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On March 10, 2022, the SOI Foundation hosted a workshop titled A Sustainable Blue Economy for a Healthy & Resilient Ocean with guest speakers Ken Paul and Ronnie Noonan Birch as part of the UN Ocean Decade Laboratory. We were joined by people across the world, from New Zealand to Iqaluit. Ken Paul is a … Continued
Applications are now being accepted for the Environmental Technology Program at the Nunavut Arctic College! The Environmental Technology Program is a two year diploma program that incorporates classroom, lab, and fieldwork to develop the necessary skills for graduates to find employment as environmental practitioners [i.e. natural resource management, fish and wildlife conservation, waste management, environmental … Continued
Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and partners announce Ocean Week Canada 2022 and a national summer celebration of ocean engagement and marine conservation March 30, 2022 Victoria, BC — Today, the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition (COLC), together with 14 national partner organizations, announced a pan-Canada educational and conservation celebration that will kick off during Ocean Week … Continued
It’s year two of the UN Ocean Decade. The next nine years will provide lasting changes and effects beyond 2030 in the way we interact with the ocean. That’s why ECOP Canada needs a few minutes of your time. Early career ocean professionals (ECOPs) and the next generation are the ones who will see the Ocean Decade through … Continued
Meet Ogaga Johnson, PMP, A project leader and educator who designed and delivered the Project Management training for the Blue Futures Pathways internship program and the internship program at the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE). She’s been in the project management field since 2015, but became involved in the ocean sector more recently. … Continued
The Blue Technology Barometer The Blue Technology Barometer is a ranking of 66 coastal countries and territories on their progress and commitment toward protecting ocean sustainability. It measures the degree to which economies are prioritizing the protection of ocean health, through sustainable marine activity, blue innovation, and policy implementation. Click here to explore the interactive … Continued
Genetic sampling workshop empowers Nuu-chah-nulth communities Nuu-chah-nulth communities are one step closer to answering their own research questions about the health of fish species in their local waters following an environmental DNA (eDNA) sampling workshop that took place last month. Click here to read the full article.
COVE (the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship) in Dartmouth, N.S., is inviting students from across Canada to apply for its Ocean Technology Internship Program, a partnership with Blue Futures Pathways. The internships are facilitated by COVE with students placed at host companies in Nova Scotia or Newfoundland from May-August 2022. Students will gain experience … Continued
Isabel Fleisher is the Great Lakes Community Monitoring Program Coordinator in Toronto at Swim Drink Fish. Being in, on or around water always makes Isabel feel incredibly happy. So when she started learning about overfishing, pollution and the effects of climate change on the world’s waters, she wanted to help. “I had to be involved in … Continued
