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2025 Online Ocean Governance Course: Speakers

Webinar sessions for the online course on AN OCEAN IN CRISIS: KEY GOVERNANCE ISSUES will be moderated by Michael Butler, Director, IOI-Canada and feature the following speakers:

Dr Kumiko Azetsu-Scott, Research Scientist, Ocean and Ecosystem Sciences Division, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Awni Behnam, Honorary President, International Ocean Institute & former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Dr Tony Charles, Senior Research Fellow in Environment and Sustainability; Professor, School of the Environment & School of Business; & Director, Community Conservation Research Network, St Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Ratana Chuenpagdee, University Research Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St John's; & Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Susanna Fuller, Vice-President, Conservation and Projects, Oceans North; & Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Mr David Griffiths, former Officer, Royal Canadian Navy; & Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Olga Koubrak, Legal Advisor, SeaLife Law; & Research Associate, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Rear-Admiral M.T.J. Kurtz, Commander Maritime Forces Atlantic, Commander Joint Task Force Atlantic, Maritime Component Commander, Royal Canadian Navy, Canadian Armed Forces, Government of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Daniel Lane, Professor Emeritus, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, Ontario, & Associate Professor, Centre de Recherche Marine, Universite Sainte-Anne, Petit-de-Grat, Nova Scotia, Canada

Ms Julia Ritter, Press Officer, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS); Ocean Literacy Programme Coordinator, oceans aware; & Ocean Literacy/Communications, German Ocean Foundation, Hamburg, Germany

Mr David Roberts, Project Manager, Oberland Agriscience, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Tony Walker, Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Christine Ward-Paige, Founder, CEO & Lead Scientist, eOceans, Volta Labs, Nova Scotia, Canada

Dr Wendy Watson-Wright, Vice Chair, UN Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environmental Protection (GESAMP); former Executive Secretary and Assistant Director General of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC-UNESCO), Paris; former CEO, Ocean Frontier Institute, Halifax, Canada

Mr Hugh Williamson, Adjunct Professor, Marine Affairs Program & Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

   


Last updated: 20th March 2025