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WEBINAR: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada

Celebrating the release of SEA CHANGE​

To celebrate the launch of the OceanCanada Book, SEA CHANGE: Charting a sustainable future for oceans in Canada, a webinar was held on Sept 18, 2024. This webinar closed the project and was very well attended; a wonderful end to such a monumental collective effort by so many scientists, students, and great minds across Canada.

September 18, 2024 11:00 am – 12:30 pm PT​

Anthropogenic issues – climate change, resource overexploitation, and pollution – have left visible marks on the Atlantic, Pacific, and Arctic oceans which border Canada. These changes will affect the ecosystems, economies, and people who live along these coasts and are a formidable challenge in building resilient and sustainable oceans and supporting the communities that rely on them.

Sea Change (more information here) reports on the work of the OceanCanada Partnership, a multidisciplinary, multiyear research project to take stock of what we know about Canada’s three oceans, construct scenarios of the future facing coastal regions, and create a national dialogue and vision. Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars and practitioners in a wide array of fields investigate well-being, health, and livelihoods in coastal communities as they respond to rapid environmental and social transformation. With a focus on finding solutions, they outline the implications and obstacles for legislation, make suggestions for further research, and offer policy recommendations.

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?

Speakers​

Dr. William Cheung, professor & Director, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and co-editor of Sea Change Dr. Rashid Sumaila, professor, UBC Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, and co-editor of Sea Change Dr. Megan Bailey, Associate Professor, Dalhousie University, and co-editor of Sea Change Dr. Derek Armitage, professor & Director, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS), University of Waterloo, and co-editor of Sea Change Chief Russ Jones, Haida Nation, and contributor to Sea Change Dr. Nadja Steiner, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and contributor to Sea Change Dr. Evan J Andrews, Banting Fellow – TBTI Canada & Ocean Frontier Institute, Memorial University’s Department of Geography, and contributor to Sea Change