COINAtlantic Quarterly Newsletter - Issue 2020(1) |
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Read the Coastal and Ocean Information Network Atlantic's new quarterly newsletter! Learn about what we have been up to and be sure to subscribe to our newest mailing list to get the next issue! |
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From the Executive Director |
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Hello and welcome to COINAtlantic’s new newsletter and website. It has been some time since you last heard from us but while our ‘look’ is new, our mission remains the same: to support open data and information exchange in Atlantic Canada that advances sustainable and integrated management of coastal and ocean spaces. For over 25 years COINAtlantic has been at the leading edge of the open data wave that is growing in Canada and around the world. We have hosted workshops, organized conferences, developed online geospatial atlases and delivered training that have brought different sectors together to collaborate and exchange information that moves us towards our shared goals. Technological advances are transforming how we manage and share data but people remain key to unlocking the full potential of the open data movement. COINAtlantic’s network of like minded people in Atlantic Canada and beyond remains one of our greatest strengths – we hope you will stay with us as we head into the next decade! You will notice some changes in how we approach communicating with you – our COINAtlantic Newsletter will now be issued quarterly and the content will be focused on COINAtlantic updates and our collaborations. The News section will focus on the Atlantic Canada region. We are updating our COINAtlantic Communications email contact list. Please join our new email list below to continue receiving the COINAtlantic Newsletter and additional occasional COINAtlantic communications (including employment opportunities or invitations to COINAtlantic events). The link to sign up is at the bottom of this newsletter and can also be found on the COINAtlantic website. The past year has been a productive and exciting one – we’ve brought on a new staff member, wrapped up a number of projects and embarked on new ones. COINAtlantic’s ongoing partnership with the Atlantic Regional Association of the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS Atlantic) has been mutually beneficial and powerful given alignment in the two organizations’ commitments to increasing access to open data. And we’ve conducted all of this while re-establishing ourselves in the ‘work from home’ arrangement required by the COVID-19 pandemic. Please read on to learn more about COINAtlantic staffing changes, organizational updates and our recent collaborations. Thank you for your continued interest in and support for our work! Christina Macdonald Executive Director
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COINAtlantic wishes to extend Season's Greetings to you and those close to you during this holiday time of year. |
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Meet Our New Staff Members |
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Christina Macdonald Executive Director |
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Christina’s academic training and professional experience have been in sustainability and the environment: management of renewable resources, climate change adaptation, wildlife and habitat protection as well as energy conservation and renewable energy. She lived in the Yukon for 9 years working for the Yukon College, Government of Yukon and most recently the environmental NGO, the Yukon |
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Conservation Society, and was immersed in efforts to make resource management a democratic and informed process through engaging with local communities and all levels of government. Christina returned to Nova Scotia to be closer to her family and feels like she is coming home. COINAtlantic’s network extends across Atlantic Canada and beyond and she looks forward to meeting many of you, learning about your work and finding ways to collaborate on truly sustainable management of the coastal and ocean ecosystems of Atlantic Canada. Contact Christina at c.macdonald@dal.ca |
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Lydia RossProject Officer |
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Lydia is inspired by the opportunity to help advance regional ocean and data priorities as the Project Officer for COINAtlantic. She is energized by the multiplicity of geospatial and information engagement work taking place across the Atlantic Maritimes, and her role in helping others realize the full value of their ocean data. She enjoys submerging herself in multiple ocean communities to promote the value of open marine data, typically achieved |
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through helping groups with atlas development and providing data and information management support geared at enhancing capacity for implementing data sharing best practices. Lydia looks forward to discussing ocean data needs across sectors, and how she can make open data work for you. Contact Lydia at coinatlantic@dal.ca |
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Meet Additional COINAtlantic Staff on our Website |
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COINAtlantic Website Redesign |
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COINAtlantic is excited to bring you a new and improved way to interact with our Coastal & Ocean Information Network! Our complete website redesign gives you the opportunity to learn about COINAtlantic and our impact, our work and collaborations. Also, tap into a number of up-to-date tools and resources that can support your organization's data access, management and exchange. Keep checking back for the latest COINAtlantic News! Have a question? Want to share a resource on our website? Getting in touch with COINAtlantic has never been easier! We look forward to answering your questions, and more, through our new website experience. “Sea you there!” |
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Data Sharing for an Eastern Canada
Marine Atlas |
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is leading a Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) process to better coordinate how we use and manage marine spaces to achieve ecological, economic and social objectives in Canada. An online marine atlas is a critical tool for supporting MSP. To provide the public with information on ocean ecosystems, human uses, management areas and more, DFO is developing a web-based atlas made up of interactive map layers for Eastern Canada’s three bioregions. The ‘purpose’ of a marine atlas and the data found in it must be driven by user needs and sound policy and institutional |
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frameworks.Such an atlas will require significant relationship building across sectors and sustained collaborations to effectively establish and maintain data sharing processes and agreements. To support this, COINAtlantic facilitated the Data Sharing for an Atlantic Canada Marine Atlas workshop held in-person on March 12th and 13th, 2020. This two-day workshop brought together people from across Eastern Canada and across sectors to share their needs and data priorities for an atlas and discuss barriers and opportunities for contributing data to the upcoming atlas. Key recommendations from the workshop discussions include the creation of a Strategic Plan for the atlas that identifies long and short-term objectives, sets priorities, focuses energy and resources, and helps ensure organizations and governments are working towards common goals. |
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Literature Review: Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ocean Observing: Exploring the Potential for Partnership in Atlantic Canada |
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By MaryJane Proulx, BA History & Environmental Studies, EMD, MMC, (CIOOS Atlantic Research Assistant, maryjane.proulx@gmail.com) The Atlantic Regional Association of the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System (CIOOS Atlantic) recognizes that |
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Indigenous peoples play a special role inthe area of ocean stewardship, as they have held an innate relationship with the natural environment since time immemorial. CIOOS Atlantic is committed to building respectful and meaningful relationships with Indigenous governments, organizations and communities across Atlantic Canada. As part of this commitment, CIOOS Atlantic conducted a literature review to look at instances where Indigenous Traditional Ecological Knowledge has been successfully coordinated or utilized alongside western scientific systems. Examples where Indigenous knowledge was digitized were highlighted in addition to the factors that enabled successful outcomes in digitization and the inherent risks and limitations involved in the digitization of Indigenous TEK. Alternative approaches for collaboration were explored, including Participatory Mapping, Community-Based Research, and Structured Decision Making. |
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Announces Cluster Building VITALITY Project |
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COINAtlantic is proud to be a part of this exciting new project recently launched by Canada's Ocean Supercluster.
The VITALITY Project is a transformative approach to address the shared data challenges of the ocean economy. This
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project will capitalize on Canada’s ocean data to deliver definitive commercial outcomes to the businesses involved by advancing ocean data analysis, management and visualization capabilities, and products. |
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