See the Transition Salt Spring’s Wonders of the Salish Sea Youtube channel for recordings of these presentations.
Wonders of the Salish Sea 2023 – Our host: Transition Salt Spring
March 27: 1. Your Salish Sea Story. Mira Lutz Castle. MSc
2. Origin Stories of the Salish Sea. Chris Arnett, PhD
April 3: 1. What feces can tell us about the health of the Southern Resident killer whales. Deborah Giles, PhD, and Eba
2. Seals and Sea Lions: Ecosystem Allies or Ocean Pests? Joan Lopez, BSc
April 17: 1. Pacific flyway, Robert Butler, PhD
2. Forage fish. Alanna Vivani, BSc
April 24: 1. Kelp restoration. Christopher Neufeld, PhD
2. Charismatic Cephalopods (Octopuses!) of the Salish Sea, Phoebe Churney, Undergrad, Maine Maritime Academy.
Wonders of the Salish Sea 2022 – Our host Transition Salt Spring
~ The Salish Sea: Our Wondrous Home. Sky Bressette
~ Oceanography and Plankton Dynamics. Brian Hunt
~ Shorebirds, Biofilm, and Robert’s Bank. Ronald Ydenberg
~ Juvenile Salmon in the Fraser Estuary. Dave Scott
~ Gray Whales of the Salish Sea. John Calambokidis
~ The Curious World of Seaweeds. Josie Iselin
~ Toward an Atlas of Salish Sea Biodiversity. Andrew Simon
~ Nudibranchs – Up Close and Personal. Luan Roberts
Wonders of the Salish Sea 2019. In-person at the Kitsilano Community Centre, Van. BC
- The Salish Sea – A Sense of Place. Dr. Florian Graner
- Oceanography 101 and Plankton Dynamics. Dr. Brian Hunt
- So close, So special, Atl’ka7tsem/Howe Sound. Ruth Simons
- Geology of the Salish Sea Landscape. Dr. Eileen Van der Flier Keller
- Transient or “Bigg’s” Killer Whales. Joan Lopez
- Restoration of Freshwater Ecosystems. Dr. Ken Ashley
- People of the Inlet – Tsleil-Waututh History of Burrard Inlet. Carleen Thomas
- Kelp Forest Collapse and Recovery. Dr. Jenn Burt
- Climate Change Narratives that Inspire. Grace Nosek
- A Guided Walk through Jericho Beach Park. Jericho Stewardship Group
- Exploration of the Amazing World in the Intertidal Zone. Marine naturalists
Wonders of the Salish Sea 