Welcome

The Victoria Palaeontology Society (the VicPS) is a group of amateur fossil enthusiasts and professional palaeontologists in Victoria, British Columbia. We are a registered not-for-profit society with charity status whose purpose is to:

• promote an interest in palaeontology
• contribute to education and scientific knowledge in palaeontology and other earth sciences
• collect, preserve, study, and catalogue fossils
• hold lectures, seminars, and exhibits of fossils

Some of the activities that the Society coordinates are

• monthly meetings with guest speakers
• field trips to fossil sites
• an annual Fossil Fair

Our activities have a particular emphasis on British Columbia and Vancouver Island fossils. We are one of six palaeontology societies around the province that together comprise the British Columbia Palaeontological Alliance (the BCPA). The Victoria Palaeontology Society adheres to the BCPA Standards and Ethics for Scientific Collecting.