Lectures

Galileo Galilei: The Man Who Looked and Changed the World

November 22, 16h - 17h

Join historian Bruno Paul Stenson for an entertaining lecture to mark the 400th anniversary of Galileo's telescopic findings about the universes nature. Followed by telescope viewing of the moon and Jupiter with members of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada (if the sky cooperates).

In Auditorium. Free, everyone welcome, no reservations necessary. In English.

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Films

December 20, 13h - 15h

Launch of a new film: AZTEC EMPIRE OF WAR
Produced, directed and introduced by Montrealer Jean Pierre Lavigne, this film documents the rise and fall of one of the world’s most remarkable civilizations. Presented in two parts, this award-winning documentary explains how a small nomadic tribe from the deserts north of the valley of Mexico, came to establish themselves as the supreme power over twelve million people and transform Tenochtitlan, island capital city, into the richest and most populous center of the Americas. The second part describes how a small army of Spanish conquistadors destroyed this 2000 year-old empire.

In Auditorium. Free, everyone welcome, no reservations necessary. In English.

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Counting Icebergs
January 17, 11h

Elizabeth Cook's world with her husband Captain James Cook was just the tip of the iceberg. This imaginative staged reading written by award-winning Australian playwright Frances Rouse, and directed by Colleen Curran (B.Ed '81), explores her difficult, often lonely existence below the waterline as we discover her at three passages in her life.

In English. Actors to be announced.
Suggested contribution: $5 regular, $3 students/seniors, at the door. No reservations necessary.
Hot chocolate (with mini-marshmallow icebergs) will be served prior to the reading.

X-ray image is the first eye-witness painting of Antarctica by William Hodges, one of James Cook's official landscape artists for the 1772 voyage aboard the Resolution. It shows two icebergs in turbulent seas and was undiscovered for 200 years because the artist painted a more idyllic scene over it.

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Nuit blanche - Flashlight tours

February 27, 2010: 23h45, 2h and 4h
Flashlight tours of the museum's secret spots and special exhbiits. Follow the student guides from the Redpath Museum Club as they take you on a flashlight tour of the Museum after a historical introduction in the Victorian Lecture Hall.
Suggested contribution at the door: $5 adult / $2 for student or senior. No reservations necessary.

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WEBCASTS

What Darwin Didn't Know

This presentation was held at the Redpath Museum in honour of Darwin's bicentennary on Feb.9, 2009. It was recorded live and archived on the World Wide Web. Moderated by David Green, the Director of the Museum, the speakers included in order of appearance: Robert Carroll, Hans Larsson, Virginie Millien and Graham Bell. This webcast was funded by Martin Grant, the Dean of Science.

McGill Symposium on Islam and Evolution

On March 30 and 31, 2009, international experts in Islamic and Religious Studies, Science Education, and Biological Evolution met to discuss their views and contribute to a broader dialogue and understanding of the relationship between Islam and modern science. Listen to the archived webcast here.

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