Salt Spring Forum

“History is back, with a vengeance.” Jennifer Welsh, who joins the Salt Spring Forum in conversation, delivered this arresting message in her 2016 CBC Massey Lecture, The Return of History: Conflict, Migration, and Geopolitics in the Twenty-First Century. With Donald Trump’s attempted entry-ban on individuals from seven Muslim-majority countries, continued violence in the Middle East, […]

Noam Chomsky, the most influential intellectual of our time, joins the Salt Spring Forum for an exceptional on-screen event: both in film and live. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for a Salt Spring audience to speak exclusively with Noam Chomsky! 10: 30 AM: Screening of the film Requiem for the American Dream - The Chomsky […]

The recent provincial election saw the BC Green Party triple its presence in the BC legislature – including a local win for Green MLA Adam Olsen. What could this major shift mean for the future of the province, environment and economy? How can the economy and environmentalism work together? The Salt Spring Forum hosts a […]

BUY TICKETS Humans have long grappled with the topic of war and peace. Yet war, although still with us, causes few deaths today than it ever did before. Is the global order undergoing a power shift? Through what means did the United States become the single superpower, and is that power waning? Is China the […]

BUY TICKETS How Profoundly is the Radical Right succeeding in hijacking democracy in the US? Nancy Maclean is Professor of History and Public Policy at Duke University. Her recent book ‘Democracy In Chains’ has set a ferocious cat among the pigeons in American academia, and she is the most praised and reviled political writer of […]

BUY TICKETS From ‘Eco Footprint’ to ‘Ecological Overshoot’ What Chance a Sustainable Planet? The Salt Spring Forum welcomes: Dr. William Rees. Dr. William Rees is professor Emeritus and former director of UBC’s School of Community and Regional Planning. He is a human ecologist and an ecological economist. Bill Rees is especially well known as the […]

“The next Christopher Hitchens.” That’s how many people describe Luke Savage, a young Canadian author who writes for The Guardian, The New Statesman, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and Jacobin Magazine. A scathing critic of politics in both Canada and the United States, Savage’s recent book “The Dead Center” exposes the hollowness and futility of […]

The military is being increasingly used to help in disaster relief, to fight wildfires, and carry out rescue and remedial work after floods. Whereas this is an extension of work they have always carried out, is this what the military should be doing? Or is it time for a more formal and dedicated climate-disaster force? […]

We welcome the main candidates for the 2024 Provincial election for the Saanich North and the Islands riding: David Busch- Conservative. Robert Botterell-Green Party. Sarah Riddell-NDP. Amy Haysom- Independent. There will be short introductory and closing statements by each candidate, otherwise all the time will be set aside for questions from the audience. There will […]