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Learning science through Hip Hop: Interview with Baba Brinkman

Learning science through Hip Hop: Interview with Baba Brinkman

Understanding evolution is critical to understanding life on earth.  Imagine teaching calculus before algebra-- to understand biology, we must be aware of life on Earth and its constant changing form.  Baba Brinkman, upcoming ROM guest and Canadian MC, has worked extensively to craft cerebral rap

Unfrozen in Time: From the Erebus and Terror to the ROM

Unfrozen in Time: From the Erebus and Terror to the ROM

Guest Blog by Dorea Reeser, Ph.D., Environmental Visual Communication Student, ROM Biodiversity and Fleming College Special thanks to  Tim Dickinson, ROM Senior Curator of Botany, Emeritus Ahoy there! For 167 YEARS, the search for Sir John Franklin, his crew, and their lost ships, the HMS Erebus

An Interview with Deborah Samuel on "The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds"

An Interview with Deborah Samuel on "The Extraordinary Beauty of Birds"

Guest blog by Environmental Visual Communication graduate David Coulson There are over 140 000 bird skins, 45 000 skeletons and 12 000 nests and eggs methodically organized and cataloged behind the scenes at the Royal Ontario Museum. Some of these skins are over 200 years old, others arriving from

Museum Archives Special Collections Alphabetical List

Last update: 2019 August 15 A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z A American Ornithologists’ Union- American Ornithologists’ Union collection- SC74 [University of Toronto Library record] Anderson, Robert

Mystery of conical fossils solved, after 175 years

Mystery of conical fossils solved, after 175 years

My name is Joe Moysiuk, I am a 20-year-old undergraduate student at the University of Toronto enrolled in both the departments of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Earth Sciences. I am excited to announce that a research paper which I am lead author of, titled Hyoliths are Palaeozoic

Après 175 ans, le mystère des fossiles de forme conique est résolu

Après 175 ans, le mystère des fossiles de forme conique est résolu

Je m’appelle Joe Moysiuk, j’ai 20 ans et je suis étudiant de premier cycle dans deux départements : écologie et biologie évolutive ainsi que sciences de la Terre. Je suis heureux d’annoncer que la revue Nature a publié un article de recherche intitulé Hyoliths are Palaeozoic

Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest: from the Royal Ontario Museum to the wilds of British Columbia with Paul Nicklen

Adventures in the Great Bear Rainforest: from the Royal Ontario Museum to the wilds of British Columbia with Paul Nicklen

By guest blogger   Paul Esposti, 2016  Environmental Visual Communication Program  graduate. It’s September 2016, although I’ve lost track of the days. But it’s September and I’m in Northern British Columbia and being dry is a distant memory as I lay in a damp field surrounded by tall

The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Frescoes

The Monastery of St Moses, Syria: The Frescoes

A report on Deir Mar Musa would not be complete without an account of the frescoes. Others have done most of the work studying these paintings, but my architectural study of the monastery buildings has certainly provided important informaton about the rationale for the last phase of frescoes (for

Toward Greater Inclusion and Equity at ROM

ROM Indigenous Outreach and Learning Coordinator J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth explores the worldviews of living Indigenous cultures with a group of high school students. Read the ROM’s statement following the discovery of remains at former Kamloops Indian Residential School. Committing to the work.

Vers une plus grande inclusion et plus d’équité au ROM

J’net Ayayqwayaksheelth, coordonnatrice des relations avec les communautés autochtones et de l’apprentissage autochtone au ROM, explore les visions du monde des cultures autochtones d’aujourd’hui avec un groupe d’élèves du secondaire. Lire la déclaration du ROM suite à la découverte