ROMCast: The Uncatalogued Stories Royal Ontario Museum
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- Society & Culture
Who works behind the scenes at the Royal Ontario Museum? What do they do all day? Meet the people who make the museum tick in this candid podcast series!
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Season 2, Episode 7: Emilio Genovese
As one of the Museum’s 2D designers Emilio works on projects across the museum. If you’ve read any text in the museum, Emilio probably desinged it! This week we talk about beta spaces, design thinking, participatory experiences, and why they matter for museums in the 21st century.
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Season 2, Episode 6: Alyssa McLeod
Part of the web team here at the museum, Alyssa work on our website and builds digital interactives for exhibitions. Sound like a cool job? It is! Tune in as we chat about web and social media in museum and where our industry is headed
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Season 2, Episode 4: Sarah Chu
As the ROM’s Digital Learning Specialist, Sarah’s role is focused on bringing 21st century learning competencies into the ROM’s educational offer. She works on game jams, maker spaces and looks are how the museum can help students their digital learning capacity.
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Season 2, Episode 5: Steven Laurie
What exactly does a Museum Project Manager do? A LOT! This week we talk to Steven Laurie about life behind the scenes managing major projects and working with staff from across the museum.
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Season 2, Episode 3: Burton Lim
The ROM’s Assistant Curator of Mammalogy travels the globe studying Bats. He even has a species of Bat named after him! In this episode we talk to Burton about his field work in Sri Lanka, Borneo, the Amazon Rain forest, and closer to home in Scarborough.
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Season 2, Episode 2: Dave Ireland
Managing Director of ROM Biodiversity Dave is invloved in connecting our community to our researchers through exhibition and program development. Dave has led the Ontario Bioblitz program and created an accredited post-graduate program as a means to increase public knowledge of biodiversity and global conservation efforts.