From Mountains to Marine Parks: How Parks Canada is Fostering Ocean Literacy From the Inside Out | Des parcs des montagnes aux parcs marins: Comment Parcs Canada favorise la connaissance de l’océan à l’intérieur même de l’organisation
By: Carter McNelly (La version française suit ci-dessous) This blog was adapted from a Parks Canada article with new contributions from Ariane Shaw, Jessica Lambert, Noémie Roy, and Veronick Gagnon. One of the nine [...]
Water, Waves and Mental Health | L’eau, les vagues et la santé mentale
By: Ariane Shaw (La version française suit ci-dessous) Having grown up in the interior of Canada it wasn’t until later in my childhood that I was first exposed to the ocean. My first ocean [...]
Community Science: Creating Hope for the Future
By: Ruby Banwait 2021, you’ve been testing my limits. When I look back through a year’s worth of major headlines, I reflect on the hardships we have faced. From the ongoing global pandemic and [...]
Coastal Foraging
By: Bryan Martin With empty shelves at the grocery store and rising food prices, many parts of Canada saw a huge increase in hobby gardeners last year. Living in eastern Canada, where spring only [...]
My growing relationship with the ocean
By: Natasha Jackson-Drouin We humans are inherently relational beings. We rely on the relationship to our kin from the very start and build on those and other relationships throughout our short time here on [...]
I was wrong about ocean conservation, here’s why you might be too
By: Sofia Goulart Growing up, I believed that ocean conservation and literacy in Canada was for those that have developed a personal connection to marine spaces or those that lived in coastal areas. I [...]
Whale Talk: Orca Communication and Dialect
By: Holly George PC: https://photolib.noaa.gov/ Signaling and communication is a fundamental and critical function for most, if not all, species on earth. Now more than ever, we as humans are realizing the importance [...]
Ocean Bridge Learning Journeys
Ocean Bridge connects Canadian youth from coast to coast to coast empowering them to make a difference towards ocean conservation. Started in 2018, Ocean Bridge youth spend the year completing service projects in their [...]
Oyster Farming and Ocean Care
By: Eli Lusty Photo Credit In abundant times, oysters were a staple - not a delicacy. It is said that in young New York city, before the flourishing oyster beds were reduced to 1% [...]
The National Ocean Literacy Conversation
By: Kayla Hamelin Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition logo A swell of support for ocean literacy in Canada over the past several years, including efforts led by CaNOE, contributed to the establishment of the Canadian [...]
Down Stream Without a Paddle
By: Tineasha Brenot Nestled in the heart of Central Ontario, Fleetwood Creek runs through a rolling landscape of eskers and kames. Deep, well-connected forests create a picturesque scene in every season with brilliantly coloured [...]
Stormwater Management and Green Infrastructure
By: Nikki Kroetsch Take a moment to think about the town or city you live in; how many streets there are, how many people live there, how many cars are driving around, and then [...]
