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From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

From Poop to Plankton: Working Together to Conserve our Ocean’s Gardeners

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Meghan Callon The world’s largest animal creates the world’s largest poop. By simply going about their daily functions, blue whales supply the “miracle grow” of the sea. They fertilize the ocean’s surface waters! But there

There’s bones in them there hills: Fossil Finding in the Badlands

There’s bones in them there hills: Fossil Finding in the Badlands

written by: Mary Paquet, Intern, ROM Paleontology How do you go about finding a dinosaur? It’s the best kind of treasure hunt. The thrill, the satisfaction, the excitement of finding a fossil is something not everyone gets to experience. The Royal Ontario Museums’s very own Dr. David Evans,

LIVE: Timothy Snyder on The Rise of Modern Tyranny

They say history repeats itself, and today, the price of ignoring history has been to invite authoritarianism back into the mainstream. Although they differ from the fascists and communists of the 20th century, modern-day tyrants have regularly referred to the 1930s while relying upon familiar

8 things to know about the ROM’s reopened Weston Entrance

8 things to know about the ROM’s reopened Weston Entrance

With the reopening of the heritage Weston Entrance, the ROM is literally and symbolically throwing its doors open even wider and welcoming all audiences into the Museum. Here are 8 things to know about the Weston Entrance: Then and Now The construction of this wing began during the Great

Celebrating YPC Members

Celebrating YPC Members

As we near the end of 2017, we want to begin a new tradition of celebrating long-time and new YPC members whose continued philanthropic support has been vital to the ROM. Thank you for your generosity, and happy anniversary!  10+ years* (joined before December 2007) Brian Astl Jonathon Borland

Mrs. H. D. Warren

Mrs Warren was the only woman on the first Board of Trustees and she served for 40 years. When her husband died unexpectedly in 1909, she took over the running of his company. She was a founder of charitable institutions such as the Canadian Red Cross, which used her home on Wellesley St. as its

Canada 150- Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia- table, crock and plate

Canada 150- Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia- table, crock and plate

Continuing my geographically rooted exploration of the Canadian Decorative Arts Collection, as the year of the dubious Canada 150 draws to a close, I come to the West, and am going to highlight some objects from our collection here from each of Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbia all in one

The Captivity Debate: Should We Keep Marine Mammals in Tanks?

The Captivity Debate: Should We Keep Marine Mammals in Tanks?

Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Adil Darvesh In November 2016, Qila and Aurora, two Beluga whales at Vancouver Aquarium, died due to an unknown toxin in their tanks. News of their deaths added to an ongoing debate: Should humans keep marine mammals in

Top 5 Blogs of 2017

Top 5 Blogs of 2017

#5- Three cheers for Burgess Shale’ newest oddball animal, a worm with waving “arms” Ovatiovermis cribratus, means “standing suspension-feeding worm” in Latin, this new discovery from the Burgess Shale is only 3cm tall!   #4 - Meet a Worm with Invisibility Powers A new species of

Indigenous Education Month at the ROM

Indigenous Education Month at the ROM

By Summer Catt, Kiowa Wind Memorial Indigenous Youth Intern In celebration of Indigenous Education Month in November, the ROM Learning Department presented special events for school groups including Hoop Dancing led by Ryan Runearth, Treaty Teaching led by Akeesha Nadjiwon, Inuit Games led by