Several OceanCanada Conferences took place: in Vancouver (2014, 2016), Halifax (2018), and a final event originally planned for Ottawa in 2020, which was postponed due to COVID-19 and ultimately never held as the project concluded. Instead, a book was produced, and a web-only conference with a Q&A session took place in 2024. Each conference brought together over 60 researchers, students, post-doctoral fellows, advisory board members, and community and institutional partners to review activities and advance an integrated research agenda. Through panels, round tables, workshops, and group discussions, delegates identified emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities for Canada’s oceans and coastal communities and began synthesizing key research priorities.
Below you can select a conference to view agendas and presentations.
Online, 2024
Halifax 2018
- Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
- August 27 - 30, 2018
- Agenda (PDF)
Presentations
Applications of Canadian Ocean Metadataset
Presented by: National Data and Integrated Scenarios Working Group; Cheung, W.W.L.; Sumaila U.R. Download PDF
Aquaculture in Changing Waters
Presented by: Law and Policy Working Group; Engler, C. Download PDF
Aquanomics: A Road Map for OceanCanada Knowledge
Presented by: Fels, S; Burnside, D. Download PDF Aquanomics site
Are Transboundary Fisheries Management Arrangements in the North Pacific Seaworthy in Changing Oceans?
Presented by: Law and Policy Working Group; Koubrak, O. Download PDF
Changing Oceans – Arctic
Presented by: National Data and Integrated Scenarios Working Group; Tai, T. Download PDF
Communication Strategy: Results and Reflections
Presented by: Knowledge Mobilization Working Group; Mauro, I. Download PDF
Potential Research Ideas for Collaboration with Chesterfield Inlet, Nunavut
Presented by: Arctic Working Group; Doubleday, N; Newell, S; Kattegatsiak, D. Download PDF
Recipe for a Movie
Presented by: Knowledge Mobilization Working Group; Baird, N; L'Hérault, V. Download PDF
Research Challenge: How Could BC Fisheries Transition to Owner Operator/Fleet Separation?
Presented by: Pacific Working Group; Pinkerton, E. Download PDF
Update on Activities in the Pacific Region
Presented by: Pacific Working Group; Ban, N; Bennett, N.J. Download PDF
Vancouver, 2016
- Liu Insitute for Global Issues, University of British Columbia, Vancouver
- May 24 - 27 2016
- Agenda (PDF)
Presentations
OceanCanada 2016 Conference Opening Remarks
Presented by: Sumaila, U.R. Download PDF
Taking Stock: Arctic Working Group
Presented by: Arctic Region Working Group; Doubleday, N. Download PDF
Atlantic Working Group – Overview
Presented by: Atlantic Working Group; Armitage, D; Ross, R. Download PDF
Eulachon loss and recovery
Presented by: Beveridge, R. Download PDF
Thoughts from CFRN
Presented by: Stephenson, R Download PDF
Sea otters, kelp forests, and ecosystem services
Presented by: Chan, K; Gregr, E; Driscoll, J. Download PDF
Evaluating Canada’s progress towards the 2020 Aichi Biodiversity Targets
Presented by: National Data Integration and Scenarios Working Group; Cisneros-Montemayor, A. Download PDF
Transboundary and Adaptive Ecosystem Management: Obligations and Challenges
Presented by: Law and Policy Working Group; Engler, C Download PDF
Law and Policy Working Group – Overview
Presented by: Law and Policy Working Group; VanderZwaag,D; Saunders, P. Download PDF
Identifying Best Practices in Fisheries Monitoring and Stewardship Training for First Nations Youth
Presented by: Milko, H; Pinkerton, E. Download PDF
Wellbeing of Canadian coastal communities under global change
Presented by: National Data Integration and Scenarios Working Group; Cheung, W.L. Download PDF
Indicators, Expert Surveys, and the LEO Network
Presented by: Okey, T. Download PDF
Pacific Region Working Group – Overview
Presented by: Bennett, N; Ban, N.C. Download PDF
Improving local benefits from seafood value chains in BC coastal communities
Presented by: Witter, A. Download PDF
Climate Change and Transboundary Fisheries: Continuity and Adaptation in Legal Structures
Presented by: Saunders, P. Download PDF
OCP Scenarios Workshop
Presented by: Teh, L.S. Download PDF
Linking climate change effects on marine ecosystems to socio-economic impacts in the Canadian Arctic
Presented by: Steiner, N; Azetsu-Scott, K; Cheung, W.L.; Cisneros-Montmayor, A; Drost, H; Hoover, C; Miller, L; Sumaila, U.R.; Suprenand, P; Sou, T; Tai, T. Download PDF
Marine Species on the Move in the Northwest Atlantic: A sea of Transbounday Governance Changes
Presented by: Vanderzwaag, D. Download PDF
Adaptive capacity: From assessment to action in social-ecological systems
Presented by: Whitney, C; Bennett, N.J. Download PDF
Workshop: Federal oceans agenda and marine protected areas
Presented by: Bennett, N.J. Download PDF
Vancouver 2014
The first conference took place at the University of British Columbia in 2014 where the initial discussions took place to lay the foundations for the project. (Download)