Programs & Events
Summer 2025
Sacred Water with Heather Royal-Brant
Join Indigenous educator Heather Royal-Brandt for an enriching session in our ongoing series, Looking at the Environment through an Indigenous Lens. Together, we’ll explore traditional teachings, deepening our understanding of land, kinship, and our shared responsibility to care for Mother Earth. This is an opportunity to listen, reflect, and reconnect with the natural world through a perspective rooted in ancestral knowledge.
Voices for the Islands with Sheila Harrington
Join author Sheila Harrington for an illuminating talk and reading of her latest book, Voices for the Islands: Thirty Years of Nature Conservation on the Salish Sea. Enjoy some great photography of the islands and its wildlife as she reads three engaging sections from the book, including some early history of the Conservancy Hornby Island.
Hear about Sheila's inspiring sailing trips to detail the legacies of founders and current conservationists on seventeen local islands, featuring Hornby Island in her reading. Celebrate the stories of these dedicated islanders! Learn about the community's challenges and successes as well as their methods and tools for protecting these precious natural places. Books will be available for purchase at the event.
"In these troubling times of climate change and biodiversity loss, Harrington's book is an uplifting testament to how individuals and communities working together to protect what they cherish can make an incalculable difference." SARAH COX, author of Signs of Life and Breaching the Peace
This event is sponsored by Hornby Island's Natural History Society, with ticket sales going to Conservancy Hornby Island, with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Canadian Writer's Union, and Heritage House publishing.
Pre-registration is appreciated.
Remaining tickets will be available at the door. Until sold out.
Our Friends the Crows & Ravens with June Hunter
Back by popular demand, Join us in what is bound to be an intriguing blend of science and storytelling as June introduces us to her Corvid neighbours. From their eerie intelligence to their complex social lives, June weaves personal observation with current research to explore what makes these birds so compelling—and how they continue to shape, and be shaped by, the landscapes we share.
Tickets: $15
Pre-Registration Required.
An Update on Hornby Shore Birds with Paige Monteiro
Join Paige Monteiro for a fascinating look into the latest research on Hornby’s feathered friends. Drawing from the latest field research, Paige will share insights into migration patterns, habitat shifts, and the delicate balance these birds maintain in our coastal ecosystem.
Pre-registration Required.
Tickets: $15
Explore Hornby's Intertidal Biology with Steve Macdonald and Bill Roland
Slip on your gumboots and step into the magic of the intertidal. Join local legends Steve Macdonald and Bill Roland for a guided exploration of Hornby’s shorelines. Wander the water’s edge and discover what thrives on, in, and under the coastal shallows. With advanced training in marine biology and decades spent immersed in ecological research Steve and Bill bring a deep reverence and rare knowledge of our coastal ecology.
Pre-Registration is Required.
Tickets: $15
Water Stewardship on Hornby Island with Michelle Nakano
Where, Why, and How to Do it. Fresh, potable water sources are limited on Hornby and reducing and reusing it both indoors and outside will help conserve this finite resource. Join water steward and landscape horticulture educator Michelle Nakano for an update on the quantity and quality of island water, and learn the practices to implement before winter to slow down rainfall for infiltration, filtration, storage and recharge of Hornby’s groundwater.
Pre-Registration Required.
Tickets: $15
Tangled In the Tides: Hornby Seaweed's with Dr. Bridgette Clarkston
Join Professor Bridgette Clarkston for a deep dive into the world of Seaweed on Hornby Island. Learn how to identify different seaweed species, and track data that is essential to our ecosystem health.
Pre-registration is Required.
Tickets: $15