Our Partners

Key Project & Operational Partners

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Institutional Activation Partners

In addition to these partners, there are over 400 event activation partners (listed at bottom of page)

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Funding Partners (current)

Phase 2: Strategy Implementation & Key Initiatives

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Funding Partners (past)

Phase 1: National Study and Strategy Development (2018-2021)

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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