Category Archives: Talks

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AGM & Members Slide Night Date: Wednesday, Mar, 1 Time: 7:30 p.m. Location: Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History Note this meeting  is on Wed, not our usual Thursday evening The Annual General Meeting takes place first, where reports on … Continue reading →

The date of the meeting had to be changed as the Museum auditorium was not available on our regular meeting night. NS Power and Ospreys NS Power’s Environmental scientist Peter Morrison will guide us through its Osprey Management Programme covering … Continue reading →

Thursday, January 5 – Regular Monthly meeting: Chemistry is everywhere!  What in the World ISN’T Organic Chemistry? by Keith Vaughan SYNOPSIS This presentation aims to show the audience that organic chemistry is pervasive in almost all of our lives and daily … Continue reading →

Monthly Meeting – Mushrooms– Thursday, October 6 at 7:30 at the Museum of Natural History The meeting will be at 7:30 PM in the auditorium of the Museum of Natural History. It will be an in-person meeting only. Attendees will … Continue reading →

Monthly Meeting – From Coast to Coast to Coast – Thursday, September 1, 2022 Building climate resiliency through marine protected areas. In this talk, Dalhousie University/Ocean Frontier Institute’s marine biologist Boris Worm explains the scientific rationale for using marine protected … Continue reading →

Today, from the Program Committee of the Halifax Field Naturalists: There will be an online presentation on Thursday, February the 4th, at 7:30 pm. Kristen Noel from the Nova Scotia Invasive Species Council will give a presentation on Invasive Species … Continue reading →

SPEAKER Dr. Anne Daziel Faculty Associate Department of Biology, Saint Mary’s University2020 With the ever-increasing demand humans continue to place on earth’s physical resources and our growing understanding of the environment, Dr. Ryan explores the heightened need for geo-ethics among … Continue reading →

Timothy Frazier holds a faculty position at Saint Mary’s University in 2009, and his research now focuses on using genetics to improving the understanding and conservation of whales. Whales are some of the most intriguing, yet difficult to study, animals … Continue reading →

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Ryan MacLean, Volunteer Coordinator for the Nova Scotia Nature Trust, is delighted to join the HFN to talk about her work with the Nova Scotia Nature Trust. Ryan will share her personal journey of how she came to work in … Continue reading →

Since 1980, most coral reefs have experienced at least three episodes of coral bleaching, triggered by global warming. Mass mortality of corals due to bleaching represents a radical shift in the disturbance of tropical reefs, representing a fundamental challenge to … Continue reading →