Monthly Meetings and Speaker Programme

Listen, learn, and share ideas with people who are passionate about our natural world! 

SNS offers a monthly speaker programme from September to April on the third Thursday of the month. All meetings are live streamed through Zoom.

During the fall and spring months presentations will be in hybrid format: speakers will present live at in-person meetings while being simultaneously streamed through Zoom. During winter months speakers may be streamed from outside the Saskatoon region and on these occasions, there will be no in-person meeting.

All are welcome to attend these meetings either in-person or through Zoom. Look for details about each month’s meeting in the SNS membership newsletter, confirming any in-person meeting time and place. A reminder email with the meeting details and Zoom link will be sent to each member whose current email address is on file.

Non-members who wish to attend through Zoom should provide their name and email address to Claire Bullaro at c.bear@sasktel.net for each meeting. Please consider becoming a member of the Saskatoon Nature Society if you wish to receive the Zoom link automatically each month.

The monthly meetings include announcements from the SNS president. If you have an announcement or notice, please contact the president at least 2 days before the meeting.

Click HERE for the current meeting information

Sustainability Speakers Series

The Sustainability Speakers Series is hosted by the Saskatoon Public Library in partnership with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES). These environmentally themed monthly presentations are free for all to attend. The following events will be on Tuesday evenings in the basement Meeting Room at Frances Morrison Library (311 23rd St. E., Saskatoon). Talks, including the Q+A portion, start at 7:00pm and end by 8:30pm. These are in-person events. Recordings of some of the presentations will be available online several days after the event; however, they will not be live-streamed in 2023. More information can be found on the Saskatoon Library’s online calendar.

Date: April 18
Title: Sustainable Food Production: A Farmer’s Opinion
Speaker: Glenn Wright
Description: Glenn Wright farms near Saskatoon. Glenn will share insights about growing crops in a more sustainable way. He has used alternative energy in his farming and has converted a truck to an electric vehicle. Glenn will also touch on legal aspects of international loss and damage due to climate change.

Pelican Watch

Meewasin invites you to guess the date and arrival time of the first pelican in the ‘Official Splashdown Zone’ between the weir and CP Bridge. The Meewasin Pelican Watch Contest runs from March 1 to March 31, and as usual, there are some great prizes. You can enter on the Meewasin website (meewasin.com) or the Meewasin Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/Meewasin) after March 1. The arrival time of the first pelican is observed by the Saskatoon Nature Society.

This, of course means that members of the Saskatoon Nature Society have to be extra diligent and keep lookout for the arrival of the first pelican. The Pelicans have arrived as early as April 2 and as late as April 20. If you spot a pelican in the official splashdown zone, please text (or call) Greg Fenty (306-370-8839) or e-mail greg.fenty@gmail.com. We will tabulate all the first sightings to come up with the earliest date and time. Thank you for your assistance.

Kids in Nature Grant

current activities

The Saskatoon Nature Society and the Nature Conservancy of Canada have joined together to manage a property near Asquith, Saskatchewan. SaskTel’s MaxTV has produced a video to showcase this beautiful area.

Click here for the video.

Other Activities

Find a ‘Nature Hot Spot’ in Saskatoon.