Our Partners
Key Project & Operational Partners
*former or current administrative headquarters for COLC
Institutional Activation Partners
In addition to these partners, there are over 400 event activation partners (listed at bottom of page)
Funding Partners (current)
Phase 2: Strategy Implementation & Key Initiatives
Funding Partners (past)
Phase 1: National Study and Strategy Development (2018-2021)
Research Partners
- All Atlantic Ocean Research Alliance
- Cardiff University
- Dalhousie University
- Instituto do Mar UNIFESP
- Marine Institute
- MarSocSci Network
- Memorial University
- National Research Council (NRC)
- Oceans Research in Canada Alliance (ORCA)
- Simon Fraser University
- The Lawrence Hall of Science
- Trent University
- University of Gothenburg
- Université de Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
- University of Ottawa
- University of Plymouth
- University of Victoria
International Partners & Collaborators
- Acqua Mater
- All-Atlantic Blue Schools Network
- Australian Association for Environmental Education (AAEE)
- ECOP Global
- European Marine Science Educators Association (EMSEA)
- EU4Ocean
- International Pacific Marine Educators Network (IPMEN)
- Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (IOC-UNESCO
- Irish Ocean Literacy Network
- IUCN Commission on Education and Communication
- MarSocSci Network
- National Marine Educators Association (NMEA)
- Ocean Conservation Trust
- Ocean Literacy With All
- Ocean Uprise
- Planeta Oceano
- RELATO (Latin American Education Network for the Ocean)
- Sea Grant Conneticut
- UN Ocean Decade (Coordinating Unit)
- Youth Climate Lab
Ocean Week Canada Event Hosts & Partners (2022 & 2023)
- A Greener Future
- ACAP Saint John
- Activism Studio
- Agiro
- Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek
- Ambleside Parkrun
- ApneaCity
- Aquaculture Association of Canada (AAC)
- Aquatic Biosphere
- ArcticNet
- Àros na Mara
- Association of Science Teachers
- Atlantic Science Enterprise Centre (ASEC)
- Atlantic Shark Expeditions
- Back to the Sea
- Balad’EAU
- Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre
- Bay Area Restoration Council
- Bay Roberts Public Library
- Bayside Village
- BC Environmental Film Festival
- BC Marine Trails
- Beaty Biodiversity Museum
- Benjamin Von Wong (Artist)
- Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport
- Biodôme- Espace pour la vie
- Blowing Bubbles
- Blue Jellyfish SUP Adventures
- Blue Mar 4 Change
- Bodhi Biggs (Artist)
- British Colombia Environmental Film Festival (BCEFF)
- ByWard Market
- Canadian Association for the Advancement of Netherlandic Studies (CAANS) Vancouver
- Canada Council for the Arts (CAC)
- Canada Media Fund
- Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
- Canadian Commission for UNESCO
- Canadian Geographic
- Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (CMOS)
- Canadian Museum of Nature
- Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM)
- Canadian Network for Ocean Education (CaNOE)
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – British Columbia
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – Manitoba
- Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – New Brunswick
- Canadian Parks And Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
- Canadian Water and Wastewater Association (CWWA)
- Canadian Women in Ocean Industries Leadership
- Capital Regional District’s Regional Parks
- Carihi Secondary School (District 72)
- Caroline Andrade (photographer)
- Cascadia Seaweed
- CBC
- Central Alberta Teachers’ Convention Association (CATCA)
- Centre for Ocean Ventures & Entrepreneurship (COVE)
- Cetus Research & Conservation Society
- Children’s Water Festival (Upper Thames River Conservation Authority)
- Christine Fitzgerald (Artist)
- City of Nanaimo
- City of Richmond
- City of Vancouver
- Classrooms to Communities Network
- Clean Foundation
- Club April Marine
- Centre for Ocean Applied Sustainable technology (COAST)
- Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre
- Coastal Water Protectors
- Coeur des sciences (UQAM)
- Commonwealth Blue Charter
- Communauto
- Conservation Corps of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Corina Brdar (Artist)
- Council of the Haida Nation
- CTV
- Daily Hive
- Dalhousie University – Marine Affairs Program
- Dalhousie’s Let’s Talk Science
- DFO Stream to Sea
- Digital Nova Scotia
- Discovery Centre
- Discovery Global Geopark
- Discovery Passage Aquarium
- Discovery UNESCO Global Geopark
- Diversity of Nature
- Dominique Normand (Artist)
- Douglas Park Community Centre
- Downtown Dartmouth
- DP World Canada
- Dr. Sara Ellison
- Eagle Wing Tours
- Early Career Ocean Professionals (ECOP) Canada
- Earth Rangers
- Earth Science for Society (ESfS)
- écH2Osystème
- École en Réseau (ÉER)
- Ecology Action Centre
- Ecology North
- EcoMaris
- Ecoschools
- Entreprise Marine
- Environmental Services Association of Alberta’s (ESAA) Remediation Technologies (RemTech) Symposium East
- Envision Saint John
- Esgenoopetitj Watershed Association
- Esri Canada
- Exploramer
- Exploring By The Seat Of Your Pants
- Faculty of Environmental & Urban Change at York University
- False Creek Friends
- Festival TransAmériques (FTA)
- Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5)
- First Capital
- First Mile Technologies
- First Nations Marine Teams
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO)
- Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic
- Fogo Island Saltfire Pottery Ltd
- Fortunate Ones (Artist)
- Fraser Valley Academy of Dance (FVAD)
- Frederic Back parkrun
- French Consulate in Vancouver
- French National Committee of Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS-France)
- Friends of McNabs Island
- Friends of the Biodôme
- Gaia Project
- Galiano Conservancy Association
- Geneviève Dupéré (Artist)
- Geological Association of Canada
- Georgia Strait Alliance
- Gibsons Building Supplies
- Gibsons Marine Education Centre Society
- Girl Guides of Canada
- Gitselasu Stewardship Society
- Global Encounters
- Government of Canada
- Government of Northwest Territories
- Government of Ontario
- Government of Quebec
- Great Lakes Ecoregion Network
- Great River Rapport
- Great West Life Reality Advisors (GWLRA)
- Greater Victoria Harbour Authority
- Green Coast Media
- Green Films Series
- Green Marine
- GreenLearning
- Group Ocean Inc
- Guayakí Yerba Mate
- Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
- Gulf of Georgia Cannery Society
- Hakai Institute
- Harbour Authority
- Harbourfront Centre
- Havergal College
- Healthy Coast Team – Nature NB & Nature Trust NB
- Heiltsuk Tribal Council
- Helly Hansen
- Hillside Centre
- Hines
- HitPlay Productions
- Indiecan Entertainment
- Indigenous Leadership Initiative
- Indigenous Tourism Ontario (ITO)
- Ingenium
- Institut nordique de recherche en environnement et en santé au travail (INREST)
- Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
- International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC)’s Judith Marcuse Projects Society
- International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES)
- IRERI- Mexican, Latino & Cross Cultural Society
- Jaguar Car Club of Victoria (JCCV)
- Jasmine Rodman (Artist)
- Johnson Geo Centre
- Kanata Parkrun
- Karen Tamminga-Paton (Artist)
- Kitselas Lands and Resources
- KOVE Ocean Foods
- L’Institut France-Québec Maritime (IFQM)
- l’Expédition Bleue
- L’île du savoir
- L’Institut Maritime du Québec
- L’Odyssée des Sciences (CRSNG)
- L’Université Laval
- L’Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR)
- La Baleine Nomade
- LaBase
- Lake Surfistas
- Le Lévisium Festival des Sciences
- Le Service de coopération et d’action culturelle du Consulat général de France à Québec
- Let’s Talk Science
- Lisa Marie DiLiberto and Nathalie Bonjour (Artists)
- Live It Earth
- Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec (LOJIQ)
- M – Expertise Marine
- Manitoba Museum
- Maple 3
- MAPP_MTL
- Marie France L’Ecuyer (Photographer)
- Marine Animal Response Society
- Marine Education and Research Society (MERS)
- Marine Institute
- Marine Megafauna Foundation (MMF)
- Marine Museum of the Great Lakes
- Maritime Aboriginal People’s Council
- Maritime Heritage Centre
- Maritime Museum of British Columbia
- Maurice-Lamontagne Institute
- Mayne Island Conservancy
- McGill University
- McMillan Arts Centre
- Medicine Wheel Publishing
- Meg O’Hara (Artist)
- Memorial University
- Menkes Developments Ltd.
- Marine Environmental Observation, Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR)
- Merinov
- Metro Vancouver’s Youth 4 Action
- Mexican Consulate of Calgaray
- Mineralogical Association of Canada
- Mining Justice Action Committee
- Miramichi River Environmental Assessment Committee (MREAC)
- Mission 1000 Tonnes
- Mission Arts Council
- Mme L’Ovary
- Moussette Parkrun
- Mundy Parkrun
- Music by the Sea Society
- Nanaimo Science
- Natasha van Netten (Artist)
- National Circus School (CRITAC)
- National Geographic
- National Research Council (NRC)
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC-CRSNG)
- Neptune & Salacia Diving
- Network Quebec Maritime
- New Brunswick Teachers’ Association (NBTA)
- Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association (NAIA)
- NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee
- Niagara Coastal
- Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre
- Nieuport Aviation
- North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES)
- North York Central Library (NYCL)
- Nova Scotia Underwater Council
- Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
- Oak Bay Beach Hotel
- Ocean 98.5
- Ocean Frontier Institute
- Ocean Minded
- Ocean Networks Canada
- Ocean River Sports
- Ocean School (National Film Board and Dalhousie University)
- Ocean Start Up Project
- Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia (OTCNS)
- Ocean Uprise
- Ocean Week Halifax
- Ocean Week Victoria
- Ocean Wise
- Oceana Canada
- Oceanographers in your classroom
- Oceans Initiative
- Oceans North
- Oceans Research in Canada Alliance (ORCA)
- Off the Fence
- One Earth
- One Yoga
- Ontario Association of Geographic and Environmental Education (OAGEE)
- Ontario Creates
- Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit
- Organisation Bleue
- Ottawa Public Library
- Ottawa Riverkeeper
- Pacheedaht First Nation
- Pacific Rim Whale Festival (PRWF)
- Pacific Wild Alliance
- Pacifica Paddle Sports
- Paddlefest
- Padi Aware Foundation
- Paint Nite
- PAL Airlines
- Parks Canada
- Parley for the Oceans
- Parlons Sciences
- Patagonia (Toronto)
- Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium
- Port of Sept-Îles
- Port Saint John
- Porter
- Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation in Canada (FPA2)
- Prince of Whales – Whale Watching Adventures
- Project Aware Dive Against Debris
- Project SculptShore
- Province of Nova Scotia
- Quatsino First Nation
- Quebec Maritime Institute
- Québec-Océan (l’Université Laval)
- Queen’s University Faculty of Education
- Queen’s Quay Terminal
- Raina the Mermaid
- RAVEN
- Redpath
- Replay Storytelling
- Réseaux Québec Maritime (RQM)
- RioTinto
- Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada
- River First YGK
- River Institute
- Robi Smith (Artist)
- Rogers Documentary Fund
- Rolex
- Royal Bank of Canada
- Royal BC Museum
- Royal Canadian Geographical Society
- Royal Ontario Museum (ROM)
- Royal Roads University
- Sacred Journey Exhibition
- Saint Paulin Parkrun
- Samuray Rose Diler (Artist)
- Saskatchewan Science Centre
- Sault Ste. Marie Innovation Centre
- Science North
- Science Odyssey (NSERC)
- Science World
- Scotian Shores
- Scout Canning
- Sea Around Us initiative
- Sea Smart
- Seachange Marine Conservation Society
- SEAMOR Marine
- Seaquaria Ocean Education
- SeeQuest Development Co
- SEGO Initiative
- Seven Sacred Fires Society
- səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nation
- Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea
- Shawn Thomson (Photographer)
- Shorefast Foundation
- Shoreline Cleanup
- Skaana
- Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish Nation)
- SLA Location
- Social justice Co-operative Newfoundland and Labrador (SJCNL)
- Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits
- SOI Foundation
- Sooke Region Museum
- Southern Resident Killer Whale outreach team
- St. Francis Xavier University
- St. John’s Aquarium Inc. | Petty Harbour Mini Aquarium
- St.Margaret Sailing Club
- STEAM Ecosystem BC
- STEAM PEI
- Steveston Community Society
- StFX Biology Department
- Stratégies Saint-Laurent
- Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society (SIMRS)
- Summer Solstice Indigenous Festival
- Sunshine Coast Conservation Association
- Surfrider Foundation
- Surfrider Foundation Vancouver
- Sustainable Ocean Alliance
- Swim Drink Fish
- Synergy Foundation
- Tabusintac Watershed Association (TWA)
- Takaya Tours
- TakingITGlobal
- Telefilm Canada
- The Aquatic and Crop Resource Development (ACRD) research center
- The Clean Up project
- The Great Northern Ontario Roadshow
- The Halifax Partnership
- The Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative
- The Manitoba Museum
- The Nudi(branch) girls
- The Ocean Project
- The Outdoor Learning Store
- The Public Service (Artist)
- The River Institute
- The Sustainability Education Alliance at NBEN
- The Three Nations Education Group
- The Westin Harbour Castle Toronto
- Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA)
- Torpedo Rays Scuba Adventures
- Town of Fogo Island
- Tridel
- Tsleil-Waututh Nation
- Tula Foundation
- UBC Ocean Hub
- University of British Columbia, Faculty of Science
- UN Biodiversity Conference: COP15 in Montréal
- University of Regina
- UofT Trash Team
- UPEI Climate Lab
- Vancouver Aquarium
- Vancouver Maritime Museum
- Vancouver Public Library
- Victoria Natural History Society
- Victoria Park Kitchener Parkrun
- Victoria Sailing Coop
- Victoria Truro parkrun
- Wai Wah Environmental
- Water Canada
- Water Rangers
- Waterfront Business Improvement Area (BIA)
- Waterfront Neighbourhood Centre (WNC)
- Waterfront Toronto
- Wendy Luella Perkins (Artist)
- Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia
- WILD Outside
- Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute
- World Aquaculture Society (WAS)
- World Fisheries Trust (WFT)
- World Oceans Day – Newfoundland and Labrador
- World Rivers Day
- World Wildlife Fund Canada
- X-Oceans Outreach
- xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Nation)
- Year of the Salish Sea
- World Ocean Day