The diverse and distinctive landscapes of Canada are showcased this month in an exhibit of photographs by Salt Spring Photography Club members.
Landscapes of Canada: From Coast to Coast to Coast can be seen in the Salt Spring Public Library program room during the library’s regular hours and when the program room is not otherwise in use. The exhibit covers 30 photographs covering every province and territory of the country, highlighting the beauty and ruggedness of the land.
Then on Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m., club member Claudia Schröder-Adams, a Carleton University professor emeritus, will give a talk on why Canada is so variable in its landforms.
Schröder-Adams joined Carleton University in Ottawa as a professor in Earth Sciences in 1992. In biographical notes she says her interest in paleontology and paleoenvironmental reconstructions and love for natural wild places resulted in a 35-year-long field career that brought her to many remarkable places in the world.
Her research addressed phases in the history of our planet which had a greenhouse climate, vastly different from today’s earth. For the last 15 years, Schröder-Adams conducted expeditions in the Canadian Arctic, which she regards as the highlight of her professional career. In her teaching career she also enjoyed the outdoor classroom by taking students to geologically significant field sites. In 2011 and 2013 her collaboration with the Students on Ice educational organization brought learners to the Antarctic Peninsula to study the evolution of the south polar ecosystem through deep time.
Schröder-Adams retired in 2020 from Carleton University but remains active in her polar research. She moved to Salt Spring Island in 2021 and now finds time to share her images and passion with interested groups outside the scientific community.
She recently exhibited polar region photographs in the ArtSpring lobby spaces.