Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum
2026-04-01


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Toronto, 2026-03-31
Peterborough, 2026-04-02 Ontario Archives, and the original PDFs of the archival records Richard collected there.


1: Vegan breakfast "Benny" at Evviva Wellesley

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4: Can you see the Ontario Science Center here? I couldn't.

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5: How about here?

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6: Would you believe this is all that is left of the Ontario Science Center?

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7: "Museum" stop on the Toronto Subway

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8: From this view, I deduced that the Planetarium is closed.

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10: I can't quite see, but I think this is a new exhibit sponsored by the Ontario Bar Association.

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17: Ancient Chinese portrayal of judges.

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18: Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) representation of Bodhisattva.

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20: Homage to the Highest Power (Yuan Dynasty)

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22: Daoist diety

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23: Rubbing from the stele at the synagogue of Kaifeng

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24: Rubbing from the stele at the great mosque in Xi'an

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27: No shyness here about the role of humans in creating a global environmental "crisis."

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29: Explaining why Canada's natural resources are so critical to the whole planet.

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30: Acknowledging that extraction of the resources is threatening to our ecosystem.

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32: Also called reindeer.

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36: This is a bison. Calling it a buffalo is incorrect.

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39: Canadian coral

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46: Zoologists collected these specimens.

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50: Dinosaurs

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60: A Tree of Life showing the wide variety of lifeforms.

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66: A species survival success story from the Carolinas.

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68: Yes, salamanders

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75: A correction to the notation on the tree rings for 1492.

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76: What is this?

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77: Context helps.

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81: Tea time comes with a story about the role of slavery in provide cheap tea and sugar to Europe.

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82: Only 55 keys.

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83: Traditional suits of armor.

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84: Modern Canadian suits of armor.

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86: Earliest sample of rocks with plutonium, from 1945-07-16.

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87: How scientists collect sediment cores from Crawford Lake, Ontario, to show the onset of the Anthropocene Epoch in the 1950's.

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93: An unexpected non-exhibit in the Museum.

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101: Paleontologists make skeletons out of bonebeds like the one above.

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102: Large North American mammals such as the Giant Sloth and armadillos.

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105: The 12 "game changers" in the evolution of life on Earth omits the 13th: the invention of unicycles!

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107: Another Tree of Life showing the commonality of our progenitor, "LUCA."

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113: Where in Canada scientists find evidence of early multicellular life.

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119: Where in Canada scientists find evidence of the evolution of lungfish.

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123: Eusthenopteron, progenitor of terrestrial vertebrates.

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129: Morganucodon, among the first mammals.

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135: Site of British Army meteorological and magnetic observations in 1840, and of the Meteorological Service of Canada in 1853.

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136: Lunch at Alternity

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Want more?
Toronto, 2026-03-31
Peterborough, 2026-04-02
Ontario Archives, and the original PDFs of the archival records Richard collected there.
Durham No Kings Protest, 2026-03-28
Durham Protest Against War in Iran, 2026-03-01
Bernie and Nida Allam Rally in Durham, 2026-02-13
Durham Protest Against War, 2026-01-03
No Kings Protest in Durham, 2025-10-18
Labor Day Protest in Durham, 2025-09-01
Silent Vigil against War, Durham 2025-06-22
No Kings Durham, 2025-06-14

Hands Off protest, 2025-04-05
Juniper and Myf's Wedding at Durham Friends Meeting, 2025-04-05
Durham Friends Meeting at Durham Pride Parade, 2024-09-29
Durham Friends Meeting at Urban Ministries food line, 2024-08-31
Durham Friends Meeting Youth Fundraiser, 2024-08-24
Durham Friends Meeting Welcomes Infants, 2024-05-19
Adelphi Friends Meeting bids farewell to Laura and Richard, 2024-04-28


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