Former CSIS director Richard Fadden speaks on the toughest issues facing security in Canada. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Richard Fadden, former director of CSIS, speaks on the toughest security issues facing Canada. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Kathryn Sikkink, professor of human rights at Harvard University speaks on the history and current state of human rights and how human rights advances can be supported and sustained. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Professor Moriba Jah, the U.S.’s leading expert on space junk, is the Salt Spring Forum guest speaker at GISS in the Multipurpose Room. 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Lyse Doucet, chief correspondent, BBC News, is the Salt Spring Forum guest at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Julie Gelfand, Canadian Commissioner for the Environment, is the Salt Spring Forum's guest speaker. Gulf Islands Secondary School. 10 a.m.
Author 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 to global climate change, fires like the Beast are becoming commonplace. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Struzik is a fellow at the Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy […]
The 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. 7:30 p.m.
Chair of the Angus Reid Institute speaks on A Citizen's Guide to Political Polling. ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Saanich-Gulf Islands riding candidates meet with the public at an event hosted by the Salt Spring Forum at the Gulf Islands Secondary School gymnasium. 3 p.m.
SFU climate scientist Kirsten Zickfeld a leading researcher in her field, is the Salt Spring Forum guest at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Salt Spring Forum guest is the charismatic former executive director and co-founder of the Ancient Forest Alliance, who has been working to protect ancient forests in BC for more than 25 years.
UBC professor emeritus Bill Rees is the forum's guest, speaking on From ‘Eco Footprint’ to ‘Ecological Overshoot’ What Chance a Sustainable Planet? ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
"The Golden Ages of Television and Soccer. Are they over? Or Just begun?" - The Salt Spring Forum welcomes John Doyle, The Globe and Mail’s long-time television critic, to Salt Spring Island. How much control do we have over what we watch? Are streaming services eroding our sense of community? Is having more choice better, […]
Salt Spring Forum guest is Sean Holman, Wayne Crookes Professor of Environmental and Climate Journalism at the University of Victoria, and founder/publisher of Public Eye news service. Beaver Point Hall. 3 p.m. Note that masks must be worn at this event.
Tanya Harrison, who has worked on multiple NASA missions to Mars as a scientist and mission operations specialist, is the Forum’s guest. Mahon Hall. 7:30 p.m.
John Cassidy, senior research scientist with Natural Resources Canada, is the forum's guest. ArtSpring. 3 p.m.
Canadian pianist Jon Kimura Parker speaks about the role of classical music and the arts in general at an event at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m. Parker will also play on the Steinway piano at ArtSpring.
Former leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is the Salt Spring Forum's guest at ArtSpring. 7:30 p.m.
Professor Rashid Sumaila, winner of the Tyler Prize for the Environment, is the Forum's guest.
Salt Spring Forum event at Mahon Hall at 3 p.m. Read an article about the event here.
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