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May 6, 2021

• Alumni

Alumni Profile: Ruth Kaviok

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May 2, 2021

• Alumni

Alumni Profile: Bobbi Rose Koe

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October 6, 2021

• Blue Futures Pathways

• On Board The Sustainable Blue Economy

Youth On Board the Sustainable Blue Economy: Spencer Chaisson

Spencer Chaisson was 20 years old when he first saw the ocean, thanks to a co-op job in his third year of university. “My family didn’t go on vacations to the coast or abroad while I was growing up, and ocean literacy wasn’t taught in my school,” he said. In fact, he had planned out a … Continued

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September 29, 2021

• Home Page

Honouring Canada’s National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

(Inuktitut below) September 30th is a National Day of Truth and Reconciliation and a Day of Remembrance in honour of the Indigenous children lost, the survivors, and the families affected by residential schools. We asked our staff how they plan to spend the day and here are some of their answers. If you do not … Continued

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September 28, 2021

• Blue Futures Pathways

• On Board The Sustainable Blue Economy

Youth on Board the Sustainable Blue Economy: Maya Nowlan

Maya Nowlan is a third-year Public Relations student at Mount St. Vincent University. She recently completed an internship at The Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) in Dartmouth, NS. Maya is working with other interns for DeepSense, a program that connects ocean-related companies with data and ocean scientists for AI and machine learning applications … Continued

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September 27, 2021

• Careers

Employment Opportunity: Communications and Digital Content Coordinator

About SOI Foundation The SOI Foundation is recognized globally for delivering life-changing polar expeditions. But that is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to our mission. Our planet is facing unprecedented challenges, making youth voices, ideas, and actions more important than ever. Through educational expeditions, cross-cultural experiences, science and outreach initiatives in … Continued

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September 24, 2021

• Blue Futures Pathways

Exploring the Sustainable Blue Economy with Da, Jessica, Maya and Branaavan

On August 26, SOI Foundation and Prince’s Trust Canada co-hosted the second Explore: Sustainable Blue Economy event. An audience of engaged youth asked questions to a panel of young professionals in the ocean and water sectors. Branaavan Sivarajah, a postdoctoral fellow at Carleton University, was the moderator. Panelists Jessica Schaub (oceanographer, analyst with the Canadian … Continued

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August 4, 2021

• Blue Futures Pathways

Towards Ocean Equity

Blue Paper – Towards Ocean Equity A new study published in the “Blue Papers” series by the High Level Panel for A Sustainable Ocean Economy examines the distribution of the goods and services provided by the ocean, existing inequities and the resulting impacts on the environment, human health and income distribution now and in the future. … Continued

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August 3, 2021

• Blue Futures Pathways

Getting Indigenous students into jobs paramount, advocate says

Getting Indigenous students into jobs paramount, advocate says Candice Loring, the first Indigenous person to be hired at Mitacs, has helped launch an initiative that helps bring Indigenous youth closer to the corporate world. Read the full story from CTV News here

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July 23, 2021

• Featured educator

Valérie Courtois

Forester & Director of the Indigenous Leadership Initiative Valérie is a registered professional forester who specializes in Indigenous conservation, forest ecology and ecosystem-based management and planning. She is a member of the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, located on the shore of Peikuakami, or Lac-St-Jean. Courtois holds a degree in forestry sciences from the Université de … Continued

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July 23, 2021

• Featured educator

David Serkoak

Inuit Elder & Drum Dancer Arviat, Nunavut, Canada David was born in the northern tip of Nueltin Lake, NU southwest of Arviat, just north of the Manitoba border but his family lived in Ennadai Lake, until the late 1950s. Between 1949 and 1959, the federal government forcibly relocated his family numerous times, finally settling on … Continued

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