Mahtab Narsimhan: The Boy and the Banyan Tree – A Story About Gratitude and Giving Back

Welcome to Cantastic Authorpalooza, featuring posts by and about great Canadian children’s book creators! Today’s guest: Mahtab Narsimhan. Take it away, Mahtab! Who is the tree in your life? And whom will you be a tree to? There are many people in our lives, family, friends, teachers, and mentors, who nurture us and make us...

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Tipping Towards Fall: The Autumnal Equinox

Science Literacy Week is almost over – almost, but not quite! There’s still time to get some free science-y goodness in your life, so hop on over to the Science Literacy Week website to learn about last-minute events happening near you. For those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, today marks another ending… it’s the...

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Se connecter grâce à la collection

L’artiste Lea Hamilton est une étudiante diplômée établie à Ottawa. Elle a passé l’été à travailler dans la collection de roches et de minéraux du Musée, où elle a découvert que l’art a beaucoup de points communs avec la science de l’exposition et de la conservation des spécimens.

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