Grey Jay Healing Inc.

02/10/2026

People are really talking about pollinators. Why? They're crucial to our survival and our ecosystem. Happy pollinators mean happy people and happy mother earth.

Insects are an incredibly diverse and successful group of animals inhabiting many different environments. In this talk we’ll take a look at some of the strategies insects have adapted to become so successful, such as how they deal with the cold, some of their navigation secrets, and how they take on the aquatic lifestyle!

Denice Geverink is a graduate from the University of Manitoba with a degree in Environmental Science and Entomology. While studying she worked for the university's Department of Entomology, and spent much of her time making sure her lab bugs were happy, healthy, and multiplying. Denice holds a love for nature, but her true interest lies in the world of insects. She hopes people will look beyond the creepy crawly side of bugs and come to appreciate the diverse and intricate lives of the most abundant group of animals on the planet.

You can attend our talks in person at the Brodie Building or join via Zoom. For Zoom, visit our events page at https://westmannaturalists.ca/events for the meeting link. Sign up for an email reminder at https://forms.gle/q24DUe6KjfyDbZZ86.
Thursday, February 12th 2026 - 7pm
Brodie Building Rm 4-34 at Brandon University

12/11/2025

We need help. Please contact city council. Raise your voice. We need you to stand up for our environment, our relations, all of these precious lives!

Why Winnipeg’s decision matters for Halifax

Winnipeg recently moved to scrap its bird-friendly window bylaw, less than a year after it came into effect. Conservationists are “shocked,” calling it “a backwards move for birds.” The changes on the table include dropping the bird-friendly window requirements. A bird-safe window is one that is built or retrofitted with features like patterned films, decals, glazes, or coatings to reduce strikes. Environment and Climate Change Canada estimates that between sixteen million and forty-two million migratory birds die in Canada each year due to window collisions.

Meanwhile, Halifax still proudly carries the designation of being a Bird Friendly City. Last year we presented to the ESSC about the importance of bird-friendly design, especially to prevent deadly window strikes, and successfully got language into our Regional Plan calling for future developments to “consider birds and fatalities.”

Of note, in Winnipeg it was the Urban Development Institute of Manitoba, the developers’ lobby, that pushed for the bylaw’s removal — the same type of lobby groups that lobbied to remove bird-friendly wording from Halifax’s proposed Regional Plan. Lobby groups pushed us out of the Regional Plan. Many bird-friendly initiatives are hard-fought, and our progress in Halifax is precious. If Winnipeg can reverse itself so quickly, it shows how fragile these protections really are.

If we care about Halifax birds, it is up to us to keep the pressure on: demand bird-safe design, support Bird Friendly Halifax, and make sure that “consider birds” does not become “forget birds.”

To date, we have passed out hundreds of free window strike kits to local residents. While it is too cold right now to put up the stickers, in the spring there will be many more safe windows. A significant ongoing threat, however, remains untreated glass in high rise builds in migration corridors, which continues to put birds at risk.

12/10/2025

Does your organization need fabric? We are looking to donate fabric to an organization who needs it. Fabric varies in marerial and size. Including cotton prints, felt, fleece, and more. Sizes vary from scraps to several yards.

Let us know if your organization or community are in need.

12/08/2025

We have tons of gently used, clean, stuffed toys to donate. Let us know where we can drop off some cheer this holiday season!

11/14/2025

Signs are in! $30.00 plus delivery if necessary.
They are 12"x18" and come with a metal stake for your lawn.

Comment or message to claim!! They won't last long.

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11/09/2025

After our planting season with Beez Please comes to a close, we start gearing up for a season of workshops with Pocketbelt Crew. Both Beez Please and The Crew are projects operated under our social enterprise Grey Jay Healing Inc. Together, they keep us busy serving the community year-round.

Beez Please aims to rehabilitate ecosystems, one pollinator-friendly space at a time.

Pocketbelt Crew takes on Indigenous Knowledge Integration in the classroom and for your learning community.

If you are an educator and would like to learn more about what we do please visit [greyjayhealing.ca/pocketbelt-crew](http://greyjayhealing.ca/pocketbelt-crew)

If someone in your circle is an educator, we'd be grateful if you'd pass along our info by sharing this post, sending the image below, or sharing the link.

You can also keep up-to-date about what we're up to by following us on the Pockebelt Crew page. Thanks for all your continued support!

11/08/2025

We have a LOT of art items we want to donate to organizations in need. There are all kinds of items, and they would be amazing for people who need to keep busy and creative.

Please let us know if your organization could use some items and we will drop them off.

Please share, if nothing is claimed in the next week it will be taken to arts junction.

11/06/2025

A beautiful yard for beautiful people. Thank you for having us out.
We constructed 2 garden beds, took out invasives (Bishop's Goutweed, Kentucky Bluegrass, Creeping Bellflower), introduced some native seeds, and added natural wood mulch.

Native seeds included:
Dotted blazing star
Purple prairie clover
Milkweed (Swamp and Dwarf)
Prairie coneflower
Obedient plant
Wild Bergamot
Turtlehead
Prairie smoke ..and more

We are still available to do seeds for the next week and a bit, so let us know if you want us out!

10/30/2025