Artisan Eats
539 Artisan Ln, Bowen Island, BC, V0N 1G0
Currently 2nd and 4th Monday, alternating with Zoom
We meet the occasional Monday
Doors open: 7:00 pm
Program: 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm
| Speaker Link | Date | Program Title | Name | Job Title/Organization | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| speaker link | March 25, 2024 | COP28 & Vatican Conference | Charles McNeill, PhD | Senior Advisor for Climate & Forests | |
| speaker link | December 11, 2023 | ShelterBox Canada | Allyson Buck | Rotary and Community Fundraising Coordinator | |
| speaker link | November 27, 2023 | Health Resiliency | Sandy Logan | Physiotherapist | |
| speaker link | July 11, 2023 | Preserve and Protect while Preparing for the Futur... | Judith Gedye | Councillor, Island Trustee | |
| speaker link | June 26, 2023 | Mining and the Environment | Ross Beaty | Founder & President | |
| speaker link | February 13, 2023 | The Resilience Institute | Lieven Callewaert | Social Architect | |
| speaker link | January 16, 2023 | Discover the Howe Sound Biosphere | Hasan Hutchinson, PhD | Board Treasurer/Director | |
| speaker link | November 14, 2022 | Pauline Le Bel finds Bowen | Pauline Le Bel | Author, screenwriter, songwriter, singer, community organizer | |
| speaker link | October 24, 2022 | Food Resilience Society on Bowen Island | Phil Gregory | Author, Pathway to Regeneration | |
| speaker link | October 17, 2022 | Alex Kurial — Bowen Island Perspectives | Alex Kurial | Editor | |
| speaker link | September 26, 2022 | Uri Burstyn — Youtube Sensation | Uri Burstyn | Veterinary Surgeon | |
| speaker link | July 25, 2022 | An Evening with Spider Robinson | Spider Robinson | Author | |
| speaker link | May 23, 2022 | What On Earth — Climate Change | Manusha Janakiram | Senior Producer, What On Earth | |
| speaker link | April 11, 2022 | Ukrainian Easter Eggs | Lynn Krukowkski | Pysanky writer | |
| speaker link | March 28, 2022 | Climate Change | Charles McNeill | Senior Advisor — Forest & Climate | |
| speaker link | February 7, 2022 | Being the Mayor of Bowen Island | Gary Ander | Mayor | |
| speaker link | January 24, 2022 | Rotary Peace Fellowship | Gloria Staudt | District 5040 Chair — Rotary Peace Fellowship | |
| speaker link | January 10, 2022 | PEKA Project Progress | Matthew Harrison | Project Champion | |
| speaker link | November 22, 2021 | Bowen Island Playscapes | Kendra Patton | Principal | |
| speaker link | October 14, 2021 | Human sex trafficking and sexual exploitation | Cathy Peters | ||
| speaker link | September 16, 2021 | All about B.I.R.C.H. | Robyn Fenton | Executive Director | |
| speaker link | July 29, 2021 | The Snug Cove House Story | Graham Ritchie | Chair, Snug Cove House Society Board | |
| speaker link | May 27, 2021 | Bowen Island Administration | Liam Edwards | CAO | |
| speaker link | May 13, 2021 | The Sports Medicine Perspective | Jack Taunton | Professor Emeritus | |
| speaker link | April 29, 2021 | PEKA Project / Beautiful Gate — Lesotho | Peter and Lindiwe Kirstein | Directors | |
| speaker link | March 25, 2021 | Ethical Foraging on Bowen Island | Emily van Lidth de Jeude | ||
| speaker link | March 11, 2021 | Bowen Island Emergency Support Services (ESS) | Jayne McMillan | ||
| speaker link | February 25, 2021 | Terminal Creek Hatchery on Bowen | Tim Pardee | ||
| speaker link | February 11, 2021 | Beautiful Gate Orphanage | Matthew Harrison | ||
| speaker link | January 28, 2021 | New Waterfront Park at Cape Roger Curtis | Owen Plowman | ||
| speaker link | January 14, 2021 | Magdalena — River of Dreams | Wade Davis | ||
| speaker link | December 10, 2020 | Neighbourhood Emergency Response Program (NERP) | Edward Wachtman | Lead Coordinator | |
| speaker link | November 26, 2020 | Herring Enhancement Programme | Mike Price | Spokesperson | |
| speaker link | November 12, 2020 | The End of Polio in Our Lifetime | Gabor Gasztonyi | Polio Chair | |
| speaker link | October 29, 2020 | The underwater realm of Atl’ka7tsem / Howe S... | Adam Taylor | President | |
| speaker link | July 30, 2020 | The Kissing Fence | Brian Thomas-Peter | Author | |
| speaker link | March 12, 2020 | Mount Gardner Trails | Chuck Venhuizen | ||
| speaker link | February 27, 2020 | Planning a house for the next 50 years | Kim Hauner | Director | |
| speaker link | February 13, 2020 | Shapeshifting in the sustainability field | Adrianne Gilbride | Supply Chain Sustainability Lead | |
| speaker link | January 23, 2020 | Ron Woodall Looks at Bowen Island | Ron Woodall | Artist / Photographer / Cartoonist / Observer | |
| speaker link | January 9, 2020 | Building Community Resilience From the Bottom Up | Dave Pollard | ||
| speaker link | December 12, 2019 | Everything about Recycling & Composting | Daniel Rotman | ||
| speaker link | November 21, 2019 | Securing Your Electronic Life | Dwayne Matthews | Principal | |
| speaker link | November 14, 2019 | District Governor Bala Naidoo visit to Bowen Rotar... | Bala Naidoo | ||
| speaker link | October 24, 2019 | Choice Okanagan Wines for the Holiday Season | Paul Rickett | ||
| speaker link | October 17, 2019 | RCBI club dinner | Ross Patterson | ||
| speaker link | October 10, 2019 | Bowen Rotary Project Planning 2019–2020 | Adam Holbrook | RCBI Board Member | |
| speaker link | September 26, 2019 | Discover the North Shore Restorative Justice Socie... | Anne-Marie Parent | Schools Initiative Program Manager | |
| speaker link | September 12, 2019 | The Bowen Island Health Centre Foundation | Tim Rhodes & Colleen O'Neil | ||
| speaker link | August 29, 2019 | No Meeting Thursday 29th | No Meeting Aug 29th | ||
| speaker link | August 22, 2019 | Yvonne McSkimming PhD | Yvonne McSkimming PhD | ||
| speaker link | November 29, 2018 | Virtual and Augmented Reality | Jason Campbell | 3D City Modeler | |
| speaker link | July 19, 2018 | “ The Oceanic Food Chain”: Microplastics in... |
Peter S Ross, PhD | Vice-President of Research | |
| speaker link | July 12, 2018 | “I only want to eat local” Is it a via... | Damien Bryan | ||
| speaker link | January 25, 2018 | Avionics, Medicine, Life and Death | Peter Matthews | ||
| speaker link | January 18, 2018 | Bowen Rotary at Tuscany Restaurant | Tuscany Restaurant | ||
| speaker link | December 14, 2017 | Is sustainability still optional or is it now a ne... | Jae Mather | Executive Director | |
| speaker link | November 30, 2017 | The last and future solar eclipses | Robert J Ballantyne | ||
| speaker link | November 23, 2017 | The Tour of the MV Swell | Carol Mackinnon | ||
| speaker link | September 14, 2017 | Sri Lanka – The Great Tsunami | J. Adam Holbrook, P.Eng | Associate Director and Adjunct Professor | |
| speaker link | September 7, 2017 | Bowen Rotary Board Meeting | Ross Patterson, Chair | ||
| speaker link | August 31, 2017 | Russia 2016 — Part 1 | Denis Lynn | Visiting Professor | |
| speaker link | August 24, 2017 | No Meeting Aug 24 | No Speaker | ||
| speaker link | August 17, 2017 | Bowen Rotary Social | S. McCall | Social Organizer | |
| speaker link | August 10, 2017 | The Great Solar Eclipse of 2017 | Robert J Ballantyne | ||
| speaker link | August 3, 2017 | Club Board Meeting | Ross Patterson, Chair | ||
| speaker link | July 27, 2017 | Your Healthy Brain | Stephen Kiraly | Bowen Island geriatric psychiatrist | |
| speaker link | February 25, 2016 | Nepal post-earthquakes | Kate Coffey | ||
| speaker link | January 28, 2016 | RenegAID – Innovative Disaster Relief | Bjorn Stime | ||
| speaker link | January 14, 2016 | Bowen In Transition — Building a Resilient Commu... | Carol MacKinnon | ||
| speaker link | December 10, 2015 | Reneg Aid | Bjorn Stime | ||
| speaker link | December 3, 2015 | Visit by Rotary District 5040 Governor 2015-2016 | John Anderson | ||
| speaker link | November 26, 2015 | Climate Reality | James Glave | Principal | |
| speaker link | November 19, 2015 | Syrian refugee family settlement supported by Bowe... | Lisbeth Haigh | ||
| speaker link | November 5, 2015 | Bowen Rotary Business Meeting | Shelagh MacKinnon | President | |
| speaker link | October 29, 2015 | Publishing an eBook vs. Paper Publishing | Robert Ballantyne | ||
| speaker link | October 22, 2015 | Rotary International Student Exchange | Sue Godey | Chair — District 5040 Youth Exchange Committee 2015-2016 | |
| speaker link | October 1, 2015 | Rotary Foundation and the North Vancouver Museum | Donald J. Evans | Rotarian — District Governor 2017 – 18 | |
| speaker link | September 24, 2015 | Shelterbox Canada | Chris Loat | ||
| speaker link | September 10, 2015 | Rotary Peace Scholarships | Gloria Tom Wing Staudt | Rotary Club administrator and past president | |
| speaker link | July 30, 2015 | Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan | Lauryn Oates | ||
| speaker link | July 23, 2015 | Bowen Rotary Social | Rotary Social | ||
| speaker link | July 16, 2015 | Vanuatu — Still Smiling! | Fineen Davis | Vanuatu Volunteer | |
| speaker link | July 2, 2015 | No Meeting on Thursday, July 2, 2015 | No Meeting on July 2 (No venue) | ||
| speaker link | June 18, 2015 | Gigabit Internet for Bowen Island | Ken Simpson | Gigabit Bowen Proponent | |
| speaker link | June 11, 2015 | Walt Ruloff talks about Amicus | Walt Ruloff | ||
| speaker link | May 28, 2015 | Darcie Buzzelle and Tim Rhodes | Tim Rhodes | ||
| speaker link | May 14, 2015 | Ross Patterson talks of travels | Ross Patterson | ||
| speaker link | April 16, 2015 | Kate Coffey | Kate Coffey |