Kiron Mukherjee

Kiron Mukherjee

ROMKids Coordinator & Camp Director

Interests: Children's learning & camps, science communication, social media, story, art, space, dinosaurs.

Exhibitions & Galleries: ROMKids Studio

Phone: 416 586 5636

Bio

As the ROMKids Coordinator & Camp Director, Kiron is the public face of the Royal Ontario Museum's family and children's programs.

In February Kiron gave a talk on my work at the Museum, focusing mostly on children's education, the museum circle of life, & the importance of holding the door. Photo Credit: Laura Crowell, 2015, via Creative Mornings- Toronto.

Kiron is an educator who works with students of all ages to help creatively express their scientific curiosity and wonder.

After 18 years at the Royal Ontario Museum, most recently as the ROMKids Camp Director, Kiron believes in the profound power that science, art and story have on children's learning and development.

Kiron is also a professor with Fleming College and their Environmental Visual Communications program where he challenges students to tell innovative stories with integrity and narrative in a society full of misinformation.

Kiron serves on the board of advisors for OWL Magazine and was named one of Canada's 100 Voices of Science Communication by Science Borealis. He has also been featured in the Toronto Star, National Post and the Globe and Mail as well as on TVO, YTV, Global Television and more. In addition to his extensive and proven experience in curriculum development, Kiron is most proud of cultivating enthusiastic community advocates for the programs he works with.

Kiron started volunteering at the ROM at age 14 and has never looked back. Now, he strives to provide engaging and educational kids' programming so that future generations can look back on their ROM experiences as fondly as he has. Though he majored in History at York University, Kiron also considers his early years as a ROMKids camper to be a highly formative part of his education.

Kiron with ROM Reporters, a group of kid journalists. Photo Credit: Allison Cooley.

You can follow his adventures, and get a peek at what ROMKids gets up to, online on his personal Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and ROMKids Tumblr.

Interested in volunteering and working with ROMKids? Email me studio@rom.on.ca!

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Authored by: Kiron Mukherjee

Authored by: Kiron Mukherjee

Recent News

An Afternoon With Weird Science at the ROM's 80-Year-Old Camp

On their quest, they find glow-in-the-dark rocks, which leads to a lesson about ultraviolet radiation. A lesson, Bethany admits that will not be taught in school until grade 12.⠀

Turning Fear Into Fascination

As you enter the Royal Ontario Museum's latest exhibition, you are immediately swarmed by scurrying spiders; hundreds of them, crawling all around you. But you can't touch them- they aren't real.

Totally Buggin’: Spiders and Insects in Pop Culture

He slowly raises his head. It’s then that she notices a clicking noise emanating from beneath his jaw. The workings of his jaw begin to move. Something is not right. 

Image Credit: Director of Photography TRENT OPALOCH; Director NEILL BLOMKAMP. DISTRICT 9 image copyright TRISTAR PICTURES INC.

Eight-legged and Adorable

Let me paint you a picture of a spectacular critter. Staring up at you is an adorable little animal precious enough that it could fit in your hand. You carefully pick him up, and his tiny feet tickle your palm. As he slowly nestles into your hand, you realize that their fluffy body is soft to the touch. When you lean in to say hello, he peers back at you with shimmering eyes so sparkly that it seems like a cartoon character has come to life. Just like you, he can appreciate an evening staying cozy inside with his human pals. What are you thinking of?