Lake O’Hara Speaker Series

The Lake O'Hara Speaker Series is sponsored by Parks Canada, Lake O'Hara Lodge, and the Lake O'Hara Trails Club. Presentations take place at 8:30 pm at Le Relais three times a week during the summer months. Doors open at 8:00 pm.

2025 Speaker Series

Wednesday July 2 — Heidi Widmer: Ways of the Bison

Friday July 4 — Gareth Thompson: Tales of horror, devotion, and mind-boggling memory tricks: The Birds of Lake O'Hara

Sunday July 6 — Caroline Aubry-Wake: From Icefields to Faucets: How Glacier Melt Flows Into Our Lives

Wednesday July 9 — Mitch Fenton: Painting at O'Hara

Friday July 11 — Ronna Schneberger: The Griz Quiz

Sunday July 13 — Meghan Ward: Wildflowers: In the Footsteps of Mary Schäffer Warren

Wednesday July 16 — Jeff Horvath Mountain Learning

Friday July 18 — Ellen Gasser: Birds of the Mountains

Sunday July 20 — Anna Hargreaves :Species on the edge: How should Canada protect its rare, range-edge species?

Wednesday July 23 — Mike Potter: Lake O'Hara Wildflowers

Friday July 25 — Karen Messenger Wolverines: Nature's Superheros

Sunday July 27 — Brianna van Den Bussche: The Good, the Bad, and the Bugly

Wednesday July 30 — John McFaul Furry: Fridayendlies of O'Hara

Friday August 1 — Joel Hagen: The Lake O’Hara Beer Show

Sunday August 3 — Jean-Bernard Caron: The Burgess Shale: Highlights of 50 years of research by the Royal Ontario Museum

Wednesday August 6 — Mike Potter: Lake O'Hara Birds

Friday August 8 — Leanne Allison: Losing Blue

Sunday August 10 — Sarah Hechtenthal: Freezing your Frogs Off: How Mountain Dwelling Animals Survive Harsh Winters

Wednesday August 13 — John McFaul: Starry Starry Nights

Friday August 15 — Joel Hagen: Birds of the Rockies

Sunday August 17 — Lee Nordbye: Monochrome Mountains: Adventure, Misadventure and Rocky Road Stories

Wednesday August 20 — Cathy Ryan: Ten Reasons Geology Makes Lake O’Hara Iconic

Friday August 22 — Edwin Knox: Folklore and Verse of The Rockies!

Sunday August 24 — Sonya Jakubec: Vitamin N(ature): A prescription for parks and nature through the cycles of life!

Wednesday August 27 — Lori Glaseman: Vanlife in the Canadian Rockies:

Friday August 29 — Jim Pissot: Wolves of the Rocky Mountain Parks

Friday August 31 — Sarah Smith: Kitty Kitty Carnivore- Exploring the Family Felidae and the Wildcats of Canada