Credit: Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation
Alberta is home to at least 14 species of ticks. Only a few are known to transmit diseases to humans, but those that do can cause a lifetime of misery. Ticks have been part of the Bow Valley ecosystem as long as there have been hosts to feed on. Different species of ticks are encountered in different environments, hard ticks being by far the most common. Knowing the type of tick encountered is important to helping your doctor to monitor and treat the diseases you may have been exposed to. Fortunately, small changes in our approach to the environment can mitigate the potential negative effects of ticks. Forewarned is forearmed.
Janet Sperling is an entomologist trained at the University of Alberta and the mother of four. After her son suffered from Lyme disease in 2004, she returned to the lab and undertook a PhD to better understand the bacteria associated with ticks in Alberta. She is currently President of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation and is a contract lecturer at the University of Alberta.
Please register me
Hello Jana,
I see that you are on our mailing list and so should have gotten our recent update about Tuesday’s event. Just click on the highlighted zoom or registration and you will be directed to our registration page, which is a formality to make sure we don’t get inundated at the last minute before the program to let people into the Zoom. We have also tested out a system to broadcast from the live event, so we’re trying it with this talk – 7:30 at 101 Bear Street AKA the Banff Seniors Centre if you would like to see it in person and meet the speaker.
Hi there. Will there be a recording available of tonight’s programme?
Hello Marilyn, sorry for the late response. We did record the program but it wasn’t a great transmission of sound as we were trying new technology to make it a “Hybrid” event with an audience in Banff as well as online. I will be sending out an email when we get the video or an explanation why not and any additional information. Thanks for your patience. Heather Dempsey
Sadly I missed the “Ticks in the Bow Valley” presentation, as was sailing across Bass Strait.
How can I download the video so I can watch this presentation?
Ta,
Jeff.
Hi Jeff, nice to hear from you. We had some difficulties with the recording of the February program on ticks. Still hoping we can post it, but not up yet. There will be an update sent out to everyone when it’s posted or why if not. Cheers.