Lecture: A New Look at the Dinosaurs of British Columbia

Courtesy of the Royal BC Museum/Shane Lighter

Event type: In-person
Time and Date: 7pm, Tuesday, December 3rd (6:30pm doors open)
Location: Rotary Gallery of the Courtenay and District Museum
Speaker: Royal BC Museum Curator of Palaeontology Dr. Victoria Arbour
Tickets: $5 for Historical Society members; $6 for general public. Advance tickets recommended. Tickets can be purchased over the phone by calling 250-334-0686 ext 2.

Dinosaur fossils are rare in British Columbia compared to places like Alberta or Montana, but new research by the Royal BC Museum’s palaeontology team is uncovering the stories of BC’s dinosaurs from all corners of the province and through over 40 million years of geologic time.

Royal BC Museum Curator of Palaeontology Dr. Victoria Arbour will share updates on the new discoveries the team has made over the past few years.

Victoria is originally from Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the traditional and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. After completing her MSc and PhD degrees at the University of Alberta, she spent time working at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences and the Royal Ontario Museum before moving to the Royal BC Museum in 2018.

Victoria is an expert on the armoured dinosaurs called ankylosaurs and is excited to be able to work in British Columbia and further our understanding of the dinosaurs of BC.

Courtesy of the Royal BC Museum/Victoria Arbour.