Bert Webber
Visionary Bert Webber, a Canadian professor emeritus at Western Washington University, is the man who came up with the…
Bert Webber is the man who coined the phrase "Salish Sea." He is a professor emeritus from Huxley College at Western Washington University in Bellingham.
Webber says while it may be easy to see the Salish Sea as separate waterways, those waterways actually make…
Western Washington University will host Bert Webber, founding fellow of Western’s Salish Sea Studies Institute and professor emeritus of Geography and Environmental Social Sciences, for a presentation titled “The Salish Sea: What’s in a Name?” from 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday,…
As the new Salish Sea Studies Institute gets rolling at Western Washington, Wayne Landis is certain of one thing: It will not be creating studies that collect dust on a library shelf.
“We won’t be doing research just because it’s interesting,” says Landis, a professor of environmental…
Oak Bay’s Barbara Adams and Jacques Sirois join a sea of guest speakers celebrating the Salish Sea and the name change of the Shaw Ocean Discovery Centre in Sidney.
The special event this Saturday, April 2, marks the official change to the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and raises money…
Artists from Oak Bay and around the Pacific Northwest are invited to share their impressions of the Salish Sea in a locally inspired art contest and fundraising auction.
The brainchild of Oak Bay’s Bill Smith and other volunteers with the Cattle Point Foundation, the art contest and…
This month’s show is hosted by Chris Roselli of the WWU Alumni Association and Anna Magidson, a student at Western. Following is the story lineup for this episode:
1. Western Expands Downtown– Take a look at Western’s new downtown offices in the Herald building. The new location is…
"The Salish Sea: Jewel of the Pacific Northwest" combines a scientist's inquiring mind, breathtaking nature photography and wondrous stories. Straddling the western border between Canada and the United States, the unique ecosystem of the Salish Sea is brought to life on the…
Bert Webber, a retired professor of environmental and marine science at Western Washington University and the driving force behind the naming of the Salish Sea, is quick to tell you that not having a name can create problems. In the early 1970s, people in Washington state were worried about the…
Perhaps you remember the squabbles a few years ago over the effort to incorporate a new name, “the Salish Sea,” into the cartography of inland waters running from Olympia up to Campbell River, British Columbia. This was an international issue of identity – or lack thereof.