Mushrooms of the West Coast 2024

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Thank […]

$330.00

Marine Invertebrates of the West Coast

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

In this weekend field course get up close and personal with the invertebrates that inhabit the shallow waters of our western shores!  in this weekend course you will learn all about the fascinating strategies that they use to survive the rigors of the intertidal zone; their varied and often bizarre means of reproduction, the critical […]

$347.00

Spineless Wonders: the amazing diversity and adaptations of invertebrates. 🐚 ⁠

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Join us for an evening presentation with Dr. Gregory Jensen on Spineless Wonders: the amazing diversity and adaptations of invertebrates. 🐚 ⁠ ⁠ Friday, July 19th, 7 - 9pm @ the Ucluelet Community Centre⁠ ⁠ Like all other animals, invertebrates have to deal with the challenges of things like finding food, reproducing, and avoiding predators. […]

Sensational Seaweeds and How to Celebrate Them

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Dr. Bridgette Clarkston & Dr. Bridgette Clark present Seansational Seaweeds and How to Celebrate Them! Join us Friday June 7th @ the Ucluelet Community Centre. Seaweeds are weird. Weird, but oh so wonderful. And for coastal marine ecosystems, they are vital — creating habitats, providing food, stabilizing shorelines, and looking gorgeous. This talk will explore […]

Small Town, Big Picture: Ucluelet

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

The West Coast Ambassador Program: This three-hour orientation session delivers the “big picture” of living in Ucluelet. Learn about local history and basic ecology, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information. This is a great way to get up-to-date local’s information about living and working in Ucluelet. This course is […]

Free

Conservation Status of Marine Mammals of BC: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Conservation Status of Marine Mammals of BC: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly with Dr. John K.B. Ford The ocean waters of British Columbia have a remarkable diversity of marine mammals  31 species have been recorded here, this is one-quarter of all marine mammal species in the world! After co-existing with coastal First Nations […]

Free

Mushrooms of the West Coast 2023

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

This weekend field course will introduce participants to the wonderful world of West Coast Mushrooms. Topics to be covered include introduction to fungi (what are they, and what is their role in our forests?), essentials of collecting and identifying fungi in the field, edible, medicinal and poisonous fungi, cooking with wild mushrooms, and more! Course […]

$300.00

Small Town, Big Picture: Ucluelet

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Ucluelet.

Free

Small Town, Big Picture: Ucluelet

Ucluelet Community Centre 500 Matterson Drive, Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada

Learn about local history, cross-cultural understanding, businesses and activities, festivals, host etiquette, and important civic information specific to Ucluelet.

Free