1988)
• John Sankey. Make a Pond for Wildlife(1988)
• John Sankey. Making a Home with Birds(1988)
• John Sankey. Enjoying the Birds of the Ottawa Valley. ISBN: 0-9693330-0-5(1987)
• John Sankey. Sound Cards vs. Harpsichords(1986)
• John Sankey. Bird Feeders That Work(1986)
• J.D.Sankey. Review of Some expert systems need common sense. Computing Reviews 27(12):110376(1986)
• J.D.Sankey. Review of The fifth generation: artificial intelligence and Japan's computer challenge to the world. Computing Reviews 27(8):110216(1986)
• John Sankey. A History of the Rusty Railway(1985)
• John Sankey. The Tale of Fatso the Groundhog(1984)
• J.D.Sankey. Review of An introduction to real-time computing. Computing Reviews 24(8):40565(1983)
• John Sankey. Personal Freedom and the Internet(1983)
• J.D.Sankey. Learning: BACON vs. Physics. Course work, University of Ottawa(1983)
• John Sankey. Organic Agriculture and Human Health(1981)
• John Sankey. Harpsichord Fingering(1980)
• John Sankey. Harpsichord Sound - Sustaining Notes(1980)
• John Sankey. Domenico Scarlatti - the Sheet Music(1980)
• John Sankey. Using the LilyPond typesetting program to publish the sonatas of Domenico Scarlatti(1980)
• John Sankey. Keyboard Technique - Speed(1980)
• John Sankey. Tuning a MIDI harpsichord(1980)
• John Sankey. Domenico Scarlatti - the Recording(1970-1980)
• J.D.Sankey. A Mini Computation Center: the First Three Years. National Research Council Canada(1979)
• J.D.Sankey. Properties of Solar Panels Using Optical Thin Films. National Research Council Canada(1978)
• John Sankey. To Build an Irish Harp(1970)
• John Sankey. Computing with a Low Memory Budget(1970)
• J.D.Sankey. The MARTIN Computer System. National Research Council Canada(1970)
• J.D.Sankey. Voltage Measuring System. Patent 821081(1970)
• John Sankey. A Few Early Years(1970)
• J.D. Sankey. Computer Control Of Small Physics Experiments. Bulletin Canadian Association of Physicists 25(4)(1969)
• John Sankey. My Instrument(1968)
• J.D.Sankey, T.M.Dauphinee. Simple system for reading X-Y charts into a computer for processing. Review of scientific instruments 39:413-415(1968)
• J.D.Sankey. A Discussion of the Most Effective Policy for the Future Expansion of Computational Facilities at NRC. National Research Council Canada(1967)
• J.D.Sankey. Computers for Experimental Physics. National Research Council Canada(1967)
• John Sankey. The Place of Music in the 22nd Century. Dolmetsch Society Bulletin, April(1966)
• John Sankey. The Sound of the Division Viol(1965)
• J.D.Sankey. Electronic Instrumentation for an X-ray Spectrometer. Ontario Research Foundation(1960)