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SUMMARY:Speaker Series - February 2019
DESCRIPTION:Insects: Conservation\, Perceptions\, and Early Education\nWhy do humans prefer some insects over others? Why are we scared of insects that are harmless? How does our negative or confused attitude towards these animals impact conservation efforts? What influences beliefs in our early years of life? Elizabeth argues that we need to think critically about the messaging that children receive about insects and that we need to promote early development of positive perceptions of insects if we are to protect these vulnerable creatures. This talk is based on a recently published book chapter. \nBoileau E.Y.S.\, & Russell\, C. (2018). Insect and Human Flourishing in Early Childhood Education: Learning and Crawling Together. In A. Cutter-Mackenzie\, K. Malone\, & E. Barratt Hacking (Eds.)\, Research Handbook on Childhoodnature. Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer\, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-51949-4_65-1 \nSpeaker: Elizabeth Boileau \nElizabeth is a doctoral student at Lakehead University in the Educational Studies program. Her research is focused on early childhood environmental education\, which includes child-nature relationships and outdoor preschool programs such as Forest Schools. Elizabeth is also an Instructor at Grande Prairie Regional College\, in the Child Care and Early Education diploma program. She is currently working on her Forest School Canada Practitioner training course and is a Board member of the Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication.
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/speaker-series-february-2019/
LOCATION:La Cité des Rocheuses\, 4800 Richard Rd SW\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T3E 6L1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series - January 2019
DESCRIPTION:Tall Tales\, Long Lenses\nThis remarkable book recounts many of Marriott’s favourite stories and photos from his most memorable wildlife encounters in some of Canada’s spectacular locales. It’s a fascinating autobiographical account of being in the right place at exactly the right times\, from his one-day love affair with a pine marten to his lifelong quest to find monstrous male grizzly bears like Frank the Tank. Marriott takes you through two decades of his tallest tales and showcases many of his unforgettable images of the animals that have inspired him to become an outspoken conservation advocate. \nSpeaker: John Marriot \nJohn is one of Canada’s renowned wildlife photographers\, with a storied career that has included magazine covers\, best-selling books\, billboards\, a Royal Canadian Mint coin\, a Canada Post stamp\, a photography column in a national publication and a conservation-themed web series. \nhttps://wildernessprints.com/
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/speaker-series-january-2019/
LOCATION:La Cité des Rocheuses\, 4800 Richard Rd SW\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T3E 6L1\, Canada
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Edmonton:20181219T193000
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SUMMARY:Annual General Meeting 2018
DESCRIPTION:Election of board members\, financial and summary of 2018 activities\, special resolution (details forth coming)\, Christmas Quiz\, members photographs\, light refreshments to follow.
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/annual-general-meeting-2018/
LOCATION:La Cité des Rocheuses\, 4800 Richard Rd SW\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T3E 6L1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series - November 2018
DESCRIPTION:Oceanbridge: Connecting to our oceans and rivers through youth engagement\nHow the program is engaging youth across Canada to actively participate in waterway and ocean health and education.  \nSpeaker: Hannah Lucas \nI grew up in the UK and graduated from Plymouth University with a degree in marine biology and a passion for the natural environment and educating others about it. I moved to Calgary in October\, just in time for the winter\, and in March was offered a place on the Oceanbridge program. I now also work full time at the zoo. \nhttp://bridge.ocean.org/
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/speaker-series-november-2018/
LOCATION:La Cité des Rocheuses\, 4800 Richard Rd SW\, Calgary\, Alberta\, T3E 6L1\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series - October 2018
DESCRIPTION:Can drones help save our bird populations?\nDrones: A New Tool for Bird Research and Conservation \nThe use of small unmanned vehicle systems (UVS; aka drones) is rapidly evolving as wildlife biologists and managers all over the worldadopt them for conducting population surveys\, tracking radio-tagged animals\, sensing and observing animals in sequestered or dangerous places\, mapping and monitoring wild habitats\, and deterring poachers.  This naturally includes avian species.    \n In the last ten years\, Dr. David Bird and his students and collaborators have experimented with using drones torecord the nest contents of several raptorial bird species nesting in Saskatchewan and Montana\, and monitor their respective behavioral responses. They also monitored the abundance of nesting common terns in a colony in New Brunswick\, to count seabirds in colonies in Newfoundland and the Arctic\, to map breeding habitat of threatened least bitterns near Baie-du-Febvre\, Quebec\, to detect heat signatures from bird nests\, to radio-track songbirds in Montmorency\, Quebec\, and to disperse nuisance birds such as starlings from vineyards and blueberry crops in British Columbia.   \nCompared to using manned light airplanes or helicopters\, flying drones can be cheaper\, greener\, less obtrusive\, and much safer (the number one source of mortality for wildlife biologists is dying in a plane or helicopter crash!).  And more recent research suggests yet another benefit – acquiring more accurate and precise counts of target wildlife.  But as Dr. Bird points out in his visual presentation\, we still have much to learn before fully embracing this technology.    \nSpeaker: Dr. David Bird \nEmeritus Professor of Wildlife Biology and Director of the Avian Science and Conservation Centre of McGill University in Montreal\, Quebec. Dr. Bird is a past-president of the Raptor Research Foundation Inc.\, past-president of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists\, an elected Fellow of the American Ornithologists Union\, a former member of the Board of Directors of the American Birding Association\, an elected member representing Canada on the prestigious International Ornithological Committee\, and recently\, a member of the Board of Directors of Bird Studies Canada. \nhttps://www.askprofessorbird.com/about-dr-bird
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/speaker-series-october-2018/
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SUMMARY:Speaker Series - September 2018
DESCRIPTION:Adventures with the earliest amphibious arthropods: human history and ancient ecology\nSpeaker: Dr. Robert MacNaughton \nThe earliest evidence of animals leaving the water to move about on land comes from fossilized arthropod trackways in the Cambrian of eastern North America. Such trackways were first recognized and collected in the late 1840s at Beauharnois\, near Montreal. The collected trackways made their way to the United Kingdom\, to be described by Sir Richard Owen\, the anatomist best remembered today for coining the term “dinosaur”. Owen provided detailed\, well-illustrated descriptions\, and gave the trackways a Linnean name: Protichnites.  After that promising start\, a complicated history followed\, including the loss and eventual rediscovery of the Beauharnois specimens. This talk will trace that history\, review some recent work on the earliest landward excursions of animals\, and discuss the challenges of studying and classifying the footprints that those creatures left behind.   \nRobert MacNaughton is a Research Scientist in the Calgary office of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). His research focuses on the tectonics\, paleontology\, and stratigraphic evolution of northwestern mainland Canada. Since his undergraduate days\, he has been fascinated by ichnology—the study of fossilized animal behaviour. He has been fortunate to indulge this fascination through studies of the Cambrian “explosion”\, early life in the deep seas\, and the earliest history of animals on dry land.
URL:https://naturecalgary.com/event/speaker-series-september-2018/
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