COINAtlantic Quarterly Newsletter

Spring - May 2022

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Welcome

Welcome COINAtlantic's second Newsletter of 2022: Our May 2022 or Spring Edition!

 

Learn more below about the results of COINAtlantic's Coastal and Ocean Data Management: Best Practices and Training for Non-Governmental Organizations Project; including links to webinar recordings and our Best Practices Guide.

 

A reminder that June 8th is Oceans day. See below for a link to with more details

Meet COINAtlantic Staff

Projects and Collaborations

Data Management Best Practices

Webinar Series and Best Practices Guide.

COINAtlantic hosted a series of information/training webinars aimed at explaining open data platforms for coastal and ocean data and data management planning considerations, and released a best practices guide and two- page reference guide. Learn more about the project here which includes at document links and webinar recording links.

 

If you have viewed the webinars (links below) and / or have had a look at the best practices guide and reference guide (links above) please consider responding to our quick two minute survey, with the link just below:

Participate in Survey

Webinar Series Recordings 

Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System Atlantic

Guest Speakers: Jeff Cullis, Alexi Baccardax Westcott, Shen Molloy.

Learn how to share your data in the CIOOS Atlantic open access data catalogue and what CIOOS Atlantic can do for your organization. 

Webinar Recording

Ocean Biogeographic Information System

Guest Speaker: Ward Appeltans, Maria Cornthwaite, and Pieter Provoost.

The Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) is a global open-access data and information clearing-house on marine biodiversity for science, conservation, and sustainable development. Learn about OBIS, its purpose, and what type of data is submitted to OBIS. 

Webinar Recording

Digital Research Alliance of Canada

Guest Speakers: Nichole DeMichelis, Robyn Nicholson, Tamanna Moharana

This workshop will give you an overview of the essentials of Research Data Management, with tips, resources, and tools that you can begin to incorporate into your work right away.

Webinar Recording

Microplastic Contamination in Coastal Regions of the Southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence

An update from Krista Beardy, a University of New Brunswick Researcher, regarding results of the project, Microplastic Contamination in Coastal Regions of Southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence.

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External News

Coastal Protection Act: What We Heard report

More than 250 individuals and organizations provided input during the consultation for the Nova Scotia Coastal Protection Act.

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Engaging on Canada's Blue Economy Strategy: What We Heart report

The report covers three key themes: Opportunities & Barriers to position our blue economy for growth and success; Inclusion & Diversity to ensure growth and prosperity for all; and Sustainable & Prosperous blue economy sectors today and in the future.

Learn more

Canada’s National Adaptation Strategy

The Government of Canada's National Adaptation Strategy’s interactive consultation website is now  and is online until July 15, 2022.

Learn more

City Nature Challenge 2022 Results

The 2022 City Nature Challenge (CNC) was held 29 April to 2 May 2022 this year, and more than 78 thousand observations and 4550 species were recorded.

Learn more

Oceans Day 2022

Mark your calendars for June 8, 2022! World Ocean Day is back, uniting ocean action worldwide to promote, protect, and restore our blue planet. 

Learn more

Photograph Feature

Mill Cove, Nova Scotia

July 2017

by Alexi Baccardax Westcott

Would you like to see your ocean or coastal photo featured in an issue of the COINAtlantic Newsletter? 

Send it to us at coinalantic@dal.ca with the subject 'Photography Feature'.

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