Curating Climate Science, Action, & Emotion with Dr. Soren Brothers

Curating Climate Science, Action, & Emotion with Dr. Soren Brothers

Author: Sierra Club Canada October 28, 2025 Duration: 48:13

Jessica talks with Dr. Soren Brothers, the Allan and Helaine Shiff Curator of Climate Change at the Royal Ontario Museum about curating climate change, how climate scientists experience emotions like everyone else, and a recent Planet in Focus film festival Climate in Therapy screening.

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