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Please join us Monday, April 28th in the Penticton Lecture theater (PL107)

Speaker: Don Gayton is a writer and ecologist, based in Summerland. He holds a B.Sc. in Agronomy and an M.Sc. in Plant Ecology. Don’s wide-ranging interests include grassland ecology, fire ecology, nature writing, climate change and contemporary politics. He was a draft resister during the Vietnam War era and is now a proud Canadian, Don is the author of seven books of creative non-fiction, and a number of technical publications. He currently teaches ecology at the Nicola Valley Institute of Technology in Merritt. More on Don at

Topic: Confronting Chaos

We are entering into an unprecedented time in our contemporary history. After decades of smooth sailing, we face multiple crises—climatic, economic, social and environmental, not to mention pandemics, nano-plastics and AI. Our responses can vary from protesting in the streets to burying our heads in the sand. Speaker Don Gayton will provide a brief catalog of these multiple crises and then launch a participatory audience discussion on how we as individuals and communities are reacting, coping, responding to and controlling these crises.

Admission by donation- Cash only please.
All funds raised during this event go to the students to help with financial emergencies.