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Training at IOI-Canada
Training is a key activity of the IOI global network.
The Institute's flagship interdisciplinary training programme has been
conducted at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia each summer
since being initiated by Elisabeth Mann Borgese in 1981. Covid-19 led
to the postponement of the 2020 course and the introduction of online
training instead, but we look forward to
rescheduling it when circumstances permit.
Planned for and with Indigenous Peoples, this free workshop will be
based on guiding principles of Integrity, Reciprocity, Respect and
Interaction. Combining presentations, discussions, field trips and
ceremonies, it will explore key aspects of coastal and ocean governance
through an
interdisciplinary approach, with particular attention to Indigenous
needs, perspectives and knowledge systems. The group size will be
capped at 15 to facilitate interaction, and a final
certificate will be available upon completion of the training.
This in-person workshop will take place in Millbrook, Nova Scotia and
be open to Indigenous Peoples from Mi’kma’ki, Wolastoqiyik
and Peskotomuhkatik (Maritime Provinces). Accommodation, meals and
transportation will be covered, as applicable,
with funding provided by Fisheries and Oceans Canada and
supplemented by support from IOI Headquarters.
Please note that selection of participants has already begun but -- to achieve a
balanced group -- APPLICATIONS ARE STILL PARTICULARLY WELCOMED FROM CANDIDATES FROM
WOLASTOQIYIK AND PESKOTOMUHKATIK as both are currently
underrepresented.
Workshop announcement
Schedule
Speakers
Link to online
APPLICATION FORM
It may also be helpful to check out the the video (7 mins)
and final report
from the first workshop in 2022, as well as the report of the 2023 one.
If you still have questions, feel free to contact ioi@dal.ca or 902 494
1977.
ONLINE COURSE
OCEAN GOVERNANCE AFTER COP 28: PROBLEMS, PROGRESS
&
PROSPECTS
18th March - 23rd May 2024
This free interdisciplinary training programme
explored key aspects of
ocean governance in the context of the
challenges and opportunities facing the post-COP 28 world. Combining
lectures,
discussions, assignments, readings and videos, the online course
consisted of four modules: Ocean Governance and Law of the Sea;
Fisheries, Aquaculture and Food Security; State of the Ocean;
Human Security and the Ocean.
Applicants chose between live participation (with limited
availability due to capped class size) and self-paced study. Both
involved a time
commitment of 30 hours of lectures, as well as required preparatory
materials for each session and a short assignment for each module. The
20 live sessions all ran for 90 minutes and were held twice a week
from 18th March to 23rd May -- see link to schedule below.
This training was aimed primarily at marine professionals around
the world with responsibility for some aspect of coastal and ocean
management, as well as a reasonable level of English
language proficiency. Those completing all the course requirements were
eligible for a certificate.
Course report
Schedule
Speakers
Participants
Preparatory materials: Module 1, Module 2, Module 3,
Module 4.
Study options
IOI-Canada would like to acknowledge financial support for
this training from the Ocean
Frontier Institute, in addition to IOI funding.
WORKSHOP ON OCEAN GOVERNANCE FOR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
23rd - 27th October 2023
Check out the final report of
this free,
interdisciplinary
workshop which was planned with and for Indigenous
Peoples and built on the success of our similar
event the year before. (For information on that training, see the
video (7 mins)
and 2022 final report.)
Both these interdisciplinary, in-person workshops took place in Halifax
and were attended by
Indigenous participants from Mi’kma’ki, Wolastoqiyik and
Peskotomuhkatik (Maritime Provinces).
ONLINE COURSE
OCEAN GOVERNANCE: SDG 14 AND THE UN SUMMIT
OF
THE FUTURE
11th April - 1st June 2023
Offered for both live participation and self-paced study, this
webinar-based course explored key issues in three core areas of
ocean governance through lectures, discussions, videos and readings.
See the 2023 Online Ocean Governance Course
Report.
WORKSHOP ON OCEAN GOVERNANCE FOR INDIGENOUS
PEOPLES
5th - 9th December 2022
Planned with and for Indigenous Peoples, this in-person,
interdisciplinary workshop took place in Halifax, attended by
Indigenous participants from Mi’kma’ki,
Wolastoqiyik and Peskotomuhkatik (Maritime Provinces). Check out the workshop
video (7 mins)
and final report.
ONLINE COURSE
OCEAN GOVERNANCE IN THE UN DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE:
KEY ISSUES AND CHALLENGES
11th April - 2nd June 2022
Offered for both live participation and self-paced study, this
webinar-based course explored key issues in three core areas of
ocean governance through lectures, discussions, videos and readings.
See the 2022 Online Ocean Governance Course
Report for more details.
ALUMNI CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
ONLINE COURSE ON NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND EMERGING ISSUES IN
OCEAN GOVERNANCE
4th October - 4th November 2021
Offered jointly by IOI-Canada and IOI-Southern Africa, this course
for alumni across the network consisted of three modules delivered over
nine live sessions. Through
presentations, discussions, readings, videos and interactive tools,
participants explored new and emerging issues in UNCLOS and ABNJ;
Climate Change and Health of the Ocean; and Small-scale Fisheries. For
details, see the Course Report.
ONLINE COURSE ON OCEAN
GOVERNANCE:
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
IN THE DECADE OF OCEAN SCIENCE
7th May - 29th June 2021
As the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable
Development got underway, this webinar-based course was offered
for both live participation and self-paced study. Check out the 2021 Online Ocean Governance Course
Report for details.
ALUMNI REFRESHER COURSE
OCEAN GOVERNANCE: ISSUES OF IMMEDIATE CONCERN
16th November-11th December 2020
This online refresher on Ocean
Governance: Issues of Immediate Concern enabled alumni of
previous IOI-Canada training programmes to update and extend
their knowledge on key issues. It was delivered in a series
of nine webinar-style sessions over four weeks. Check out the 2020 Online Alumni Refresher Course
Report and Course Readings.
40th Anniversary Training Programme:
20th May-17th July 2020
Given the restrictions imposed by the
pandemic,
we
regret that the 2020
training programme could not take place from 20th
May to 17th July as scheduled. Please check back for an
update on possible rescheduling and/or future courses.
The following details continue to be displayed just for reference:
The two-month programme on Ocean Governance:
Policy, Law and Management emphasises the
importance of viewing the ocean as a system with varied
users and multiple, often competing and conflicting, uses. It also aims
to increase awareness of the fact that ocean management requires broad
interdisciplinary skills, new institutional and legal infrastructures,
and new forms of intergovernmental and non-governmental organisation
and cooperation at the local, national and international levels.
Training consists of over 200 hours in the classroom, and includes
lectures, interactive discussions, field trips, simulations and
exercises, individual participant presentations, and an international
round table.
Course announcement
Application form
What to Expect
Danielle
de St Jorre Scholarship
for women
from SIDS
DFO
scholarships for Indigenous peoples in Canada
Course video
(prepared by intern, Andrew Williamson)
Completed application forms for international
candidates
should generally be submitted by 5th
January, although there is some flexiblity so please contact
us
to discuss this, or if you are interested in the possibility of
customised training in either Canada or another country. Dalhousie
University graduate students interested in the programme
should also
contact us to discuss registering for audit, or for credit if the
appropriate arrangements are made and an extra assignment completed.
2019 Training Programme
2019 field trip: Bay of Fundy
Download the 2019
COURSE REPORT for an in-depth record of the
programme, with full syllabus and details of participants, lecturers
and funders. You can also read a one-page summary of the
experience of
2019 participant, Kadin Snook, Fisheries Manager for
Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation.
2018 Training Programme
2018 participants, staff et al. at Round Table
Download the 2018
COURSE REPORT.
2017 Training Programme
2017 Participants at Closing Ceremony
Download the official 2017
COURSE REPORT.
For a more informal summary, see the Closing Ceremony presentation
prepared by Mikhail Amsterdam, 2017 course participant from Guyana.
2016
Training
Programme
2016 class visit to the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries
Organization
Download the 2016
COURSE REPORT.
For individual feedback on the course, read about the experiences of
the participants from Madagascar and Brazil.
2015 Training Programme
2015
participants at
Bedford
Institute of Oceanography
Download the
2015
COURSE REPORT
2014 Training
Programme
2014 Round
Table:
Panel,
Participants and Course Director
Download the 2014 COURSE REPORT
2013
Training
Programme
2013
class:
GIS
session (photo credit: D. Theophille)
Download the 2013
COURSE REPORT
2012 Training
Programme
Closing
Ceremony of
2012
Training Programme
Download
the
2012 COURSE REPORT
2011
Training
Programme
2011 field trip: Bay
of Fundy lobster boat
Download
the
2011 COURSE REPORT,
or for a more informal and humorous take on the course, see the
speech by 2011 participant Parinda Ranasinghe, delivered at
the Closing Ceremony on behalf of the class.
2010 Training
Programme
Presentation of 30th Anniversary
plaque
to Mike Butler, Director,
by participants of the 2010 course
This course marked the 30th anniversary of the
training programme, held
at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia each year since 1981.
Download the
2010
Course Report (1.2 MB pdf).
The 2009
Course Report (842 KB pdf) is
also
available,
as is an
informal course summary (1.8 MB pdf)
from one of the
2009 participants. Some information on the previous
programmes,
dating back to the first course in 1981, can be found in the
Alumni section of this website.
For further details on any of our past courses, please contact IOI-Canada.
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