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SUMMARY:Seaweeds of the West Coast – Weekend Field Course
DESCRIPTION:\nThis weekend field course, based out of the Ucluelet Community Centre, will introduce participants to the world of west coast seaweeds. Topics to be covered in this year’s course include an introduction to seaweeds (What are they? What is their role in coastal ecology? How are they used in B.C. aquaculture? How are seaweeds impacted by climate change?) Learn of the biodiversity of west coast seaweeds, essentials of collecting and identifying seaweeds, seaweed foraging, the relationship between seaweeds and people, pressing and preserving seaweeds, cyanotype and more!\nWe are excited to welcome back course instructors Dr. Bridgette Clarkston and  Dr. Jennifer Clark, coming to Ucluelet to share their seaweed knowledge and expertise with us.\nCourse registration is $330 per person\n\nAbout the Instructors\nBridgette Clarkston loves seaweeds and thinks you should too. Bridgette is an Associate Professor of Teaching at the University of British Columbia and co-author of the field guide Pacific Seaweeds: A Guide to Common Seaweeds of the West Coast (Harbour Publishing). A delightful moment in a lifetime spent appreciating BC’s seaweeds was discovering a new genus of beautiful red seaweeds and naming it after the Salish Sea (Salishia). A Vancouver Island settler, Bridgette was born and raised on the unceded traditional territory of the K’ómoks First Nation, the traditional keepers of this land. Learn more about Bridgette on the UBC Botany website here.\n\nJennifer Clark grew up on the coast on the traditional lands of  xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations in BC and always knew that she would pursue a career studying the ocean, especially with the ocean as her backyard. She has 10+ years of research and cultivation experience of seaweeds in Canada and Australia where she focused on understanding climate change impacts on seaweeds. Although Jennifer received her PhD in Australia, the cold waters of the Pacific Northwest were calling and she returned to Canada to undertake a postdoctoral research position with the University of British Columbia, Hakai Institute in collaboration with the Heiltsuk and Wuikinuxv First Nations. During this time, she learned the importance of coastal foods to coastal communities and the nutritional and health benefits of seaweeds. In her current role as Chief Scientist at Cascadia Seaweed, Jennifer leads the research and cultivation of kelp seed used to grow nutritious, regenerative kelp for use in agricultural products and restoration efforts. Jennifer is passionate about seaweeds due to their status as a renewable and nutritional food source, beneficial in their ability to buffer the effects of climate change and their vital role in maintaining healthy coastal ecosystems.\nWeekend Schedule\nFriday Evening (7:00 pm – 9:00 pm)\nUcluelet Community Centre\n\nPresentation – Seaweeds are weird. Weird, but oh so wonderful.  And for coastal marine ecosystems, they are vital.\n\nSaturday (7:30 am – 8:30 pm with breaks)\nLow tide is at 6:53 am (0.094 feet / .3 m) \n\nField trip to explore seaweeds on Ucluelet’s rocky coast and practice naturalist skills, including fundamentals of seaweed identification.\nCollection of seaweeds at field site.\nWorkshop to practice using dichotomous keys, field guides and online databases to identify unknown specimens\nCreate your own scientific and artistic seaweed presses.\nCynaoptype, Seaweed as art: create your own beautiful botanical blueprint using the traditional method of cyanotype printing.\nPresentation – From Tradition to Innovation: How Seaweed is Changing our Future\n\nSunday (8:00 am – 1:00 pm)\nLow tide is at 7:41am (-0.056 feet / -0.2 m)\n\nPutting it all together – field trip to identify seaweeds and their communities in nature, including opportunities to share what you’ve learned with the group.\nCourse wrap-up\n\n
URL:https://raincoasteducation.org/events/seaweeds-course-2026/
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LOCATION:500 Matterson Dr. Ucluelet
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