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Posted: August 23, 2011 - 12:25 , by admin
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Mark Farmer recently returned from an expedition to the badlands of southern Alberta with Dr. David Evans, Associate Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology at the ROM, in search of dinosaurs. Join us as Mark and Dr. Evans put up their notes from the field, detailing discoveries, how dinosaurs are found and excavated, life in the field and more.

Posted: August 22, 2011 - 15:24 , by Dave Ireland
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A fish swimming in blue water.

Cod. Photo by *Saipal. Flickr Creative Commons.

Posted: August 18, 2011 - 10:03 , by David Evans
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July 13-14, 2011

Posted: August 17, 2011 - 11:38 , by Patti McCabe
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Actors perform the premiere of Water: The Play during March Break 2011.

Extant Jesters return to the ROM August 20 and 21 to perform Water: The Play. Photo by Thomas Gallezot.

Posted: August 16, 2011 - 09:39 , by Kiron Mukherjee
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Kids make creatures out of paper mache, colourful tissue paper and googlie eyes!

By Jovanna Scorsone, Program Coordinator of ROMkids Studio and Camp Director of ROM Summer Club.

Posted: August 12, 2011 - 12:29 , by David Rudkin
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July 20

Posted: August 12, 2011 - 11:44 , by Antonia Guidotti
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Antonia looks at the bug through a microscope in the ROM's entomology lab.

Antonia takes a closer look at the mystery beetle while solving the case of the unwelcome summer camp critters.

Posted: August 11, 2011 - 11:50 , by Laura Comerford
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Hina P. Ansari’s relationship with Bollywood goes way back to the burgeoning of the industry. Her grandfather was a multi-faceted filmmaker known as one of the leading and first film noir directors of the Mumbai-based industry.

Posted: August 10, 2011 - 16:41 , by Ryan Dodge
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David Evans and Dr. M. Ryan standing in Alberta's badlands.

A picture of David Evans (ROM) and fellow dino hunter Dr. M. Ryan excavating a fossil in Alberta shared on Twitter during the Q&A.

Posted: August 10, 2011 - 11:32 , by David Rudkin
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July 18, 2011 – Welcome to Churchill!

We arrive from Winnipeg by twin turboprop early this evening, after the usual minor delays and frustrations,… pick up our 4×4 vehicle, get settled in at the wonderful new Churchill Northern Studies Centre facility and spend a few hours showing two novice crew members some of the nearby tundra features, including a splendid extended sunset (officially at 10:07 PM, but with a beautifully long prelude).