Each year, Ocean Week Canada features artist-led talks, creative community workshops, concerts, and immersive experiences across the country. These artist-led creations, musical events, and activities flow into the national program of Ocean Week Canada events every June.
The Public Service (formerly George Woodhouse and the Public Service) bring their love letters and goodbye notes in the form of indie folk-rock songs — on May 26th they’ll bid adieu to spring and welcome back the summer… Dartmouth style, with a free concert! Since performing at the 2023 World Junior Fan Fest, The Public Service are heading into their biggest summer yet, with upcoming performances at Full Circle Festival, Stan Fest, Granville Green and The Shore Club.
Fortunate Ones is a Canadian indie folk duo from St. John’s, Newfoundland, consisting of Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan. Andrew and Catherine were raised in different parts of Newfoundland Island, with Andrew hailing from Mount Pearl and Catherine from Corner Brook. However, fate brought them together in St. John’s in 2010, where their paths crossed, and they began singing together.
écH2osystème is a maritime acrobatic research-creation project on the St. Lawrence. Led by Geneviève Dupéré, this project makes this ecosystem resonate through the echoes of more than 300 collaborators from the marine science and freshwater sectors, fishing and the maritime and port industry. To cross from the river to the stage, the O of écH2osystème is hooked to a crane, above the St. Lawrence.
The Public Service (formerly George Woodhouse and the Public Service) bring their love letters and goodbye notes in the form of indie folk-rock songs — on May 26th they’ll bid adieu to spring and welcome back the summer… Dartmouth style, with a free concert! Since performing at the 2023 World Junior Fan Fest, The Public Service are heading into their biggest summer yet, with upcoming performances at Full Circle Festival, Stan Fest, Granville Green and The Shore Club.
Fortunate Ones is a Canadian indie folk duo from St. John’s, Newfoundland, consisting of Andrew James O’Brien and Catherine Allan. Andrew and Catherine were raised in different parts of Newfoundland Island, with Andrew hailing from Mount Pearl and Catherine from Corner Brook. However, fate brought them together in St. John’s in 2010, where their paths crossed, and they began singing together.
écH2osystème is a maritime acrobatic research-creation project on the St. Lawrence. Led by Geneviève Dupéré, this project makes this ecosystem resonate through the echoes of more than 300 collaborators from the marine science and freshwater sectors, fishing and the maritime and port industry. To cross from the river to the stage, the O of écH2osystème is hooked to a crane, above the St. Lawrence.
Christine Fitzgerald is a photo-based artist who grew up in the Eastern Townships in Québec, who now lives and works in Ottawa, Canada. Her work is inspired by her French-Canadian roots and her love of the natural world. She sees photography as a medium for creating unique physical objects. This growing conviction is the basis of her current artistic practice, as she explores the possibilities of using antiquated methods of image and photographic print making as a means of expression.
Meg O’Hara is a contemporary Canadian landscape painter, she holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in Art History and Theory. In 2022 she was an Artist-in-Residence during an Ocean Conservation Expedition with the SOI Foundation. In December of 2022, she was one of ten Canadians chosen for a delegation to Antarctica with the SOI Foundation looking at Canada’s involvement in the Antarctic Treaty System and the impact of climate change on the region.
Karen, an artist and educator based in Alberta, revels in the thrill of adventure and cherishes strong community bonds while actively seeking out beauty. Karen’s artistic inspiration stems from the evolving narrative of her life, frequently sparked by thought-provoking questions or enlightening observations that stimulate contemplation. Karen is joining The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek for their event From Headwaters to Oceans: How Water Connects us with the community in Pincher Creek, AB.
Christine Fitzgerald is a photo-based artist who grew up in the Eastern Townships in Québec, who now lives and works in Ottawa, Canada. Her work is inspired by her French-Canadian roots and her love of the natural world. She sees photography as a medium for creating unique physical objects. This growing conviction is the basis of her current artistic practice, as she explores the possibilities of using antiquated methods of image and photographic print making as a means of expression.
Meg O’Hara is a contemporary Canadian landscape painter, she holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia in Art History and Theory. In 2022 she was an Artist-in-Residence during an Ocean Conservation Expedition with the SOI Foundation. In December of 2022, she was one of ten Canadians chosen for a delegation to Antarctica with the SOI Foundation looking at Canada’s involvement in the Antarctic Treaty System and the impact of climate change on the region.
Karen, an artist and educator based in Alberta, revels in the thrill of adventure and cherishes strong community bonds while actively seeking out beauty. Karen’s artistic inspiration stems from the evolving narrative of her life, frequently sparked by thought-provoking questions or enlightening observations that stimulate contemplation. Karen is joining The Allied Arts Council of Pincher Creek for their event From Headwaters to Oceans: How Water Connects us with the community in Pincher Creek, AB.