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Ontario Satellite Reef Project Raises Awareness of Climate Change Impact

Ontario Satellite Reef Project Raises Awareness of Climate Change Impact

by | Oct 20, 2021 | , ,

[Open Access] The visiting exhibition of the Core Collection of the crocheted Coral Reef Project is accompanied by local crocheters creating their own hyperbolic planes to form so-called Satellite Reefs. The #OntarioSatelliteReef project began in 2021 and will remain on display at the Ontario Science Centre well into 2022. Click to read more about it.

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This Is Your Brain on Fibre

This Is Your Brain on Fibre

by | Oct 6, 2021 | ,

[Open Access] Researchers are developing ways to measure and confirm what we crafters have known all along: Making things with fibres and textiles can help us manage stress, fend off depression, delay age-related cognitive decline, learn, grow, fail, and even build communities. This World Mental Health Day, explore what scientists are learning about how our creative pursuits help to keep us healthy.

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