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MONTHLY MEETINGS

As well as being in-person events, our monthly meetings are also available via webinar. Register for the meeting to receive details for attending in-person and the webinar link. *Please note that links will not be active until the time of the event. 

Every third Monday from September to May, Nature Regina hosts a presentation in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum auditorium. The exception is December, when the meeting is the second Monday. Topics cover many aspects of our outdoor environment, including plants, animals, landforms, climate, and cultural history. The presentation is preceded by a brief meeting regarding Nature Regina business and news. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 7:00 p.m. for a social time. Everyone is welcome to attend. All Nature Regina events are scent-free events. For suggestions regarding presentations, email natureregina@gmail.com.

 

Links to recordings of past monthly meetings are in the past monthly meeting descriptions.

Monthly Meetings

  • Through the Seasons at Olson Place
    Through the Seasons at Olson Place
    RSVP Closed
    Apr 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Join us for a talk by Dale and Paule Hjertaas where they discuss gardening with natural floral in their yard. A shared love of nature and gardening led Dale and Paule Hjertaas to work to attract nature to their yard.
  • Intersexual roost selection by the little brown bat in Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan
    Intersexual roost selection by the little brown bat in Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan
    RSVP Closed
    Mar 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Join us for a talk by Emma Blacken, MSc Candidate at the University of Regina for a talk on her research on little brown bats. The little brown bat, an endangered species in Canada, is often associated with roosting in buildings across its North American Range.
  • Discussing highlights of wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan during the 20th century
    Discussing highlights of wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan during the 20th century
    RSVP Closed
    Feb 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Wayne Pepper’s book, Conserving the Legacy, Wildlife Conservation in Saskatchewan 1905 -2005 discusses highlights of wildlife conservation efforts in Saskatchewan through the one hundred years of the 20th century.
  • Barry’s perspectives on “Life, Living, and Lifestyles”
    Barry’s perspectives on “Life, Living, and Lifestyles”
    RSVP Closed
    Jan 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    The diversity of Barry’s perspectives on “Life, Living, and Lifestyles” are insightful, and can be insightful. He hopes they will motivate all people to take better and more care of Mother Earth! He also likes to LOL, and give LoL!"
  • Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation
    Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation
    RSVP Closed
    Nov 20, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    A special presentation from Andrea Olive, the Author of "Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation". Both Andrea and Lorne will be present at this meeting to celebrate the book's launch! Doors open @ 7 PM, event @ 7:30 PM
  • Bumble Bee Health in SK
    Bumble Bee Health in SK
    RSVP Closed
    Oct 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Bumble bees are well known pollinators of agricultural and natural landscapes. Unfortunately, some species of bumble bees have undergone recent declines across North America. Join us for our October monthly meeting speakers series where Dr. Kirsten Palmier discusses her PhD research on bumble bees
  • September General Monthly Meeting - LMBO PCAP Webinar Feature
    September General Monthly Meeting - LMBO PCAP Webinar Feature
    RSVP Closed
    Sep 18, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    Regina, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Join us, September 18th for a screening of the Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) webinar series Last Mountain Bird Observatory (LMBO): 30 years of songbird monitoring in the prairies at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum Auditorium
  • AGM - Pollination in our ecosystem and agriculture
    AGM - Pollination in our ecosystem and agriculture
    RSVP Closed
    Jun 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Pollination is an integraPollination is an integral part of our ecosystem and agriculture. However, many of the pollinators in the world are overlooked, or completely unknown to the general populace. Ryan Oram (they/them), the Curatorial Assistant of Invertebrate Zoology, will be giving this talk.
  • Growing native plants in the garden: a foragers perspective
    Growing native plants in the garden: a foragers perspective
    RSVP Closed
    May 15, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Join us to listen to an informative talk on growing native plants in the garden for the purposes of semi-agriculture and biodiversity. Dave Drummond, aka the YQR Naturalist will relay his experiences with growing and gathering native plants for the pantry. Plus how you too can potentially turn you
  • Land Use of Grassland Birds
    Land Use of Grassland Birds
    RSVP Closed
    Apr 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    I am exploring grassland songbird land use and how the proportion of non-native grasses might affect their territory persistence in and around Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area.
  • INTO THE WEEDS - Screening
    INTO THE WEEDS - Screening
    Mar 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – Mar 21, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    The documentary follows former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson and his fight against Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical corporation acquired by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer in 2018. sponsored by Nature Regina, Regina public Interest Research Group, Cinema Politica.
  • Community ecology of North American bats
    Community ecology of North American bats
    RSVP Closed
    Feb 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Dana M. Green will be discussing their research project exploring if migratory bats have separate dietary niches and if potential competition influences physiology in this month's speaker series.
  • Linking Science and Indigenous Knowledge: Water Quality Trends in Calling Lakes
    Linking Science and Indigenous Knowledge: Water Quality Trends in Calling Lakes
    RSVP Closed
    Jan 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    Zoom link will be provided to registrants
    Dr. Arzu Sardarli will be discussing their research project where they used an Indigenous-Knowledge-based method in order to evaluate water quality and to develop the temporal model of water quality dynamics in this month's speaker series.
  • Photo Night
    Photo Night
    RSVP Closed
    Dec 12, 2022, 7:30 p.m. – Dec 13, 2022, 8:30 p.m.
    RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Have you taken some photos over the past year and are looking for an opportunity to show them to friends and family? We'd love to see them too. All are welcome - not just members.
  • Wildlife Conservation - Challenges and Achievements
    Wildlife Conservation - Challenges and Achievements
    RSVP Closed
    Nov 21, 2022, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
    RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    The talk begins over 100 years ago when settlement started impacting our wildlife such as, Plains Bison, Passenger Pigeons and Whooping Cranes. We look at the many conservation efforts to preserve and restore wildlife. Various success stories are discussed.
  • October Monthly Meeting: Erin Swerdfeger
    October Monthly Meeting: Erin Swerdfeger
    RSVP Closed
    Oct 17, 2022, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. CST
    RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Citizen scientists can contribute greatly to science and conservation efforts. Tools such as iNaturalist and iMap Invasives connect you to a community of over a million naturalists and scientist
  • September Monthly Meeting: Caelan Libke
    September Monthly Meeting: Caelan Libke
    RSVP Closed
    Sep 19, 2022, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
    RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
    Although lesser known for fossils than our neighbour, Alberta, Saskatchewan boasts an impressive fossil record reaching back to the age of the dinosaurs. Caelan's Master’s research focuses on using new techniques to study various topics ranging from turtle fossils to amber inclusions, and even dinos
  • AGM 2022 and Maegan Krajewski of the North Central Community Garden Project
    AGM 2022 and Maegan Krajewski of the North Central Community Garden Project
    RSVP Closed
    Jun 20, 2022, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
    Online Event
    Following the AGM meeting, Maegan Krajewski of the North Central Community Garden Project will be speaking: The 4Cs of Community Gardening: Consumption, Community, Capacity, and Control. This will be an online event only. Register to receive the link.
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