Talks
Canada’s Critical Minerals – Investing in a Sustainable Economy AND Climate

Imagining a Modern City

Date

Thursday, Nov 6, 2025 19:00

Registration Opens

Tuesday, Sep 2, 2025 00:00

Location

Level B1,
Eaton Theatre

Admission

Talks - Public: Free Talks - Teacher: Free

Audience

Adults

About

What are crucial minerals, and what are their implications in wider discussions around economy and sustainability? Just us as we dig deeper into critical mineral geology and mining in Canada, including what makes a mineral “critical”, and how they contribute to Canada’s – and Ontario’s – economy.

Led by The Globe and Mail’s Senior Editor for Climate, Environment and Energy, Ryan MacDonald, tonight’s conversation takes an engaging look as our host and speakers – ROM experts Veronica Di Cecco and Soren Brothers - examine the broad technological, ethical, and economic impact of the clean-energy transition.
 

Speakers

Veronica DiCecco
Veronica Di Cecco

Veronica Di Cecco is a Collections Technician at ROM, where she is responsible for the analysis and identification of the Museum's inorganic natural history collections – rocks, minerals, gems and meteorites. In addition to collections care work and running the mineralogy laboratory, her research projects include studies in mineralogy and geochemistry of critical mineral ore deposits, meteorites, and sediments.  
In addition to holding an MASc and BSc from the University of Toronto in mineralogy and economic geology, she is a professional geoscientist with PGO, and has lectured at the University of Toronto, Scarborough on the geologic history of Canada.
 

Soren Brothers head shot
Dr. Soren Brothers

Dr. Soren Brothers is the Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at ROM.. He is also an Assistant Professor at the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Toronto. Soren’s research examines the effects of climate change on lakes, and how changes in aquatic systems can influence their greenhouse gas emissions to the atmosphere. More broadly, he is interested in understanding how feedback loops and the transdisciplinary study of lakes can help us better understand and predict global tipping points that may accelerate anthropogenic climate change.

Royal Ontario Museum Michael Lee-Chin Crystal. Bloor Street Entrance.
Ryan MacDonald

Ryan MacDonald is The Globe and Mail senior editor, climate, environment and energy.