3 posts tagged with "Collaboration"

The second OceanCanada Partnership conference was held in Vancouver from May 24-27 on the beautiful grounds of the University of British Columbia. The conference brought together more than 60 researchers, students and post-doctoral fellows, advisory board members, community and institutional partners to take stock of our activities and work towards an integrated research agenda. Through a series of panels and group discussions, round tables and workshops, the conference delegates identified the emerging threats, challenges, and opportunities facing Canada’s oceans and coastal communities, and began the difficult task of synthesizing research priorities.

By: Evan Andrews. PhD student at the School of Environment, Resources, and Sustainability at the University of Waterloo

Partnerships are critical to understand complexity and help reduce uncertainty in Canada’s marine systems. As a new PhD student working in OceanCanada, the role for connecting with other graduate students and faculty to inform my own research is an attractive idea. For example, I have almost no practical understanding of how oceans work and how fisheries function. I mean, I have never really even fished. Well that is not entirely true…

OceanCanada – Too Big To Ignore Symposium. Wednesday, March 30th 2016, 1-5pm Liu Institute for Global Issues; Caseroom. UBC, 6476 NW Marine Drive

Learn about the exciting work being done by these projects, find out how to get involved, and participate in the discussion on ways to encourage further collaboration. The meeting is open to everyone, no prior registration is necessary.