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History Wars: Canada is not Bilingual, Binational or Bicultural (Part 1 of 4)

History Wars: Canada is not Bilingual, Binational or Bicultural (Part 1 of 4)

Moderator: Michael Bliss, Canadian historian and award-winning author Pro: David Bercuson, Canadian labour, military, and political historian Con: Antonia Maioni, Associate Professor at McGill University, in the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Health and Social Policy It was

History Wars: Canada is not Bilingual, Binational or Bicultural (Part 4 of 4)

History Wars: Canada is not Bilingual, Binational or Bicultural (Part 4 of 4)

Moderator: Michael Bliss, Canadian historian and award-winning author Pro: David Bercuson, Canadian labour, military, and political historian Con: Antonia Maioni, Associate Professor at McGill University, in the Department of Political Science and the Institute for Health and Social Policy It was

Marie-Antoinette's Dress

Marie-Antoinette's Dress

Embellished with silk embroidery, ribbon appliqués, spangles and glass stones, Marie-Antoinette's lavish dress is restored to its original splendour at the Royal Ontario Museum.

Why do mosquito bites itch?

Why do mosquito bites itch?

What causes Mosquito bites to become annoyingly itchy? Doug Currie, Curator of Entomology at the Royal Ontario Museum, explains why mosquitoes make you scratch.

Chief Sitting Bull's Headdress

Chief Sitting Bull's Headdress

A great leader, a holy man and a central character in North American history, Chief Sitting Bull's headdress, shirt and other personal artifacts are prepared for display in the Daphne Cockwell Gallery dedicated to First Peoples art & culture.

Iconic: Blue Lady

Iconic: Blue Lady

Artist, Navjot, speaks about the (Untitled) "Blue Lady", one of the Royal Ontario Museum's iconic treasures. A modern twist on conventional South Asian art, the larger than life sculpture represents a goddess of fertility, and is painted a brilliant blue, a traditional Hindu colour

Iconic: White Rhino

Iconic: White Rhino

This white rhino is a rare specimen and the centerpiece of the Life in Crisis: Schad Gallery of Biodiversity at the Royal Ontario Museum. Born in South Africa, "Bull" was a mighty 4,500 pounds and is one of the ROM's iconic treasures.

Iconic: Light of the Desert

Iconic: Light of the Desert

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto is home the world's largest faceted cerussite, an extremely fragile mineral that is almost impossible to cut. Learn why this cerussite, installed in the Gallery of Gems and Gold in the Teck Suite of Galleries: Earth's Treasures, is nicknamed Light of

Iconic: Tagish Lake Meteorite

Iconic: Tagish Lake Meteorite

The ultimate deep-space time capsule, this small black rock plummeted from space carrying organic material dating back 4.5 billion years. Much of the meteorite remains frozen in the Royal Ontario Museum's vaults for research, but a sizable piece, on display in the Teck Suite of Galleries:

Iconic: Cleopatra

Iconic: Cleopatra

This granite bust is most likely a representation of one of history's most famous women, Cleopatra, and is a Royal Ontario Museum iconic object. Only three pieces of Ptolemaic sculpture like this exist in the world today. This one is on display in the Galleries of Africa: Egypt.