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From the Executive Director

Hello Friends of COINAtlantic! As we welcome the return of the light, a new energy is beginning to move through the oceans -  many creatures are embarking on long migrations to the streams and coastal areas of Atlantic Canada, and the spring blooms of phytoplankton are growing in the North Atlantic. There are developments afoot in COINAtlantic, too. 

For over 25 years COINAtlantic has been working with our partners to advance integrated coastal and ocean management; in recent years we’ve started to see widespread recognition of the role of data management in this important, collaborative work - very exciting! Universities, governments, businesses, Indigenous organizations and NGOs are all taking action to increase access to, and re-use of, their coastal and ocean data and knowledge.

As always, COINAtlantic is here to help you join and contribute to this movement. Most recently, we’ve partnered with Clean Foundation and will be creating a Best Practices Guide for NGOs to support data management within your organizations. Read on for more information about this new project, along with updates on our collaborations with CIOOS Atlantic and more.

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Thank you for your continued interest in and support for our work!
 

Christina Macdonald

Executive Director
COINAtlantic 

Call for Board Members and Collaborations

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Collaborations

Exploring Ways to Bring Together Indigenous & Western Knowledge Systems for Coastal &Ocean Observing

In early 2021, The Atlantic Regional Association of the Canadian Integrated Ocean Observing System, or CIOOS Atlantic, hosted a three-part Discussion Series to learn where CIOOS Atlantic’s goals may align with Indigenous People and organizations and how CIOOS Atlantic could collaborate to advance shared ocean observing goals. COINAtlantic has a close working relationship with CIOOS Atlantic and supported the development and delivery of this series.

Coastal and Ocean Data Management: Best Practices and Training for Non-Governmental Organizations

COINAtlantic has just launched a project with the goal of empowering non-governmental organizations that carry out projects in marine and coastal environments with a best practices guide and training to increase organizational data management capacity.

News

Job Posting: Executive Director, Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Coalition on Sustainability

Applications are due March 31st, 2021.

Blue Economy Strategy Engagement Paper

The Government of Canada plans to develop a strategic framework to guide future actions and investments that will help grow the Canadian ocean economy, while advancing conservation objectives.

Multiannual Study of Nova Scotia Coastline Describes Thermal Conditions of Intertidal Environments

This data set is the first of its kind for the Atlantic Canadian coast and exemplifies in detail how intertidal temperature varies in wave-exposed environments on a cold-temperate coast.

Living Data Project - Data Rescue Internships

The deadline to apply is May 17, 2021 for internships to start on or after October 1, 2021.

2021 City Nature Challenge - The Maritimes

The City Nature Challenge requests community members help record observations of as many species as possible in and around the seven areas registered for the challenge in the Maritimes.

Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods

This new, freely-available book from the Community Conservation Research Network, highlights the important role of local communities, around the world, in conserving their environment while sustaining their local economies and livelihoods.

Launch of the Ocean Decade in Canada

To mark the launch of the Ocean Decade, Canada’s Oceans Now, 2020 report was released.

Perceptions of Barachois Ponds in Nova Scotia

This study, written by former COINAtlantic Project Officer, Lydia Ross, in collaboration with Lucia Fanning, examines the current discourses around the management of barachois ponds and how an increased understanding of these perceptions held by stakeholders and managers might be used to better inform integrated management of these wetland ecosystems.

Land, Water, Ocean, Us: A Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy

The Strategy and Implementation Plan is shaped by three overarching goals. Nine Action Streams have been co-developed to achieve these goals. 

Upcoming Coastal and Ocean Events

Five upcoming online conferences and events including ACCESS 2021, 28th FSRS, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture and Nova Scotia Seafarmers Digital Series, Coastal Zone Canada 2021, and CoastGIS 2021.

Have Your Photograph Featured in the
COINAtlantic Newsletter

Would you like to see your ocean or coastal photo featured in an issue of the COINAtlantic Newsletter? Send it to us at COINAtlantic@dal.ca

Photograph of Hubbards Cove, Nova Scotia, March 14, 2015,
taken by Alexi Baccardax Westcott.

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