Salt Spring Forum: Reporting the World: From Civil Wars to Climate Change
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaLyse Doucet, chief correspondent, BBC News, is the Salt Spring Forum guest at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
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Speakers
Salt Spring Forum: Climate Crisis: Speaking Truth to Power
Gulf Islands Secondary School 232 Rainbow Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaJulie Gelfand, Canadian Commissioner for the Environment, is the Salt Spring Forum's guest speaker. Gulf Islands Secondary School. 10 a.m.
Cycling the Silk Road
Salt Spring United Church 111 Hereford Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSlide show presentation by Brenda Trenholme highlights a challenging ride through spectacular and remote landscapes from Beijing to Istanbul. Admission by donation to benefit the Kenyan Education Endowment Fund. Salt […]
Salt Spring Probus Club
Lions Hall 103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaProbus Club's meeting's guest is Patricia Skidmore speaking on British child migration to Canada. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m.; speaker starts at about 10:30 a.m.
Salt Spring Garden Club
Meaden Hall 120 Blain Road, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaGuest speaker is Linda Gilkeson on Gardening and Climate Change. Meaden Hall. 6:30 p.m. Meeting opens with the parlour show and refreshments, followed by the speaker.
The Mind Matters
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPublic session on psycho-oncology and the power of mindset with Dr. Rigobert Kefferputz, Naturopathic Doctor. Salt Spring Public Library. 6:45 p.m.
Salt Spring Forum: Ed Struzik
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaAuthor of Wildfire, a chronicle of the disastrous 2016 Fort McMurray fire which firefighters named the “the Beast”, visits the Salt Spring Forum to discuss a world in which, thanks […]
Salt Spring Forum: Tanya Talaga
Beaver Point Hall 1365 Beaver Point Road, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaThe 2018 CBC Massey Lecturer is the Salt Spring Forum's guest. One of Canada foremost thinkers, Tanya Talaga speaks on All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward. Beaver Point Hall. […]
Tech Cafe: The Meaning of Life on the Internet
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPeter Freeman leads an informative and entertaining session at the Salt Spring Public Library. 3 to 4:30 p.m.
Ham Radio & GMRS Radios
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaAmateur and GMRS Radios presented by Jon Healey and Gary Morrison, SSI Amateur Radio Society. Everything you wanted to know about ham/amateur and handheld radios and the benefits in a […]
SSNAP: Noon-hour Artist Talks Series – Klehwetua Rodney Sayers
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaAhswinis (Port Alberni) artist Klehwetua Rodney Sayers speaks on Traditional Artwork in a Contemporary World. Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
EV 101
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPeople are invited to bring their electric car questions to this free education session. Presentation followed by a Q&A panel of local experts. Salt Spring Public Library. 7 p.m.
SSNAP: Noon-hour Artist Talks Series – Dennis B Del Torre
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaDuncan artist Dennis B Del Torre speaks on Swirling in the Amnesia of History has Defined my Art. Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
Marathon to Everest Presentation
Salt Spring United Church 111 Hereford Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaHeather Pardon speaks about preparing to run the World's Highest Marathon in Nepal this fall. Salt Spring United Church. 7 p.m. By donation, In support of Community Action Nepal.
SSNAP Art & Community: Zita Cobb
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaZita Cobb, founder and CEO of Shorefast and Innkeeper of the Fogo Island Inn, will speak to how a small Island off the coast of Newfoundland has become a leading […]
SSNAP: Noon-hour Artist Talks Series – Josephine Fletcher
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaSalt Spring artist Josephine Fletcher speaks on Create an Orchestra of Thrust and Energy of the Great Forest and Deep Skies at Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
SSNAP: Noon-hour Artist Talks Series – David Ellingsen
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVictoria artist David Ellingsen speaks on Living Within the Sphere of Advocacy and Activism at Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
Salt Spring Forum: Angus Reid
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaChair of the Angus Reid Institute speaks on A Citizen's Guide to Political Polling. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
SSNAP: Noon-hour Artist Talks Series – Jennifer Brant
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVancouver artist Jennifer Brant speaks on I am Drawing on Ideas of Epigenetics and Intergenerational Trauma. Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
SSNAP Noon Hour Artist Talk: Dorian Melton
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaDuncan artist and SSNAP finalist Dorian Melton talks about his work at Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
SSNAP Noon Hour Artist Talk: Marion Landry
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVancouver artist and SSNAP finalist Marion Landry speaks about her work at Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
SS Trail & Nature Club
Salt Spring Public Library 129 McPhillips Ave, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaPresentation by John Neville called “My Encounter with Mammals.” Public welcome to free event, co-sponsored by Salt Spring Public Library. In the library's community room. 7 to 9 p.m.
SSNAP Noon Hour Artist Talk: Rhys Edwards
Mahon Hall 114 Rainbow Road, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaVancouver artist and SSNAP finalist Rhys Edwards speaks about his work at Mahon Hall. 12 to 1 p.m.
SS Forum presents Nancy Turner- BC’s Most Renowned Ethnobotanist
ArtSpring 100 Jackson Avenue, Ganges, Salt Spring Island, British ColumbiaNancy Turner has spent decades studying the importance and uses of plants in First Nations communities from Haida Gwaii to the Southern Gulf Islands. She has invaluable knowledge to pass […]
Healthy Soil as a Solution to the Climate Crisis
Lions Hall 103 Bonnet Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC, CanadaAnanda Fitzsimmons gives a public talk called Regeneration: A Response to the Climate Crisis. Lions Hall. 6:30 p.m.
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