TALES FROM HAIDA GWAII: TOTEMS, TIDES AND TIME
Wed, Feb 12
|Haliburton Fish Hatchery
A Telling Your Stories Speaker Series with Sheila Ziman, Isobel Buttler and Rob Kelly
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2025, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Haliburton Fish Hatchery, 6712 Gelert Rd, Haliburton, ON K0M 1S0, Canada
About the event
Join Sheila Ziman, Rob Kelly and Isabel Buttler as they share their experiences on Haida Gwaii (formerly Queen Charlotte Islands). Sheila visited Haida Gwaii in May 2024. A 1,000-year-old Sitka Spruce, a deep green mossy rainforest and a tufted puffin inspired her to share her impressions of this special area.
Rob and Isabel have collectively spent 18 seasons on some of the most remote islands of the archipelago, camping among the majestic trees of the coastal rainforest, collecting data on nesting seabirds, songbirds, and plant communities. They will share some of their observations while working on projects aimed at understanding and mitigating the impacts of introduced species on the island’s fauna and flora.
Sheila is a retired English as a Second Language teacher who now makes her home in Algonquin Highlands. As a founding member of the Haliburton Highlands Land Trust, she has a strong commitment…