Guest speaker is Ed Ishiguro from the biochemistry and microbiology department of the University of Victoria. The title of his talk is: Genetically Modified Organisms: Frankenfood or Cornucopia? Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. and meeting starts at 10:30. Everyone welcome and tea and coffee and cookies will be served. Any questions? You can call John […]
Guest speakers James Gordon and Lisa Joe provide an update on the proposed national marine conservation area reserve in the southern Strait of Georgia. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. Speaker starts at about 10:35 a.m.
Guest speaker is Robert Thomson on Florence, Dante & Me; letters written while in Italy in 1960-61. Robert explains the life culture and people of Italy through letters he wrote from Italy to his fiancée in Vancouver. He studied in Perugia, Florence, Naples and Rome. Lions Hall. Doors at 10 a.m., speaker starts at about 10:30 […]
Guest speaker is Keith Picot on the history and making of silent movies. Lions Hall. 10 a.m., with speaker beginning at 10:30 a.m.
Annual general meeting at Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. with meeting starting at 10:30 a.m. Guests welcome.
Guest speaker is Gary Allen with a presentation on the values of wolves in ecosystems and show why the social stability of the pack is vital to maintaining those healthy ecosystems. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. and the speaker runs from about 10:40 a.m. to 12 noon.
Guest speaker is Matt Miller from the University of Victoria's School of Earth and Ocean Science speaking on Microplastics in the Vancouver Island Environment. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. Speaker is at 10:30 a.m. Meeting ends at 12 noon.
Topic is the Salt Spring Island Community Bat Program, with one or two local biologists speaking to the club about it. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m.; speaker starts at about 10:30 a.m. Attendance is free for the first three meetings. After that attendees are asked to join the club.
A speaker from InDro Robotics will speak on the advancements in the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (drone) industry brought on by recent technology and changes to regulations to expand flights Beyond Visual Line of Sight and autonomous flight. Lions Hall. Doors at 10 a.m. and speaker at about 10:30 a.m.
Probus 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.
Janet Dunnett and Carollyne Haynes will give an audio-visual presentation as two friends and authors who have joined forces to explore contemporary issues of significance to seniors today. In their very different genres, memoir and novel, they meet on common ground that has inspired them both, Sunset Love. Lions Hall. Doors open at 10 a.m. and […]
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