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Ask questions, seek answers & stay curious 🥼🧪🔭
We loved celebrating Pride in STEM 2025 at Harbourfront Centre! 🔬🌈✨ This free, family-friendly event on November 15 highlighted the important contributions and accomplishments of the 2SLGBTQI+ community in science, technology, engineering and math.
November 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Back by popular demand, Emett’s Dream Machines have arrived for the holiday season at our CF Sherway Gardens Experience! 🤩 Bring the whole family and experience the one-of-a-kind creations today ☕️🛤️

📍CF Sherway Gardens
November 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rosie is ✨that ✨girl.
We’ll be at the Royal Winter Fair all weekend with our very own game show - Family Food! 🛒

📍 The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
📆 Friday, Nov 14: 11am & pm
📆 Saturday, Nov 15: 11am & 2pm
📆 Sunday, Nov 16: 11am, 12:30pm & 2pm
💲 Included with admission
🔗 bit.ly/49sSmbG
November 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
On this Remembrance Day, we pause, remember, reflect and honour those who have served, and continue to serve Canada. Thank you.
#lestweforget

📸: Fraizer Dunleavy
November 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Who’s ready to be the next contestant on Family Food? Test your food knowledge from your seat or by stepping on stage!

📍 The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair (Exhibition Place, Enercare Centre, Hall B)
📆 Daily from Friday, November 7 - Sunday, November 16
💲 Included with admission
🔗 bit.ly/49sSmbG
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Whether you’re camping with your family or admiring the great outdoors, it’s always important to be Bear Aware! 🐻 Join Ontario Parks staff for fun activities to learn how to safely share the great outdoors with black bears.
November 5, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Have you witnessed the northern lights dancing across the sky before? If so, you might have experienced a feeling of awe and amazement! But did you know feeling awe can positively affect your brain? youtu.be/5UIV_rXDtIA
November 3, 2025 at 9:42 PM
What an incredible season, Toronto Blue Jays—winners in our hearts! 💙 This series was full of teamwork, grit & a whole lot of science in every pitch and play.
Hats off to the LA Dodgers on the World Series win! And a big congrats to our friends at the California Science Center!
November 3, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Boo! It’s spooky science. 👻 We asked our staff if they knew what these phobias were, just in time for Halloween night. 🎃 How many did you know?
October 31, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Pride in STEM is just around the corner! 🏳‍🌈 Celebrate the 2SLGBTQI+ community at this free family event featuring 📚 storytime with Fay and Fluffy, 🎶 music with Trash Panda Brass & more!

📅Sat, Nov 15
⌚11am– 4pm
📍Harbourfront Centre
💲 FREE
🔗 bit.ly/3SqlO8E

Pride in STEM is presented by TELUS
October 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We’re thrilled that this series is returning home to Toronto this weekend ⚾ To get ready for Game 5 tonight, our Staff Astronomer and *major* baseball fan Rachel Ward-Maxwell discusses why the Toronto Blue Jays are the Masters of Momentum!

Let’s Go Blue Jays 💙🎉
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Hello, autumn 👋🍂 To celebrate the season, get outside and look for signs of nature by playing our Fall Biodiversity BINGO. You never know what critters, plants or habitats you’ll discover! 🔎 Check it out today 👉 bit.ly/4ePhJV7
October 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us for our free, family-friendly event, Pride in STEM! 🏳‍🌈 Enjoy a full day of fun activities & workshops to celebrate & showcase the contributions of the 2SLGBTQI+ community to STEM!

📅November 15
⌚11 a.m.–4 p.m.
📍Harbourfront Centre
💲 FREE
🔗 bit.ly/3SqlO8E

Pride in STEM is presented by TELUS
October 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
California Science Center 🤝 Ontario Science Centre

A little friendly competition never hurt anyone! 😉 Fun fact! Both the Blue Jays and Dodgers sport the colour blue, which is often associated with trust and confidence–qualities essential for any championship team.
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
📢 You’ve heard it on the megaphone, we’ve got the science about the land 🏞️, the sea 🌊, the sky ⛅ at our CF Sherway Gardens Experiences. And we’re keeping it 💯

📍 @cfsherway
#CadillacFairview #Meetyouthere
October 21, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Join us at Deerhurst Resort this weekend for a FREE day of astronomy programs including:

☀ Solar observing
🎨 Aurora-inspired art
🌌 A demonstration explaining the northern lights
October 21, 2025 at 7:33 PM
LET’S GO BLUE JAYS 👏💙 We hear that blue jays are fierce, but the @torontobluejays.bsky.social might be fiercer 😉
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
🔔Just in🔔

We’re excited to announce our NEW program designed for toddlers aged 12-24 months: Littlest Scientists 👶🧪! Join us on Wednesday or Thursday mornings in November from 9 to 10 a.m. Pre-registration is required. Visit our website to learn more and book your spot 👉 bit.ly/47oemCf
October 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
The Thanksgiving long weekend is here! 🦃🍂🥧 Our Harbourfront Centre and CF Sherway Gardens Experiences are open all weekend long, including the holiday Monday. See you there 👉 bit.ly/3BrQAcr
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
🏫TEACHERS: What does a field trip to our CF Sherway Gardens Experiences look like? Tim Walker, Director of Learning Programs, is here to tell you! From climate change to engineering, we have curriculum-connected, hands-on exhibitions for school kids of all ages. Book your trip today 👉 bit.ly/3KBLdeV
October 7, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Science is everywhere–even in Taylor Swift lyrics 🧡💚! Happy The Life of a Showgirl release day ❤️‍🔥
October 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Today, we honour the survivors of residential schools, their families and the communities impacted by this painful chapter in Canadian history. We stand with First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples, and we remain committed to the ongoing work of truth-telling and meaningful reconciliation.
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Your brain doesn’t just like people, it needs them. Discover how hanging out, even in small doses, keeps your brain sharp and happy. 🧠
 
This project is presented in collaboration with @ontariobrain.bsky.social
September 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Join us this weekend at Algonquin Provincial Park for northern lights & celestial sights 🌌🌟 On Friday and Saturday, we’ll be looking up to the sky using telescopes & the naked eye to spot the Moon, Saturn and, if we’re lucky, the northern lights. To learn more about this event visit 👉 bit.ly/4nl61Gb
September 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thank you to everyone who joined us at our Celebrate Black Excellence event at Harbourfront Centre last weekend!

It was an inspiring day filled with joy and learning, and we were thrilled to see so many of you connecting with one another and celebrating Black excellence in our communities.
September 24, 2025 at 8:16 PM