Ocean Week Canada starts Friday, kicking off a national summer celebration of ocean engagement and marine conservation & More News Here

Along with a national program of occasions, a number of premier sources have been curated for Ocean Week Canada 2022, together with, for instance:

• A travelling Canadian Geographic ocean-themed large ground map with Ocean School’s augmented actuality experiences
• Video collections on coastal communities and Indigenous Water Guardians created by the Students on Ice Foundation and Indigenous Leadership Initiative
• Toolkits for individuals who affect the way in which we take into consideration our relationship to the ocean and native waterways, resembling lecturers, museum and neighborhood educators, younger ocean professionals and innovators

By taking part in Ocean Week Canada and the Ocean Festival actions, individuals in Canada will be taught in regards to the significance of the ocean and sustainable interactions with it. This national program of occasions will strengthen Canadians’ connections to their native watersheds which join them to Canada’s shoreline—the longest of any nation on the earth—and encourage community-based motion to make sure a wholesome ocean for future generations. Indigenous-led, neighborhood, authorities, and non-public sector conservation success tales will probably be celebrated, constructing momentum in the direction of reaching Canada’s conservation targets of defending 25% of Canada’s ocean house by 2025 and 30% by 2030.

Ocean Week Canada is nationally coordinated by the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition (COLC) undertaking workplace. This 12 months’s celebration brings collectively 15 various organizations/ establishments from throughout Canada as national content material companions, together with the IMPAC5 Secretariat, Canadian Geographic; Canadian Museum of Nature; Ingenium, Indigenous Leadership Initiative; Students on Ice Foundation; Ocean School (a collaboration of the National Film Board of Canada and Dalhousie University); Parks Canada, Water Rangers; Ocean Networks Canada; Canadian Network for Ocean Education; Hakai Institute; Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Canada; Entremission; and Emdash. Ocean Week Canada and the Ocean Festival additionally deliver collectively over 75 occasion companions from throughout the nation.

This national collaboration and celebration is made potential by a contribution of $2.3 million from Fisheries and Oceans Canada over two years (2021-2023) by the Oceans Management Contribution Program.

To be taught extra about Ocean Week Canada and the Ocean Festival, go to www.oceanweekcan.ca

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“Canada’s oceans connect us all and are a vital part of our past, present, and future as Canadians. Restoring and regenerating them for future generations is a goal we can only achieve by working together. That’s why I am so proud the Government of Canada’s Oceans Management Contribution Program provided $2.3M over two years to support the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition and its many organizations, networks, and communities that are working together to better understand and advance ocean literacy in Canada. With such exciting and meaningful initiatives on the agenda for the coming year, I look forward to joining forces to help educate millions of Canadians about the importance of valuing and protecting our oceans.”

               The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard

SOURCE Ocean Week Canada

For additional info: Meghan Callon, Communications & Graphic Design Lead, Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition, [email protected], 519-501-3027; Media Relations, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, [email protected], 613-990-7537; Ben Stanford, Communications Manager, IMPAC5 Secretariat, [email protected], 604-347-8754