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Youth Consultation for Ocean Biodiversity
Mar 4, 2021 (14:00 - 16:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Zihan Cai
Are YOU a Canadian youth wanting to share your views and take ACTION on biodiversity? Join the Youth Consultation on Ocean Biodiversity where you can share your opinions and vision on the future of marine biodiversity in Canada. More...
Riding into the Trough: Career Aspirations, Notable Networks, and Continued Educational Opportunities to further your Profession
Mar 5, 2021 (09:30 - 19:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Zihan Cai
What comes next after your time at Ocean Bridge? Use this drop in session style event to speak to different people in a variety of industries to guide you through your professional goals, ask questions, and get inspiration! This event also includes Mock Interviews – register now! A selection of drop-in session holders are a plastics scientist, eco-adventure entrepreneur, a national...
Service Highlight: Protecting the Quality of Water for Farming
Mar 6, 2021 (11:00 - 12:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Emmanuelle Tassy-Bunyan, Ocean Bridge Ambassador
MENTEE HIGHLIGHT!!!
It's easy to feed ourselves nowadays in Canada: hungry? just go to the grocery store. In there, you will find an endless variety of food available for your needs, regardless of diet and preferences. Grocery stores made our lives indefinitely easier, but we often forget how hard it is to produce this food in the first place.
Have you tried growing...
Ocean Storytelling Showcase - with Tales for Gaia
Mar 6, 2021 (14:00 - 15:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Tales for Gaia
GALLERY OPENING EVENT! In association with Tales for Gaia
You are cordially invited to the Ocean Storytelling Showcase!
Thank you for your submissions to the Ocean Storytelling Contest. The stories you shared, created by youth across Canada, demonstrated unique ways to combine ocean science and storytelling.
This...
Marine Melodies // Mélodies marines
Mar 7, 2021 (17:00 - 19:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Zihan Cai
Music is a beautiful outlet. Marine Melodies, a virtual concert experience, organized by two Montreal, QC Ocean Bridge Ambassadors, Laura Newman and Arianne Laboissonnière, with the help of mentor Samantha Dimitraki, will be highlighting French and English Quebec artists, allowing them a chance to perform original ocean themed songs. COVID-19 has halted the push for the environmental...
L'eau à la bouche : cuisine du Saint-Laurent
Mar 9, 2021 (17:30 - 20:00) - (GMT -5:00) Eastern Time
Hosted by: Ocean Bridge, Ocean Wise Sustainable Seafood
Rejoins Chef Stéphane Modat du Chateau Frontenac pour une soirée de cuisine du Saint-Laurent ! Pour un petit coût de 10$ par personne, vous recevrez une boîte d'ingrédients du Saint-Laurent livrée chez vous à cuisiner avec le Chef professionnel.
Il y aura aussi un panel d'experts pour en apprendre plus sur les pêcheries durables.
Prix à gagner !
...DA March Instagram Takeover
Mar 10, 2021
Hosted by: Samantha Wilde
THIS MARCH, DIRECT ACTION TAKES THE STAGE!
During the month of March, each young leader will be given ONE DAY (24 hours) to do an Ocean Ambassador Instagram Takeover. This is a chance to showcase and share using the stories function...
CWF Pollinator Webinar Series
Mar 11, 2021 (08:00 - 09:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Samantha Wilde
Rights-of-Way Webinar March 11, 2021
How Land Managers can Create Pollinator Habitat
Learn all the ins and outs of site selection, preparation and maintenance of a bare ground restoration to create pollinator habitat....
Land Water Ocean Us: A Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy
Mar 16, 2021 (10:00 - 10:45) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Samantha Wilde
Decolonizing Community-Engaged Research & Unsettling the Work (SFU)
Mar 17, 2021 (01:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Remaking the Table is a new monthly public webinar series produced by SFU’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi). This series will unpack tensions, challenges and re-imagining in community-engaged research. Remaking the Table will explore strategies and solutions for a more equitable, inclusive approach to CER.
Raincoast Conservation: Connected Estuary
Mar 17, 2021 (12:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
The Fraser Estuary – connecting past to present
In our first webinar of Connected Estuary we will explore the cultural and ecological importance of the estuary to the Indigenous Nations of the Lower Fraser River. We will also discuss the extent of landscape change and habitat loss that has occurred in the last 150 years (since contact) and the challenges facing...
Extreme Heat's Uneven Impacts on Society (SFU)
Mar 18, 2021 (12:30) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Similar to COVID-19, extreme heat’s disease burden will fall disproportionately on the sick, older adults, people of color, and “essential workers”. “Successfully” and equitably adapting to extreme heat will require new regulations and behavioral adaptations in addition to commonly proposed technical solutions.
From Grassroots to Government (UBC)
Mar 19, 2021 (11:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
This session will focus on how climate justice activism and advocacy translate into government action.
The discussion will include reflections on what climate justice means to the panelists, and how they are building it into their work; the process of translating climate justice activism and advocacy into government action; and the role of citizens and social movements in bringing...
Whale Trivia
Mar 22, 2021 (7:00pm) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
How well do you know your whales? Test out your knowledge and learn something new during our fun and friendly whale-themed trivia night.
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a symbolic whale adoption in their name!
But no need to blubber or whale if you lose!
We will be drawing all registered participants' names at the end of the event, and one more lucky...
Raincoast Conservation: Coastal Insights series
Mar 24, 2021 (01:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Harvesting techniques and technologies: past, present and future
Harvesting activities such as hunting, fishing, trapping and gathering wild plants have been part of Indigenous peoples’ ways of living for millennia. Indigenous Harvesting methods and practices have successfully sustained these systems for millennia. This spotlight will take a closer look at some of the technologies...
Dive In with Liz and Sylvia
Mar 25, 2021 (3:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Do you love horseshoe crabs? We do and we are so excited to have horseshoe crab expert John Tanacredi join us. John is Professor of Earth & Environmental Studies, Executive Director of CERCOM (Center for Environmental Research and Coastal Oceans Monitoring) at Molloy College in Long Island, NY. Prior to academic life, he spent 24 years as a research ecologist with the National Park Service...
A Gardener's Guide to Invasive Plant Management Through the Seasons
Mar 25, 2021 (4:00PM) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Gardens contribute to our mental and physical well-being, as well as the ecological health of our communities. If left unchecked, invasive plants can diminish these benefits. Join the Canadian Wildlife Federation on March 25 at 7:00 pm EST as invasive plant expert, Colleen Cirillo, provides guidance for the careful identification and removal of some of Canada's most invasive plants from...
Sustainability with Sheila Watt-Cloutier (UBC)
Mar 26, 2021 (12:00pm) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Join Environment, Culture and Human Rights Advocate and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sheila Watt-Cloutier for a conversation on her book The Right to Be Cold.
A culmination of Watt-Cloutier's regional, national, and international work over the last twenty-five years – she explores the parallels between safeguarding the Arctic and the survival of Inuit culture.
Part of UBC...
Mobilizing Canada for the Climate Emergency (UBC)
Mar 29, 2021 (18:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
Join us for a discussion on mobilizing Canada for the climate emergency with Seth Klein, founding British Columbia Director of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, as part of the annual Richard B. Splane Lecture in Social Policy.
Raincoast Conservation: Connected Estuary
Mar 31, 2021 (12:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Cayley Elcombe
The Fraser Estuary – a mosaic of habitats for Chinook salmon
The mosaic of habitats in the Fraser River Estuary are crucial for juvenile Chinook salmon. In this webinar scientists active in the estuary will share what we are learning about the importance of the estuary to juvenile salmon, as well as insights into how we can restore habitat connectivity within the Fraser...