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I. OCN-Canada Policy Briefs Publications
II. OCN-Canada Policy Briefs Program
III. 2009 OMRN Post-Conference Documents
IV. OMRN 2009 National Conference Postscript
V. OMRN 2009 Conference Overview
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Oceans & Coasts Network - Canada I. OCN-Canada Policy Briefs Publications Updated: July 2011 Please click here to view OCN-Canada Policy Briefs Volume I (January - April 2011). Comments on these policy briefs can be forwarded to omrn-rrgo@telfer.uottawa.ca. Author's will be given a chance to respond to any formal comments on their brief. All comments and responses will be published in the subsequent volume.
Updated: November 2010 Background Several organizations exist at present in Canada with overlapping mandates related to research and the monitoring of policy initiatives related to Canada’s oceans and coasts. However, their efforts remain fragmented and largely uncoordinated. In March 2010 representatives of these oceans and coast focused organizations met in Ottawa in a ‘Oceans and Coasts Networks Summit’ to discuss the issues currently confronting their work. This meeting, a follow-up to the OMRN Futures Panel Discussion held at the 2009 OMRN Conference (see below for more information), resulted in the formation of the Oceans and Coasts Network Canada (OCN-Canada). The primary conclusion stemming from this meeting was the agreed upon need for coastal and oceans related groups to work more closely together as a ‘network of networks’. OCN-Canada is envisioned to fulfill this role by providing a forum directed toward: (i) establishing greater communication among and across our Network memberships; and, (ii) achieving enhanced unity of purpose and direction within the context of our respective and overlapping mandates. The following documents relate to the OCN-Canada Policy Briefs Program launched in November 2010. If you have further questions about this initiative or problems accessing the documents, please contact the OMRN at omrn-rrgo@telfer.uottawa.ca.
Documents To launch the OCN-Canada Policy Brief Program the OMRN invited the OMRN membership and other associates to participate in the program as a contributor or a reviewer. If you did not receive an OCN-Canada Policy Brief invitation letter (either by post or by email), please consider this your invitation to join the program. For more information on the OCN-Canada and the Policy Brief program and process please review the OCN-Canada Vision Statement. If you would like to join the OCN-Canada Policy Brief Program, please complete the Policy Brief Submission Intent Form. You may either, download & complete the electronic version (email to omrn-rrgo@telfer.uottawa.ca) OR download, print, & complete by hand the print version (mail to OMRN Network Secretariat, Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5). ---------------------------------------------
OMRN
2009 National Conference
Updated: August 2010 Links to conference proceedings: Please click here to view the OMRN Post Conference Synthesis Document (152 pg PDF document). Please click here to view the Post-Conference Synthesis Summary Report (11 pg PDF document).
Links to documents related to the OMRN Futures Panel Discussion held during the closing day of the 2009 OMRN Conference: Please ication Strategy_Final Report_2009.pdf"> click here to view the OMRN Communications Strategy Report. Please click here to view the OMRN White Paper. Please click here to view the OMRN Futures Survey._ Please click here to view the Report and Synthesis: Special Session on Identification of Social and Cultural Values in Support of Integrated Ocean Management.
Please click here to view the OMRN Post Conference Photo Journal, highlighting some of the key events during the conference.
IV. OMRN 2009 National Conference Postscript Updated: January 2010 The 5th Annual Ocean Management Research Network (OMRN) National Conference, titled Canada's Oceans: Research, Management and the Human Dimension, was once again a great success. The four day conference, 21st – 24th October 2009, held at the Telfer School of Management, focused on the management of Canada’s coasts and oceans by integrating research and policy, social science and natural science, and the human dimension into natural resource management. There were over 250 conference delegates in attendance, representing a diverse gathering of researchers, managers, policymakers, students, NGOs, industry, consultants and others with a keen interest in Canada’s oceans. The objective of the OMRN 2009 National Conference was to learn about research and policy affecting Canada’s oceans. This was achieved through a series of Conference Dialogue Sessions and Conference Presentation Sessions where the conference themes, Ocean’s Accountability, Ocean’s Governance, and Canada’s Arctic, were presented and discussed by delegates. Topics included, but were not limited to: International Fisheries Governance; Climate Change; Property Rights in Fisheries; Coastal Community Health; Coastal Communities Engaged in Coastal Management; Arctic Governance; Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge; Marine Protected Areas Network Creation; Fisheries & Aquaculture; Linking Science and Technology; Adaptive Co-Management in the Arctic; and Socio-Economics of Integrated Management. There were several special events during the four day conference. On day one, The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) addressed delegates welcoming them to the 5th annual conference. On day two, keynote speaker Dr. Ron O’Dor, Senior Scientist at the Census of Marine Life, Consortium for Ocean Leadership, Washington, DC, gave a fascinating presentation titled, The Transparent Ocean, on the abilities of scientist with the Ocean Tracking Network to successfully and accurately track marine life and what this means for conservation of the marine environment. Other events included a Pre-conference Forum hosted by DFO Oceans; the screening of The End of the Line, an award winning film about responsible seafood choices; and a Poster Session Reception where student delegates displayed their research though posters and personal photographs. The conference came to a close with a special ‘OMRN Futures’ session where the direction of the OMRN was discussed openly among conference delegates and network members. V. OMRN 2009 Conference Overview Updated: September 2009 The OMRN 2009 National Conference, as for past OMRN conferences, focuses on the management of our coasts and oceans by integrating research and policy, social science and natural science, and the human dimension into natural resource management. OMRN conference delegates represent a diverse gathering of researchers, managers, policymakers, students, NGOs, industry, consultants and others with an interest in our oceans._ The objective of the OMRN 2009 National Conference is to learn about research and policy affecting our oceans. This goal is reflected in the title of all of the OMRN's Conferences - Canada's Oceans: Research, Management and the Human Dimension. The title captures the recognized need to include insights from studies of the human dimension, alongside the natural sciences, in ocean policy and management and in implementing the Oceans Act, Canada's Ocean Strategy and the Oceans Action Plan. The 2009 National Conference will place a particular emphasis on three themes: (i) Oceans Governance:
tools for integrated management including ecosystem-based management approaches; the Health of the Oceans (HOTO) initiative; the impact of MPAs on the ecosystem and the human system; the implications on oceans management of the Species at Risk Act (2004), and invasive species considerations; oceans governance and participatory decision-making; management of multiple marine activities including fisheries, transportation, and coastal zone planning; and training and academic programming to contribute to integrated management.
(ii) Canada's Arctic:
adaptation and resilience in the face of environmental and climate change; the effects of climate change on natural resources; disaster preparation and management in the North due to erosion and storm surge; traditional ecological knowledge (TEK); social networks in the North and participatory governance; training and academic programming to contribute to developing Northern management capacity; alternative sources of energy; Northern surveillance and security requirements and analysis; marine transportation in the North and the threat of pollution.
(iii) Oceans' Accountability: the biophysical accounting, and the attributed economic, social, and continent value of oceans activities and resources using direct and contingent evaluation techniques including establishing oceans’ and coastal community inventories of resources, infrastructure, and human resources; methods and tools for the dynamic, longitudinal analysis and evaluation of the health and status of Canada’s oceans from a systems dynamics perspective and including ecosystem as well as social, economic, and cultural oceans analysis (SECOA), training.
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