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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
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,
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
In Hot Water – the Ongoing Debate on Bottled Water Extraction in Ontario
Guest blog written by Environmental Visual Communication student Chelsie Xavier-Blower In the quiet countryside of the county of Wellington, echoes from a clash between the local community and mega-corporation Nestlé still linger in the air. Starting in 2015, the debate over Nestlé’s water
The Rules of Taxonomy: How Species Are Named
Why should ROM curators care about a proposal to create an organization that would make rules for how species of living things are named? Naming the things around us is a fundamental part of being human and using language. In fact, we do more than that; we bring order to the plethora of names by
National Volunteer Week 2018: Sharon Aitken
Name: Sharon Aitken, a retired teacher and dental hygienist, started volunteering approximately 3 years ago. What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM? Sharon: I have wanted to be a volunteer at the ROM for many years. I love learning new things, meeting and working with people and I love
National Volunteer Week 2018: Lynne Wood
Name: Lynne Wood taught high school for 38 years and started volunteering at the ROM in the Spring of 2016. What inspired you to volunteer at the ROM? Lynne: Volunteering at the ROM is a wonderful opportunity to continue to learn, teach and work with people of all ages. What is your role of
The Healing Power of Dinosaurs: A look at Dinosaur Day at The Hospital for Sick Children
Written by Min Wong, Outreach Volunteer, Member of Friends of Palaeontology Anyone who has listened to an eight year old excitedly describe how a Velociraptor walked on two hind feet and had a huge claw on each foot knows the fascination that children have with dinosaurs. Such was the experience we
Safavid Tile Project I: The Technology
Some of the most noticeable objects in the ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East are two friezes of tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of the 17 th century under the Safavid dynasty, probably for a palatial building in Isfahan. The
Safavid Tile Project II: Rebuilding the Friezes
The ROM's Wirth Gallery of The Middle East is blessed with two complete friezes of cuerda seca tiles that would have been in the spandrels of arches. These were made in Iran in the last third of the 17th century under the Safavid dynasty, probably in Isfahan. They were bought by the ROM in