Member Event: Two pollination events in Guelph and Toronto, April 6 and 10.
Posted: February 14, 2013
Categories: Events / Food in the News
There are two pollination events coming up this April.
Pollination Guelph will be holding it’s annual Pollination Symposium on Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 8:40am to 4pm at the Dublin St United Church in Guelph. The Canadian Pollinator Conservation 2013: Next Steps meeting will be held at the University of Toronto on Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 9am to 4pm.
Pollination Guelph’s 2nd Annual Photo Contest and 2013 Pollination Symposium.
The symposium will run from 8:40am (registration start) until 4pm, with new speakers and workshops to listen to and participate in. The submission deadline for the pollinator photo contest is Sunday, March 10, 2013. Photo contest entrants are invited to submit up to 5 digital images of potential pollinators to pollinationguelph@gmail.com. Finalists will be selected by volunteer judges, and voted upon by attendees of the Pollination Symposium.
Time: Saturday, April 6, 2013 from 8:40am-4pm
Location: Dublin St United Church, 66 Suffolk St W, Guelph
Cost: $40 for pre-registration by March 27, $45 after March 27 (includes lunch)
$10 discount for students and seniors
Pre-register for the symposium by sending an email with your name and workshop preference to pollinationguelph@gmail.com.
For more information on the Pollination Symposium and photo contest visit the Pollinator Guelph website.
Canadian Pollinator Conservation 2013: Next Steps meeting
This meeting will bring people together from different disciplines and organizations to answer the questions:
- What is the status of pollinators in Canada?
- What is being done to help at-risk pollinators?
- What are the next steps and how can we work together to achieve them?
Time: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 from 9am-4pm
Location: Room 108 Koffler House, University of Toronto
Cost: $40, includes lunch
The registration deadline is April 2, 2013.
Click here for information, online registration, and directions to the meeting, or contact the organizing committee at PollinatorConservationCanada@gmail.com.
This meeting is sponsored by Wildlife Preservation Canada, Pollinator Partnership Canada, the Society of Conservation Biologists – Toronto chapter, the University of Toronto, and the Packer Lab at York University.