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2025 Online Ocean Governance Course: ParticipantsThis year's online course has more than 130 individuals registered from 44 countries. The live class for synchronous participation is capped at 30 to ensure a manageable size for discussion and exchange of views. The remaining 100+ participants are doing the course in their own time via the self-paced study stream. Virtually all applicants have at least one degree, many two or three, and women constitute the majority.As with IOI-Canada’s in-person training programmes, these participants are splendidly varied. Drawn from a variety of backgrounds, they are mainly marine professionals with a broad range of education and work experience in, inter alia, academia, government, NGOs and the private sector in areas such as fisheries, aquaculture, biology, oceanography, marine ecology, geomorphology, engineering, data analysis, science-policy interface, environmental management and policy, ocean monitoring, marine mammals, biodiversity, climate change, conservation, ocean activism, coastal resource management, oil, plastics, law, policy, blue economy, international relations, diplomacy, Indigenous governance, navy, maritime security, coast guard, maritime administration and safety. Geographically, they represent many parts of the world including Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, the Middle East, North and South America, and the South Pacific. More specifically, participants have registered from: Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba/Netherlands, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cook Islands, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mexico, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Senegal, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, St Lucia, Suriname, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad & Tobago, Tunisia and Turkiye. |
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Last updated: 11th April 2025 |