Join the Marine Education Centre team for our Summer Community Seine Net events! Kindly sponsored by the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every Wednesday during the Summer the team will be at Armours Beach from 10am-11am for some intertidal exploration and seine netting fun!
See what amazing creatures we will discover in the shallow waters around our Coast.
These events are free (donations welcome) and open to everyone.
We cannot wait to see you all there for community fun and learning.
Tag: conservation
Online NEMO Talk: Tracking Dungeness Crab across the Salish Sea
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our fourth NEMO Talk of the week: Tracking Dungeness Crab across the Salish Sea
Driven by communities and led by the Hakai Institute, Sentinels of Change is a decade-long project that uses light traps to investigate the ecology and dynamics of a critically important species in our inland sea: Dungeness crab. Throughout the spring and summer, groups of dedicated volunteers check the traps regularly and watch the crabs (and other species) come and go.
Our online NEMO talks run daily throughout the festival from 12pm-1pm. Make sure you register at the link to get the zoom details!
Be sure to follow us on social media for more event details!
World Oceans Day Festival Live Event
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our final event for World Oceans Day Festival: LIVE Herring Curtain Demonstration.
Come and learn about Herring Curtains and why they are Important for Pacific Herring survival. We will demonstrate the construction of a herring curtain and explain why such curtains are important to the Pacific Herring. There will be extra materials on hand for participants to help make a herring curtain, and these will be stored for usage next spring during spawning season.
You do not want to miss this event! No registration required.
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Online NEMO Talk: Generation Restoration
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our final NEMO talk on Generation Restoration: feeding hope and resilience back into kelp forests and the community.
Salish Sea kelp ecosystems are among the most vital and most threatened ecosystems in Canadian waters. Join Lee-Ann Ennis as she tells her inspiring story of cultivating kelp for fish habitat and restoration projects.
Our online NEMO talks run daily throughout the festival from 12pm-1pm. Make sure you register at the link to get the zoom details!
Be sure to follow us on social media for more event details!
World Oceans Day Festival Live Event
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our first LIVE event to celebrate World Oceans Day.
Come out to the beach at Friendship Park, Trail Bay and learn about who forage fish are, and why they are important. Then we’ll get into a demonstration of the sampling process used by citizen scientists all along the Salish Sea to determine where these important little fish are choosing to spawn. Bring your gumboots and curiosity for this hands-on demonstration.
No registration required.
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Live Film Event: Uncharted Waters
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our second LIVE film screening this week. Tonight’s feature film is Uncharted Waters.
Four young people with diverse connections to Howe Sound/ Átl‘ka7tsem confront an uncertain future. United by an innovative, community-led mapping project, can they work together to protect their home?
We will also be joined by guest speakers from the Squamish Nation, Marine Stewardship Initiative, Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative Society, and Marine Life Sanctuaries Society.
You do not want to miss this event! No registration required.
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Online NEMO Talk: Forage Fish and Chinook Salmon
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our second NEMO Talk of the week: Forage Fish and Chinook Salmon.
Fish diet studies can help us understand changes in marine ecosystems. Will Duguid (UVic and PSF) will provide an introduction to key prey of Chinook and Coho salmon and discuss what salmon diets are teaching us about the food web that supports our salmon and the species that rely on them. He will also present new insights on the migration ecology of Pacific Herring and introduce current and upcoming research programs.
Our online NEMO talks run daily throughout the festival from 12pm-1pm.
Make sure you register at the link to get the zoom details!
Be sure to follow us on social media and check out our website for a full listing of events!
Online NEMO Talk: Eelgrass and Beyond
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our third NEMO Talk of the week: Eelgrass and Beyond: Protecting Resilient Estuaries on the Sunshine Coast.
For the last two decades, SeaChange has worked with communities surrounding the Salish Sea to conserve, restore, and protect nearshore marine areas, so vital as nurseries for salmon and all life they depend upon. As climate changes become more impactful to these vital marine nurseries, it is increasingly important to protect those that have a higher capacity to adapt to rising sea levels and increasing storm events.
Our online NEMO talks run daily throughout the festival from 12pm-1pm. Make sure you register at the link to get the zoom details!
Be sure to follow us on social media for more event details!
Online NEMO Talk: Cetaceans of the Salish Sea
Our World Oceans Day festival is back for 2023!
Join us for our first NEMO Talk of the week: Cetaceans of the Salish Sea: A deeper dive into their lives.
We will be joined by Gary Sutton, Research Technician, from the Whales Initiative Body Condition Research Program for his presentation on the natural history of cetaceans in the Salish Sea and the ongoing research projects.
Our online NEMO talks run daily throughout the festival from 12pm-1pm. Make sure you register at the link to get the zoom details!
Be sure to follow us on social media and check out our website for a full listing of events!
Earth Day 2023 at the Pier
Come join us to celebrate Earth Day down at the Roberts Creek Pier Saturday, April 22nd from noon-5pm!
Pedal for the planet hosted by the Sea to Sky Outdoor School meets at Lower rd and the Hwy at 10:45am and will make there way down to the pier!
TraC is providing bike Valet and tune-up station.
Booksale at the Library in the Heart of the Creek from noon-3pm
Clothing swap by Wolfpup Studios – 1 bag maximum – email wolfpups.studio@gmail.com for early drop off
Pitch-in bags and tags from the OCPC and RCCA
Information booths
Conscious vendors
Food from:
Eats West
Organic Bannock
Those Mini-donuts and more!
On Stage!
Mr Doug
Deanna Knight
Brothers in Farms
Estelle and the Honeydews
Dally Mon
Sam Pulpo
It’s only with the help of volunteers that these events happen!
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Homes for Wildlife Workshop (Gibsons)
Celebrate the arrival of spring by helping local wildlife! Community members of all ages are warmly invited to join biologists from the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project to build their own bat houses, swallow nest boxes, owl nest boxes, or mason bee homes from easy-to-assemble kits. Drop by any time between 10AM and 2PM to build a box, chat about local wildlife, or learn how to get involved in local habitat stewardship and wildlife monitoring activities. Kits take about 30 minutes to assemble, and ready-made nest boxes will also be available. Kits subject to availability. Cost for materials is $25 for swallow boxes and $40 for all other boxes. If you cannot attend this date, similar events will be held in Halfmoon Bay (March 26), Davis Bay (April 1), and Madeira Park (April 2).
Homes for Wildlife Workshop (Halfmoon Bay)
Homes for Wildlife Workshop (Halfmoon Bay)
Celebrate the arrival of spring by helping local wildlife! Community members of all ages are warmly invited to join biologists from the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project to build their own bat houses, swallow nest boxes, owl nest boxes, or mason bee homes from easy-to-assemble kits. Drop by any time between 10AM and 2PM to build a box, chat about local wildlife, or learn how to get involved in habitat stewardship and wildlife monitoring activities. Kits take about 30 minutes to assemble, and ready-made nest boxes will also be available. Kits subject to availability. Cost for materials is $25 for swallow boxes and $40 for all other boxes. If you cannot attend, similar events in Gibsons (March 25), Davis Bay (April 1), Madeira Park (April 2).
Homes for Wildlife Workshop (Davis Bay)
Celebrate the arrival of spring by helping local wildlife! Community members of all ages are warmly invited to join biologists from the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project to build their own bat houses, swallow nest boxes, owl nest boxes, or mason bee homes from easy-to-assemble kits. Drop by any time between 10AM and 2PM to build a box, chat about local wildlife, or learn how to get involved in local habitat stewardship and wildlife monitoring activities. Kits take about 30 minutes to assemble, and ready-made nest boxes will also be available. Kits subject to availability. Cost for materials is $25 for swallow boxes and $40 for all other boxes. If you cannot attend this date, a similar event will be held in Madeira Park (April 2).
Homes for Wildlife Workshop (Madeira Park)
Celebrate the arrival of spring by helping local wildlife! Community members of all ages are warmly invited to join biologists from the Sunshine Coast Wildlife Project to build their own bat houses, swallow nest boxes, owl nest boxes, or mason bee homes from easy-to-assemble kits. Drop by any time between 10AM and 2PM to build a box, chat about local wildlife, or learn how to get involved in local habitat stewardship and wildlife monitoring activities. Kits take about 30 minutes to assemble, and ready-made nest boxes will also be available. Kits subject to availability. Cost for materials is $25 for swallow boxes and $40 for all other boxes. If you cannot attend this date, a similar event will be held in Davis Bay (April 1).
Roberts Creek Native Plant Planting with SC Streamkeepers
Last Sunday of the month. Meet at Lower Road bridge beside RC Legion (3064 Lower Road).”
Please bring gloves, eye protection and small clippers if you have them and we will be doing some planting of native plants, please bring a good strong shovel and a watering can and remember to dress for the weather. Contact email: scstreamkeepers@gmail.com
Special during the Art Crawl
join us for a special cocktail at One FOOT CROW 1050 Venture Way Gibsons
Special during the Art Crawl
join us for a special cocktail at One FOOT CROW 1050 Venture Way Gibsons
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