UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG

DATES: OCTOBER 11-14, 2023

VENUE: THE FORT GARRY HOTEL AND CONFERENCE CENTRE

The NASBR Outreach and Education committee is hosting a workshop for NASBR participants and local educators on Sunday, October 15 from 9am to 3pm at a local nature center, Fort Whyte Alive. The outreach workshop itself will run from 9am until noon with topics including creating outreach on a budget, bat walks, and bat gardening. We are excited to have a naturalist, artist, photographer and educator, Heather Hinam, joining us, presenting on how “A picture is worth a thousand words.” We are also excited to have Dan Riskin, Canadian evolutionary biologist, TV personality, and author, joining us to talk about sharing science with the public.

The workshop will conclude with lunch. In the afternoon, the coordinators will host a community outreach event from 1 to 3pm for local visitors to the nature center. Participants in the workshop may either join us for the outreach or enjoy the nature centre during the afternoon. Cost for NASBR participants includes transportation to the event and back to the hotel.  Contact the workshop educators at NASBRTeacherWorkshop@gmail.com for more information.

Dan Riskin, PhD, is a biologist, science journalist, and author. He is best known in Canada as the former host of Daily Planet on Discovery, and in the USA as the host of Animal Planet’s show about parasites, Monsters Inside Me. Dan’s research expertise is on the biomechanics of bats (how they fly, walk, land, etc.), but he spends most of his time bringing science to popular audiences through TV, radio, and podcasts. His first kids’ book, Fiona the Fruit Bat, was published last year.

FortWhyte Alive

1961 McCreary Rd

Winnipeg, MB R3P 2K9