Project Update
In August 2018 scientists, academics and community members met in order to report on, and update, their work in support of the OFI research module, Safe Navigation and Environmental Protection. The purpose of the workshop was to explore the context and issues for the work, and assist investigators to fine-tune research directions.
Read the workshop summary report …
Research issue identification
Policy perspectives
Moderator: Luc Brisebois, Executive Director, Legislative, Regulatory and International Affairs, Transport Canada
- Challenges facing the shipping industry in Canada, Mary Brooks, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
- Canada’s Marine Transportation Policy and Maritime Administration, Emilie Gélinas, Director, Seaway & Domestic Shipping Policy, Transport Canada
- Low Impact Shipping Corridors, Robert Brooks, Canadian Coast Guard
- Risk-based approaches for decision-making in shipping, Ronald Pelot, Department of Industrial Engineering, Dalhousie University
Stakeholder perspectives of shipping
Moderator: Ann Mowatt, Atlantic Regional Director General, Transport Canada
- Shipping industry, Sonia Simard, Shipping Federation of Canada
- The Vital Role of Ports in the Maritime Sector, Jim Parsons, Memorial University
- A Civil Society Perspective — What is mission and what are we building towards? Erin Abou-Abssi, Policy Advisor, Oceans North
- The Imappivut (Our Oceans) Marine Planning Initiative — An Inuit-let approach to marine management, Rodd Laing, Director of Environment, Nunatsiavut Government
Occupational health and safety issues
Moderator: Desai Shan, OFI Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University
- Mapping the OHS challenges among Canadian Seafarers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River, Desai Shan, OFI Post-Doctoral Fellow, Dalhousie University/Memorial University/University of Ottawa/Kiel University
- Reflections on fishing OHS research and its relevance for OFI Module N, Barbara Neis, Memorial University
- Seafarers on Cruise Ships — Protecting those who work while others explore and sightsee, Joseph Loot, Int. Discip. PhD candidate, Dalhousie University
- Arctic Maritime Remoteness and its Impact on Search and Rescue (SAR) Response Time, Mark Stoddard, DRDC & Department of Industrial Engineering
Environmental impacts of shipping
Moderator: Michelle Adams, School of Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University
- Oil spill response in Remote Areas — Challenges with a focus on Arctic conditions, Floris Goerlandt (Department of Engineering, Dalhousie University
- Role of shipping emissions and atmospheric processes in pollution of the marine environments, Deanna Kerry, Graduate Student, Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University
- Environmental and ship noise measurements and modelling, David Barclay, Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
- Community Concerns Regarding Shipping in Tallurutiup Imanga, Karen Petkau, Implementation Manager for the Lands and Resource Department at the Qikiqtani Inuit Association
Policy and Management Applications
Marine spatial planning; lessons for Canada
Moderator: Claudio Aporta, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
- The EU experience in the Baltic and North Sea, Nele Matz-Lück, Walther-Schücking-Institut für Internationales Recht, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany
- Integrated ocean management in France, Annie Cudennec, Centre de droit et d'économie de la mer, Université Bretagne Occidentale, France
- Against all odds – Why was the policy for ecosystem-based management in the Barents Sea implemented successfully? Gunnar Sander, Tromsø Universiteit, Norway
- Integrated ocean management in Canada, Scott Coffen-Smout, Project Lead, Marine Planning and Impact Assessment, Oceans and Coastal Management Division, DFO Maritimes Region
Indigenous rights and shipping
Moderator: Rosanne D’Orazio, Qikiqtani Inuit Association
- The implication of Inuit mobility networks in shipping governance, Claudio Aporta, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
- People of the ice bridge – Pikialasorsuaq Commission, Lori Idlout, Iqaluit
- A Journey of a Thousand Nautical Miles, Leah Beveridge, Int. Discip. PhD candidate, Dalhousie University
- Incorporating Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit (IQ) in zoning for Tallurutiup Imanga, Olivia Choi, MMM student, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
Maritime regulation
Moderator: Kevin Quigley, MacEachen Institute for Public Policy and Governance, Dalhousie University
- The IMO framework and process of shipping regulation, Jens-Uwe Schröder-Hinrichs, IMO World Maritime University, Sweden
- The changing structure of legal and policy frameworks for the “new” SAR at sea, Francesco Munari, Faculty of Law, University of Genoa, Italy
- Polar Code Implementation in Canada, Drummond Fraser, Transport Canada
- The Paris Agreement and the IMO initial strategy for the regulation of GHG emissions from ships, Aldo Chircop, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University