The OceanCanada Partnership
The OceanCanada Partnership is an 8-year research initiative (2014-2022) funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). The Partnership is comprised of 22 formal research partners, including universities from coast to coast, community organizations and Fisheries and Oceans Canada.
SEA CHANGE
Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada | Now on sale
This volume aims to help Canadian society understand, prepare and plan for the challenges that lie ahead for our oceans and our coasts. The contributions from over 50 co-authors across 22 formal partners offer insights that reflect a rich history of scholarship and action across our three oceans and coasts, as well as a direct recognition that the future of our oceans is fundamentally linked to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, partners and nations.
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WEBINAR: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada
Celebrating the release of Sea Change September 18, 2024 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PT Anthropogenic issues – climate change, resource overexploitation, …“Who stands to benefit?” To engage in deep-sea mining or not. Not, say international scientists
Article originally posted at UBC Oceans. Deep sea mining will produce far too little benefits for the harm it will cause. That …Event – Vanishing Fish: The Fight for Global Ocean Justice
Originally posted on the Sea Around Us website. Three leading environmental thinkers discuss the global fight for ocean justice, in a world …Dr. Rashid Sumaila named as 2022 AAAS Fellow
This article was originally posted at oceans.ubc.ca. Click here to view. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world’s …Rashid Sumaila wins RSC’s Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for scientific work relating to environmental problems
Dr. Rashid Sumaila, OceanCanada Scientific Director and University Killam professor in UBC Science’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, as well as …
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Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada
Celebrating the release of Sea Change
Events
SEA CHANGE: Charting a Sustainable Future for Oceans in Canada
Celebrating the release of Sea Change
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Zoom & in-person @ UBC & Dalhousie
11:00m – 12:30pm (PST)
In celebration of this book’s release, some of the authors are coming together to discuss their findings and to answer the question: what can we do to chart a sustainable future for oceans in Canada?