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Symposium 2025: Registration Closing!

Symposium 2025 is almost here! 

The Organizing Committee is pleased to confirm all speaking slots are filled and the presentations look fabulous. Registration continues until next Thursday. 

Attending Symposium? Artist Ray Troll will be unable to speak at the Symposium Banquet, in-person or virtually, as advertised. In his place, Pat Trask, Museum Curator of Natural History at Courtenay and District Museum and Palaeontology Centre, will share the journey of the baby Elasmosaur from its discovery in the Courtenay area to its home in the museum, and the marvelous things the specimen reveals. 

Unable to attend Symposium? You can still benefit from a beautiful piece of artwork available for pick up at Symposium; a beautiful high-quality colour poster of three heteromorph ammonites from the Nanaimo Group.

Order ahead for pick up at Symposium and avoid shipping charges (get a friend attending Symposium to pick is up for you), or have it delivered right to your home.  When ordering, select “local pickup” to save shipping costs if it’s being picked up at Symposium for you. 

Image courtesy of and copyright of Connie Resch.

See you at the symposium!

Symposium 2025 Reminder – Registration & Accommodations

The 2025 BC Paleontological Symposium is next month, August 22nd – 25th, and there is still time to register if you haven’t already.  The schedule is posted here:  15th BC Paleontological Symposium 2025 v2 – Vancouver Island Paleontological Society  (scroll down the page).

For those considering the Hornby Island Fieldtrip, overnight accommodation is being organized at a campground adjacent to the fossil site. Cost is $50 per person.  If you are interested, please contact Jerri Wilkins and she’ll put you in touch with the accommodation organizer.

If you haven’t been to a symposium before, it will blow your mind!  Great science, great conversations, and great displays. 

See you there!