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Events

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Events - future and past

Upcoming Events

2025

April 23 -  6:00, Exploring Alberta’s Parks and Reserves – the Scenic Geology of Alberta, Wild Bird Store. Register at https://www.wildbirdstore.ca/event/dale-leckie-exploring-albertas-parks-and-reserves/ 

Apr 24, Thursday, Steppin Out, Alberta Retired Teachers Association

April 26, 12 - 4 PM, Book signing Rocks, Ridges, and Rivers – Cafe Books, Canmore

May 7 - Bow River Vignettes: Flooding Rivers, Cottonwood Forests, and Glacial Ice Dams”. Bow River Basin Council Science Forum, SAIT

May 13, 2025 — Tuesday, Canmore Seniors Lifelong Learning – public talk, Canmore


Events Past

2024

May 15 - interview with Rob Murray, Canmore Radio

May 18 – Cafe Books, Canmore, Book Signing

May 20 - Petroleum History Institute's 2024 Symposium, Canmore, Opening reception

June 4 – Calgary Book Launch Calgary Public Library and Shelf Life

June 5 – Interview with Cheryl Brooks, CFCW, Morning News, Ag Show, The Rural Connection

June 6 – Edmonton Book Launch, Audrey’s Books in Edmonton

June 15 and 16 – Lethbridge Book Launch, Analog Books

June 22 –Regina Book Signing – Indigo Books

June 25 – Dale Zoom talk through Event Brite

July 2 – CBC Blue Sky with Leisha Grebinski Blue Sky with Leisha Grebinski | Live Radio | CBC Listen

July 3 – Saskatoon Book Launch, McNally Robinson, Saskatoon 

July 6,– CBC Daybreak Interview with Dave Waddell https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-95-daybreak-alberta/clip/16079819-geologist-author-dale-leckie-book

July 10 –CBC Homestretch Interview with Chris dela Torre. Geology roadtrips | The Homestretch with Chris dela Torre, Jenny Howe | Live Radio | CBC Listen

July 10 –CBC Edmonton Radioactive - with Jessica Ng Take a geology road trip | Radio Active with Jessica Ng, Min Dhariwal | Live Radio | CBC Listen

July 16 – Interview, Evon Bray Show, 650 CKOM and 980 CJME

July 24 – CBC Homestretch Interview with Chris dela Torre

July 24 – Edmonton Radioactive with Jessica Ng Geology road trips | Radio Active with Jessica Ng, Min Dhariwal | Live Radio | CBC Listen

Aug 7 – PM, CBC Homestretch Interview with Chris dela Torre https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-97-the-homestretch/clip/16083632-geology-road-trips

Aug 7 – CBC Edmonton Radioactive with Jessica Ng

Aug 10, 11 – Philip J. Currie Dinosaur Museum, Palaeo Palooza Science Festival, Special Guest

Aug 21 – CBC Homestretch Interview with Chris dela Torre Geology road trips | The Homestretch with Chris dela Torre, Jenny Howe | Live Radio | CBC Listen

Aug 21– CBC Edmonton Radioactive with Jessica Ng

Aug 27 - AAPG (American Association of Petroleum Geologists) Honors and Awards Ceremony - Media in Science Award, Houston, TX

Sept 10 – Leduc and District Probus Club, Tuesday. 11:00 AM, Leduc City Hall

Sept 17 – Alberta Wilderness Association, 7:00 PM, Calgary

Sept 19 – Friends of Fish Creek, 7:00 PM, Calgary

Sept 24 – Grasslands Naturalists, 7:00 PM, Medicine Hat

Sept 26 –Thursday – Red Deer River Naturalists - public talk, Red Deer

Oct 9 – Wednesday – Didsbury Municipal Library, 2:00 PM, Didsbury

Oct 10 – Thursday – Northern Rockies Museum, Hinton Library, and Whiskey-Jack Club, Hinton

Oct 16 – Wednesday – Wild Bird Store, Afternoon and Evening talk, Calgary

Nov 28 – Thursday, 7:00 PM – Nature Alberta, Zoom Talk, naturealberta.ca/events https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ezzqn_YE-2M. 

Dec 3 – Wednesday, CEGA (Canadian Energy Geoscientists Association) Christmas Luncheon Talk, Calgary

Dec 6 – FATS (Friday Afternoon Talk Series) talk, Earth, Energy, and Environment Department, U of Calgary. 4:00 - 5:00 PM

Dec 18 – 7:00 PM, Nature Calgary, Zoom Talk

2025
Feb 20, 2025 – Saskatoon Nature Society - Zoom Talk. 7:30 in SK, 6.:30 in AB


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