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Gibsons Public Market: Reducing the Climate Footprint of your Transportation

Part Three: Climate Action Fall Speaker Series

Talk Details
Join Stephen Forgacs (TraC), Annie Wise (Sunshine Coast Tourism), and Raph Shay (SCRD) as they explore how transportation impacts our climate and what local initiatives are doing to make a difference. This session highlights efforts to encourage active travel, expand public transit, and promote sustainable choices across our communities. The speakers will share perspectives on regional goals, infrastructure improvements, and ways individuals and organizations can lower their transportation footprint.

SC Arts Centre:Sechelt Arts Festival: Closing Celebration: Nature Girl Screening

Max 50, Registration required (a few tickets will be held at the door)

Celebrate the closing of the Festival with Candace Campo and Trent Maynard as they present their film Nature Girl. After the screening, Candace and Trent will engage in a discussion.

Filmmaking duo Trent Maynard and Candace Campo spent five years documenting the surprising species living in a small wetland in the shíshálh Nation swiya. Using poetry and motion sensor cameras, this short film documents the intergenerational bear families using a multi-species scratching post and watering hole, alongside newts, frogs, elk, owls and bats.

An Afternoon with Bob McDonald – Host of CBC’s Quirks and Quarks

We’re thrilled to welcome Bob McDonald—acclaimed author, CBC broadcaster, and longtime host of Quirks & Quarks—to the Raven’s Cry Theatre for a very special fundraising event.
With over 800,000 weekly listeners across Canada, Bob is one of the country’s most trusted voices in science communication. He’s just released his memoir “Just Say Yes” and has generously offered his time to support this cause.
This event will benefit the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts, now in its 43rd year. The Festival continues to enrich our community through storytelling, author events, and literacy initiatives—like the much-loved Literacy Week in local elementary schools.

Click on the link below for ticket options.
https://writersfestival.ca/2025/an-afternoon-with-bob-mcdonald/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMsMj

Disinformation in Canada — free public event from ElderCollege

Free but must register here.

Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi from SFU’s Disinformation Project research unit will deliver the free 2025 Clifford Smith Memorial Lecture on Saturday, September 13, at 14:00 at Raven’s Cry Theatre, Sechelt.

This free, all ages, public lecture will help you understand disinformation and the disruptions it presents in our digital era. What is fact and what is false? Using examples from Canadian and international media, Dr. Al-Rawi will focus on the spread of both misinformation and disinformation, how to navigate the challenges of identifying false information, and some ways to protect ourselves against it.

MedTalks: Heart & Stroke

Sechelt Hospital Foundation invites you to our MedTalks session: Heart & Stroke with keynote speaker Dr. David Wood, a leading physician, clinical professor and expert in cardiovascular health. MedTalks Health & Wellness series is an initiative of Sechelt Hospital Foundation, focused on mental, physical and emotional well-being. The community is invited to learn, laugh and listen to our speakers’ experiences and discover local resources on the Sunshine Coast.

Banditry Cidery: Green Drinks

Green Drinks is back! Come grab a cider (or kombucha!), meet friends, and enjoy great, green conversations the last Friday of every month.
Every Green Drinks kicks off with a short informal presentation by a local guest speaker, followed by discussion and a chance to hang out and socialize over drinks in the beautiful natural setting of the Banditry Cider Farm.
This month we’re thrilled to host Jay Ritchlin – Ch’ḵw’elhp resident with 30 years of work in Howe Sound conservation and recovery – on how Átl’ḵa7tsem / Howe Sound is a model for recovery, resilience and hope.

Learn more on Fri! FREE, family-friendly, outdoor event, everyone welcome!

Wade Davis & Vicki Gabereau in Conversation with emcee Ed Hill

In-person tickets to Wade Davis & Vicki Gabereau in Conversation with emcee Ed Hill are SOLD OUT. Livestream tickets are now available for you to watch this event at home! Tickets will allow for live virtual access to the event via computer monitor or smart TV, and include a GPAG membership and access to the video after the event.

Join the livestream with cultural anthropologist, explorer and author Wade Davis and beloved moderator Vicki Gabereau in conversation, with emcee Ed Hill, on a wide span of topics – inspiring us to see and to seek global perspectives of diversity, promise and home.

Livestream begins 6:30pm; Discussion begins 7:15pm – 8:30pm
Livestream tickets: $40. Find more information and purchase online via EventBrite!

6th Annual Sunshine Coast Ocean Festival: June 1 – 8

to June 8th. The festival offers a week-long celebration of the ocean’s beauty, diversity, and vital connection to all life on Earth. Whether you’re a lifelong ocean lover or curious to learn more, we invite you to join us!

The festival will culminate in a celebration at Mission Point Park (next to Davis Bay) in Sechelt, from noon till 4pm on Sunday June 8th, which is World Oceans Day.

For details of the week’s events, visit the Festival website at https://sunshinecoastoceanfestival.ca/

MedTalks: Family Matters

Advanced Care Planning & Honouring Health Care Wishes. A straight forward and practical discussion now, to help honour health care wishes in the future.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

Sunshine Coast World Oceans Day Festival

Events from June 4-10.

In celebration of the United Nation’s World Oceans Day, the SCCA is hosting our annual Oceans Day festival, in collaboration with Rhizome UP! Media and the Green Film Series. Sponsored by the District of Sechelt and the Sunshine Coast Credit Union.
Every year on June 8th, people all across the planet celebrate the many ways the world’s ocean benefit our lives and become inspired to protect them.
The festival showcases and celebrates the incredible marine diversity in our local waters, aims to raise awareness about threats to ocean health, and support people to engage in local conservation initiatives.
Building on the success of our 2021 Virtual Film Festival, we’ve created an exciting virtual + in-person program for 2022.

More info here.

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