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Check out the exciting workshop and exhibit schedule!
25 speakers and workshops at three concurrent stages
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PLUS---Special Kid's Programming, sponsored by Ontario Native Scape!
Pick up a Passport at their booth in the Lobby,
then visit youth focused workshops, special exhibits and vendors to receive a stamp on your passport.
Return your completed passport to Ontario Native Scape's booth for a prize!
Sneak Peak at the Youth focused programming-
Sciencsational Sssnakes
Salthaven's Wildlife Rehabilitation Volunteer
Climbing Wall by Junction Climbing Gym
Leaf identification and Colouring with Reforest London
Tree Caching with the Association of Canadian Educational Resources (ACER)
Cool app to track Reptiles and Amphibians with Ontario Nature
Learn to Pack a Pack with Mountain Equipment Co-op
......and so much more!
| WORKSHOP Highlights! (see the full list HERE) |
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| Hanging On By A Scale: The Decline of Reptiles in Ontario | ||||
| Scott Gillingwater |
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| Scott Gillingwater is currently the Species at Risk Biologist for the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority. His research includes areas throughout Ontario focusing primarily on SAR reptiles and their habitats. Over the past 20 years he has initiated and conducted some of the only research in Canada on Spiny Softshell Turtle (Apalone s. spinifera), Queensnake (Regina septemvittata), Blanding's Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii), Spotted Turtle (Clemmys guttata), and a number of other SAR reptiles. | ||||
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| Get out and Enjoy It: High Adventure with Master Guides! | ||||
| Garth Pottruff, Robin Tapley, and Steve Martin | ||||
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Join us as Garth Pottruff owner/tour guide with Grand River Rafting, Robin Tapley- instructor for Fanshawe's Adventure Expeditions program and Steve Martin - Manager for Long Point Eco Adventures discuss their own Adventure Expeditions in Carolinian Canada and beyond and how this has deepened their personal commitment and respect for the ecological integrity of the areas they explore. |
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See the full Workshop Schedule