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.

2026 Speaker Series

July 1    Sarah Smith—Kitty Kitty Carnivore: Exploring the Family Felidae and the Wildcats of Canada

July 3    Dan Clark—The Art of Family Adventure

July 5    John McFaul—Alpine Beauties

July 8    Jeff Horvath—Mountain Classroom

July 10  Ronna Schneberger—The Griz Quiz

July 12  Mel Reasone—Climate Change in the Rocky Mountains: Past Context and Future Trajectories

July 15  Edwin Knox— Folklore and Verse of The Rockies!

July 17  Gareth Thompson —Tales of horror, devotion, and mind-boggling memory tricks: The Birds of Lake O'Hara

July 19  Paul Zizka—Magic in High Places: 20 Years of Photographic Exploration in the Canadian Rockies

July 22  Monika Deviat—Keep it Dark: It’s Where Wonder Waits

July 24 Joel Hagen—The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Ungulates: A Show About Hoofed Mammals

July 26  Tracey Halladay—Wandering the Earth: Finding Small Scenes in Grand Landscapes

July 29  Trixie Pacis—Embers

July 31 Sonya Jakubec—Vitamin N(ature): A prescription for parks and nature through the cycles of life!

Aug 2    Caroline Aubry-Wake—From Icefields to Faucets: How Glacier Melt Flows Into Our Lives

Aug 5    John McFaul—Starry Starry Nights

Aug 7    Karen Messenger—Wolverines: Nature's Superheros!

Aug 9    Heidi Widmer—Following the Bison: Ecology, Culture and Lessons for Living

Aug 12  Lee Nordbye—Rocky Roads

Aug 14 Joel Hagen—The Lake O'Hara Beer Show

Aug 16  Bradley Peter—Exploring the Changing Nature of Lakes Through Citizen Science and Satellites

Aug 19  Masaki Hayashi—Groundwater in the Lake O’Hara Watershed: Hidden Water Reservoir

Aug 21 Jim Pissot—Wolves of the Rocky Mountain Parks

Aug 23 Julia Millen—Mighty Micro-Survivors: Kinglet of the Forest

Aug 26  Cathy Ryan—Ten Reasons Geology Makes Lake O’Hara Iconic (and Brilliant Blue!)

Aug 28  Ellen Gasser—O'Hara Wildlife Who's Who

Aug 30  Briana van den Bussche— Little Worlds: Exploring Lichen