You are all invited to the RDRN 2026 AGM, Owl Award presentation and special wine-and-cheese evening with Kevin Van Tighem.
Reading: The Stories We Tell Ourselves
When: January 22, 2026
Wine and Cheese: 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
AGM: 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
RDRN Owl Award Presentation: 7:00 PM to 7:15 PM
Kevin Van Tighem Reading: 7:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Co-sponsored by RDRN and Friends of Kerry Wood Nature Centre, this event will feature Kevin reading from his new book Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope.
The Stories We Tell Ourselves examines the narratives that shape our relationship with nature and one another. Kevin argues that now, more than ever, we need to find better stories, founded on deeper relationships with places and the other beings with whom we share them. Based on his newest book, Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope, he’ll share a few of his own stories and learnings after a lifetime in the wild places of our western plains, foothills and mountains.
Kevin Van Tighems’ Alberta roots extend back to 1875. He worked for over thirty years in western Canada’s National Parks as a Naturalist, Ecologist, Warden and Park Superintendent. Kevin is a life-long Conservationist and is the author of fifteen books, including his most recent release: Understory: An Ecologist’s Memoir of Loss and Hope. He was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Science by the University of Lethbridge, has received the Canadian Wildlife Federation’s Robert Bateman Award, and now has a Blackfoot name translating to Rapid Rough Water. He lives with his wife, Gail, in High River.
