The Malaspina Naturalists typically host 6-8 invited speakers each year, usually on the 3rd or 4th Thursday of each month, from September through May.
- Speaker meetings are usually held at United Church Trinity Hall (see the map).
- Meetings generally start with tea and cookies at ~7:00 PM, with the speaker beginning a half-hour or so later.
- Dates and times are flexible; we need to accommodate speaker-availability and travel conditions.
- Club members receive last-minute schedule-change notifications via email
Non-members don’t.
Our meetings are a great way to meet new people and learn interesting things.
We hope you’ll take in one of our upcoming speakers and decide to join us!
Some memorable images from previous talks…
(click on any image to start a full-screen slide-viewer, and hit “esc” or “close” to return)

Anomalocaris, the “strange shrimp” that isn’t a shrimp at all
“Exploring the Burgess Shale” (2015)
– National Science Foundation

An “atmospheric river”, aka the “Pineapple Express”
“Pacific Storms” (2014)
– D. Atkinson

It looked rather cold
“Antarctica” (2015)
– M. Moore

One of the “day geckos” (genus Phelsuma)
“Madagascar” (2014)
– B. Merilees

Planetary Nebula NGC 2818
“From Backyard Astonomy to Extremely Large Telescopes” (2016)
– NASA

Dancers at Choiseul, Solomon Islands
“Melanesian Marvels” (2015)
– R. Rudland

Tuari the Harris’ Hawk wows the crowd
“YVR Raptors: the science and art of Falconry” (2017)
– A. Bryant

Purple sea star
“Nature Photography” (2012)
– D. Bedry

Hiking the North Powell Divide
“In the footsteps of the Greats” (2012)
– M. Jones

Penguins at Salisbury Plain, South Georgia
“South Geogia and Antarctica” (2015)
– C. Phillips

The lovely Pink Tritonia nudibranch
“Marine Life of the Strait of Georgia” (2016)
– R. Harbo

Marmot “326-right”
“Recovery of Vancouver Island marmots” (2012)
– A. Bryant

Grizzly with salmon
“Coastal Grizzly Bears” (2012)
– J. Scarrow

I didn’t tell them I was an oceanographer
“Tides, currents and sailing the waters of BC” (2017)
– R. Dewey

Fishermen, White-backed pelicans and Maribou storks
“Ethiopia: a birding extravaganza” (2016)
– N. Hughes