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Drilling Deeper: The Truth About Oil and Toy Dinosaus
Drilling Deeper: The Truth About Oil and Toy Dinosaus YouTube video by Oil Museum of Canada

I made a video about the link between oil and dinosaurs. In the video we dispel some of the myths associated with the plastic dinosaurs meme.

youtube.com/watch?v=kzmt...

30.12.2025 18:04 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I’m doing that today bringing the whole turkey dinner to my in laws so they have a Christmas. Not doing to next year.

23.12.2025 15:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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It’s so much fun to find information about the past that people said didn’t exist. Recently, while reviewing summary convictions for the Quarter session. Three of those a convictions were for keeping a house of ill fame = prostitution. I found real evidence of prostitution in my community from 1885.

17.12.2025 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Missed the meeting but I am working on the art response. Just got caught up in the readings and doing other research

17.12.2025 17:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
A happy brown and white border collie laying on a black couch. He looks innocent. In this picture he is clean and has not yet rolled in some strange animal poop found in the yard.

A happy brown and white border collie laying on a black couch. He looks innocent. In this picture he is clean and has not yet rolled in some strange animal poop found in the yard.

Ugh, it’s one of those nights. I let the dog outside for 5 minutes and he comes back having rolled in shit. He smells awful and he thought it was a game to try and catch. I finally caught after he rolled on the carpet and my clean bed. Now to bath the smelly beast and laundry.

15.10.2025 23:18 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I bought a French loaf at our local bakery and some squares today. While I ran into another store for some milk, my 10 year old daughter took o big bite off the end. She couldn’t resist and it was still warm. Honestly, I don’t blame her.

12.10.2025 00:37 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have bees and beehives . They are my friends except when I need to harvest the honey then they are pissed off angry bees.

03.09.2025 23:44 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you for sharing, no one is talking about this in the news. We need to know and wake up

03.07.2025 12:02 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Interested in ideas and approaches for building digital learning experiences for your smaller or rural museum? | Ontario Museum Association Interested in ideas and approaches for building digital learning experiences for your smaller or rural museum? The OMA is currently taking registrants for our upcoming Digital Skills Course: Digital L...

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I’m teaching a course, and we will be doing so much learning. I can’t wait to dig in. If you have any questions please ask and don’t forget to sign up.

25.06.2025 02:27 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Energy Humanities News | Preserving Oil: A Conversation with Educators at the Norwegian Petroleum Museum and Oil Museum of Canada Faced with the contradiction of heritage preservation in an age of ecological collapse, museums around the globe have begun to reckon with their responsibility towards climate mitigation. Often ignore...

So excited my interview in Energy Humanities has been published. We recorded it over a year ago so I have had time to advance our thought process related to how we interpret energy at the museum. Be kind
www.energyhumanities.ca/news/preserv...

07.06.2025 15:12 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

This is scary as in Canada we are fully aware of how dangerous bird flu is. It is spreading throughout North America and highly contagious amongst all birds. Many farmers have proactively culled their animals to prevent the spread and you need permits to transport live birds. Knowledge is power.

30.04.2025 15:50 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

So delicate and intricate. It must take so much patience to create this art.

21.04.2025 19:12 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

It’s so pretty

14.04.2025 15:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I personally love the Johnny Cash version. It has a depth to it.

12.04.2025 01:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Hey let’s put some local history in to our local schools with these free educational resources and programs.
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Gzg...

11.04.2025 14:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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A piece of our local history is the Oil Well Supply Company that has been operating in our community for well over 100 years.
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08.04.2025 14:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Spent the day out in the bush lot ignoring the world and participating in the most Canadian of activities. We were boiling down maple sap to maple syrup.

14.03.2025 23:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Please don’t pretend to be Canadian. You are easily found out and you make life difficult for actual Canadians. Stop acting entitled to our identity. Own your nationality and apologize for the mess your politicians made.

05.03.2025 02:32 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

We went from “what good are the humanities?” to “suddenly, no one can read” in about a year, and the answer to the first question is the disinformation and lack of critical thinking you see all around you. *That* is why you need the humanities. This is what they prevent.

04.03.2025 17:59 👍 456 🔁 135 💬 4 📌 4
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www.facebook.com/share/v/1E3j.... I made a short video about the relationship between oil wells and the start of salt extraction by settlers in Ontario.

04.03.2025 16:53 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I have found my people and they are just as messed up. “History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme” I maybe misquoting Mark Twain, but there is a level of pattern recognition that I feel too small to stop. 🇨🇦

04.03.2025 00:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I love the Hans Zimmer Lord of the Rings Soundtrack but also any John Williams and Elder Scrolls ambience

03.03.2025 23:55 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There needs to unlike button because this is so disrespectful to a highly decorated military officer.

25.02.2025 21:40 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

And the 7 sisters oil companies or super-packs.

07.02.2025 14:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Shareholders

07.02.2025 14:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0

Please keep in mind that Shell Canada operates a refinery in Sarnia Ontario that refines Canadian crude. Also suncor and imperial oil (Esso) have refineries in Sarnia Ontario and refine Canadian oil. These companies hire Canadians and support their local communities.

06.02.2025 20:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

You found an Ent!! They move very slowly.

05.02.2025 23:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

John Candy is comedic gold and that movie is a classic. Just watched it with the kids.

04.02.2025 14:01 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

My daughter just won a small pizza for reading and she is so happy. Great local partnership between schools and the local pizza shop.

03.02.2025 16:49 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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www.facebook.com/share/v/14tG... Black History Month

02.02.2025 02:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0