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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How (and Why) We Collect Grizzly Bear Hair

Monitoring grizzly bear populations in Alberta is an important part of ensuring the species’ long-term conservation. It took the dedication of hundreds of field techs and support staff over two decades, but we finally surveyed the last Bear Management Area in 2018. This allowed the province to get a solid, scientific estimate for the entire...

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Jason Colby: On the Capture of Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and How Penn Cove Almost Ended the Southern Resident Orcas

Jason Colby (author of Orca: How We Came to Know and Love the Ocean’s Greatest Predator) talks with Skaana host Mark Leiren-Young about the capture of Toki/Tokitae/Lolita/Sk’aliCh’elh-tenaut and how Penn Cove almost ended the southern resident orcas and was the beginning of the end of the capture era. “It’s worth remembering that the argument at...

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