MONTHLY MEETINGS

As well as being in-person events, our monthly meetings are also available via webinar. Register for the meeting to receive details for attending in-person and the webinar link. *Please note that links will not be active until the time of the event.

Every third Monday from September to May, Nature Regina hosts a presentation in the Royal Saskatchewan Museum auditorium. The exception is December, when the meeting is the second Monday. Topics cover many aspects of our outdoor environment, including plants, animals, landforms, climate, and cultural history. The presentation is preceded by a brief meeting regarding Nature Regina business and news. The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m., with doors opening at 7:00 p.m. for a social time. Everyone is welcome to attend. All Nature Regina events are scent-free events. For suggestions regarding presentations, email natureregina@gmail.com.

Links to recordings of past monthly meetings are in the past monthly meeting descriptions.

Monthly Meetings

Mon, Dec 09
December Monthly Meeting: Members Christmas Photo Night
RSM - Auditorium
RSVP
Dec 09, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CST
RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Members will have the opportunity to show all their various trip photos exemplifying the wonders of nature and the trip.
Mon, Nov 18
November Monthly Meeting: Dr. Britt Hall
RSM - Auditorium
RSVP Closed
Details
Nov 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CST
RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Why are prairie pothole wetland ponds hot spots for methyl mercury production
Mon, Oct 21
October Monthly Meeting: Dr. Fidji Gendron and Sarah Vinge-Mazer
RSM - Auditorium
RSVP Closed
Details
Oct 21, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. CST
RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Grow Native Plants in your Garden
Mon, Sep 16
September Monthly Meeting: Tory Hartley-Cox
RSM - Auditorium
RSVP Closed
Details
Sep 16, 2024, 6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. CST
RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Hoo's Watching Who? Using Community science and satellite tracking to uncover Great Horned Owl nesting and hunting habits in Southern Saskatchewan. FLASH NATIVE PLANT SALE BEFORE THE TALK!
Fri, Sep 13
Nature Saskatchewan 75th Fall Meet and Anniversary Banquet
See event locations at naturesask.ca
RSVP Closed
Details
Sep 13, 2024, 6:30 p.m. CST – Sep 14, 2024, 10:00 p.m. CST
See event locations at naturesask.ca
Join us for Nature Saskatchewan's Fall Meet, September 13-14 in Regina, staff, board members and representatives from local societies in Regina and Saskatoon are excited to bring you another wonderful weekend of presentations, field trips and more!
Mon, May 27
Nature Regina AGM
RSM Auditorium
RSVP Closed
Details
May 27, 2024, 7:00 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
RSM Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Nature Regina's 2024 AGM followed by a talk by our speaker, Cheryl Hymus-Fraser, who has training and experience as both a social worker and an outdoor educator.
Mon, Apr 15
Through the Seasons at Olson Place
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Apr 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Join us for a talk by Dale and Paule Hjertaas where they discuss gardening with natural floral in their yard. A shared love of nature and gardening led Dale and Paule Hjertaas to work to attract nature to their yard.
Mon, Mar 18
Intersexual roost selection by the little brown bat in Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Mar 18, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Join us for a talk by Emma Blacken, MSc Candidate at the University of Regina for a talk on her research on little brown bats. The little brown bat, an endangered species in Canada, is often associated with roosting in buildings across its North American Range.
Mon, Feb 19
Discussing highlights of wildlife conservation in Saskatchewan during the 20th century
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Feb 19, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Wayne Pepper’s book, Conserving the Legacy, Wildlife Conservation in Saskatchewan 1905 -2005 discusses highlights of wildlife conservation efforts in Saskatchewan through the one hundred years of the 20th century.
Mon, Jan 15
Barry’s perspectives on “Life, Living, and Lifestyles”
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Jan 15, 2024, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
The diversity of Barry’s perspectives on “Life, Living, and Lifestyles” are insightful, and can be insightful. He hopes they will motivate all people to take better and more care of Mother Earth! He also likes to LOL, and give LoL!"
Mon, Nov 20
Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation
RSM - Auditorium
RSVP Closed
Details
Nov 20, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
RSM - Auditorium, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
A special presentation from Andrea Olive, the Author of "Protecting the Prairies: Lorne Scott and the Politics of Conservation". Both Andrea and Lorne will be present at this meeting to celebrate the book's launch! Doors open @ 7 PM, event @ 7:30 PM
Mon, Oct 16
Bumble Bee Health in SK
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Oct 16, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Bumble bees are well known pollinators of agricultural and natural landscapes. Unfortunately, some species of bumble bees have undergone recent declines across North America. Join us for our October monthly meeting speakers series where Dr. Kirsten Palmier discusses her PhD research on bumble bees
Mon, Sep 18
September General Monthly Meeting - LMBO PCAP Webinar Feature
Regina
RSVP Closed
Details
Sep 18, 2023, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Regina, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Join us, September 18th for a screening of the Prairie Conservation Action Plan (PCAP) webinar series Last Mountain Bird Observatory (LMBO): 30 years of songbird monitoring in the prairies at the Royal Saskatchewan Museum Auditorium
Mon, Jun 19
AGM - Pollination in our ecosystem and agriculture
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Jun 19, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Pollination is an integraPollination is an integral part of our ecosystem and agriculture. However, many of the pollinators in the world are overlooked, or completely unknown to the general populace. Ryan Oram (they/them), the Curatorial Assistant of Invertebrate Zoology, will be giving this talk.
Mon, May 15
Growing native plants in the garden: a foragers perspective
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
May 15, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Join us to listen to an informative talk on growing native plants in the garden for the purposes of semi-agriculture and biodiversity. Dave Drummond, aka the YQR Naturalist will relay his experiences with growing and gathering native plants for the pantry. Plus how you too can potentially turn you
Mon, Apr 17
Land Use of Grassland Birds
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
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Apr 17, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
I am exploring grassland songbird land use and how the proportion of non-native grasses might affect their territory persistence in and around Last Mountain Lake National Wildlife Area.
Mon, Mar 20
INTO THE WEEDS - Screening
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
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Mar 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – Mar 21, 2023, 9:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
The documentary follows former groundskeeper Dewayne Johnson and his fight against Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical corporation acquired by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer in 2018. sponsored by Nature Regina, Regina public Interest Research Group, Cinema Politica.
Mon, Feb 20
Community ecology of North American bats
Royal Saskatchewan Museum
RSVP Closed
Details
Feb 20, 2023, 7:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Royal Saskatchewan Museum, 2445 Albert St, Regina, SK S4P 4W7, Canada
Dana M. Green will be discussing their research project exploring if migratory bats have separate dietary niches and if potential competition influences physiology in this month's speaker series.