by Andrew Bryant, 4 June 2016. Rick Harbo worked as a habitat protection biologist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for over 35 years, and while “retired”, is presently an active Research Associate with the Royal BC Provincial Museum. Rick is also an accomplished photographer and author of numerous books, including the acclaimed field guides Tidepool and … Continue reading Rick Harbo – “Marine Life of the Strait of Georgia: past, present and future”
by Andrew Bryant, 5 May 2016. Judith Williams is an artist, art historian, and Assistant Professor Emeritus at University of British Columbia. She’s also author of the highly acclaimed “Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast“, and recently visited us to speak about that subject. And what a subject it is. Beginning with her first … Continue reading Judith Williams – “Clam Gardens: Aboriginal Mariculture on Canada’s West Coast”
by Andrew Bryant, 21 April 2016. Rand Rudland, MD, is just one of those people who’s hard to pin down. Physician to high arctic communities, whitewater rafting guide, globetrotting birder, Antarctic explorer, and Director of the Sunshine Coast Natural History Society, Rand visited Powell River to speak about his recent travels in Melanesia. As Ship’s Physician aboard … Continue reading Rand Rudland – “Melanesian marvels”
by Andrew Bryant, 17 March 2016 Dr. Art Martell worked for decades as a research scientist with the Canadian Wildlife Service, publishing numerous papers on caribou, small mammals, ticks, birds and other creatures. Now retired to the Comox Valley, Art visited us to provide an introduction to the diversity and characteristics of gulls found in the … Continue reading Art Martell – “An Abundance of Gulls”
by Andrew Bryant, 21 February 2016 Dwight Owens works for Ocean Networks Canada, where he serves as a “user engagement officer”. Although not a scientist himself, Dwight’s mandate is to help make recent scientific research accessible to the general public. This he did – in spades! He spoke to us about ocean acidification, which has … Continue reading Dwight Owens – “Sour Seas: ocean acidification explained”
by Andrew Bryant, 21 January 2016. Ioni Wais is a relative newcomer to Powell River and somewhat difficult to categorize. He describes himself as a “community animator”, with a focus on “people, plants and place”. Actually, I think that sums it up pretty well! In any event Ioni, or more accurately Ionatan Waisgluss, led us on a … Continue reading Ioni Wais – “Corn Smut, Fairy Rings and Ergotoxicosis”
by Andrew Bryant, 19 November 2015. Our dear friend Captain Mike Moore took time off from skippering the ever-faithful Misty Isles and driving naturalists hither and fro in his zodiac, to show us what he does in the “off-season”… …which is driving naturalists hither and fro…in a zodiac…in Antarctica! The photos were breathtaking, and some of the stories behind … Continue reading Mike Moore – “Antarctica”
by Andrew Bryant, 22 Oct 2015. Susan Mackay is a long-time club member, founder of Whales and Dolphins BC and President of the non-profit Wild Ocean Whale Society (WOWs). She’s also a member of the Marine Mammal Response Network, a group that responds to reports of injured, distressed or dead marine mammals. Susan spoke to us about the … Continue reading Susan MacKay – “Whales”
by Andrew Bryant, 22 Sept 2015 Dr. Luc Simard wears several hats. He’s an astronomer with the Herzberg Astrophysics group of the National Research Council of Canada, an Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Victoria, and a key member of the Thirty Metre Telescope Project. He took time out from his research to … Continue reading Luc Simard – “From backyard astronomy to Extremely Large Telescopes”
