Programs: September - December 2026
Traditionally our meetings are on the third Thursday of the month, except July and August, at 7:30 pm at the Langley Music School, 4899 207 St., Langley. A brief business session is followed by the evening program and refreshment.
NOTE: As of September 2022 meetings are being held in person, with a Zoom option available.
Please check back closer to the dates of the various programs for updates.
> THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026
THE PLANT PAINT PATH: TRANSFORMING INVASIVE PLANTS INTO ECOLOGICAL PIGMENTS
Presenter: Diana Munday
Diana is an artist, educator, herbalist, and reseacher. She introduceds the Plant Paint Path, a 2026 research-creation project based in Langley, BC, with activities across the Lower Mainland. The project has been awarded funding through the Canada Council for the Arts' Exploration and Create - Research and Creation program. The projectr expores transforming invasive plant species into Lake Pigments artist paints, positioning material-based art practice as a form of ecological research and environmental conservation. Guided by Indigenous and enviromental advisors, the project is grounded in scientific accuracy, ethical harvesting practices, and principles of Truth and Reconciliation, supporting respectful engagement with land, plant life, and existing knowledge systems. Throug field research, pigment extraction, paint formulation, and artistic testing, each pigment becomes both an art material and an ecolological record of place and species. Outcomes may included artistl-made paints, artworks, publication documentation, and public knowledge sharing. The project will run throughout 2026.
> THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2026
WHERE ROADS FADE AND BIRDING BEGINS: ATLAS WORK IN THE CARIBOO
Presenter: Gareth Pugh
Gareth will share his off-grid adventures and close-up encounters in the CHilcotin and Cariboo. He'll begin with the challenges and delights of filling in the new BC Bird Atlas, then he will carry us along as he continues eBirding through the Cariboo and Chilcotin -- where every backroad, marsh, wetland, and mountain ridge has a story to tell.
> THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2026
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF SNOWY OWLS ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
Presenter: Dr. Karen Wiebe, B.Sc Ph.D.
Snowy Owls are regular winter migrants to the Canadian Prairies and with the use of radio telemetry, we are learning more about their annual movements on the landscape. Karen Wiebe will review the basic ecology of the species and the challenges of studying Snowy Owls in the wild. Learn what radio telemetry has revealed about the annual movement patterns and territoriality of these owls, based on a field study from 2014-2024.
> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2026
CHRISTMAS MEETING
NOTE: As of September 2022 meetings are being held in person, with a Zoom option available.
Please check back closer to the dates of the various programs for updates.
> THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026
THE PLANT PAINT PATH: TRANSFORMING INVASIVE PLANTS INTO ECOLOGICAL PIGMENTS
Presenter: Diana Munday
Diana is an artist, educator, herbalist, and reseacher. She introduceds the Plant Paint Path, a 2026 research-creation project based in Langley, BC, with activities across the Lower Mainland. The project has been awarded funding through the Canada Council for the Arts' Exploration and Create - Research and Creation program. The projectr expores transforming invasive plant species into Lake Pigments artist paints, positioning material-based art practice as a form of ecological research and environmental conservation. Guided by Indigenous and enviromental advisors, the project is grounded in scientific accuracy, ethical harvesting practices, and principles of Truth and Reconciliation, supporting respectful engagement with land, plant life, and existing knowledge systems. Throug field research, pigment extraction, paint formulation, and artistic testing, each pigment becomes both an art material and an ecolological record of place and species. Outcomes may included artistl-made paints, artworks, publication documentation, and public knowledge sharing. The project will run throughout 2026.
> THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2026
WHERE ROADS FADE AND BIRDING BEGINS: ATLAS WORK IN THE CARIBOO
Presenter: Gareth Pugh
Gareth will share his off-grid adventures and close-up encounters in the CHilcotin and Cariboo. He'll begin with the challenges and delights of filling in the new BC Bird Atlas, then he will carry us along as he continues eBirding through the Cariboo and Chilcotin -- where every backroad, marsh, wetland, and mountain ridge has a story to tell.
> THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH, 2026
BEHAVIOUR AND ECOLOGY OF SNOWY OWLS ON THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
Presenter: Dr. Karen Wiebe, B.Sc Ph.D.
Snowy Owls are regular winter migrants to the Canadian Prairies and with the use of radio telemetry, we are learning more about their annual movements on the landscape. Karen Wiebe will review the basic ecology of the species and the challenges of studying Snowy Owls in the wild. Learn what radio telemetry has revealed about the annual movement patterns and territoriality of these owls, based on a field study from 2014-2024.
> THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17TH, 2026
CHRISTMAS MEETING
