Ocean Week Canada is a national celebration of ocean events, learning, and engagement led by the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition in collaboration with a team of content and event partners across the country. Growing Ocean Week Canada is one of the Action Streams identified to reach the National Strategy goals for Ocean Literacy in Canada.
We are thrilled to share the Ocean Week Canada 2023 impact report. A huge thank you goes out to our partners, event hosts, and community for being the heart of Ocean Week. Your passion for the ocean is truly inspiring. Thank you to everyone that came out to an Ocean Week event and for making Ocean Week Canada 2023 a huge success. We can’t wait to see you again next year.
READ THE IMPACT REPORTOcean Week Canada debuted as a small (all virtual) pilot in 2021, and became an official annual event in 2022. Ocean Week Canada took place June 3-12, 2022 and kicked off a summer-long Ocean Festival (unique to 2022) intended to lay a foundation of ocean awareness as Canada geared up to host the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) in Vancouver.
READ THE IMPACT REPORTThe Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition (COLC), together with a team of collaborating partners, co-led events at IMPAC5 that brought the public into ocean conservation conversations across generations, across cultures and languages, across backgrounds and experiences, across Canada and the globe. This included the Ocean Festival – a two-day outdoor public celebration attended by over 10,000 people.
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