Category: Youth

In 2021, 160 young people (ages 18-30) formed Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program, a national team engaged for eleven months in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects for their home communities. Ocean Wise Direct Action is exciting immersive program for in-depth learning and youth engagement with oceanic and aquatic conservation efforts across Canada. This … Continued

Young people (ages 18-30) form Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program, a national team engaged for eleven months in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects for their home communities. Shitangshu Roy is an Ocean Bridge Alum, completing the program in early 2020. Shitangshu started The OATHE Project as part of his service project, and it has later evolved to include One … Continued

In 2021, 160 young people (ages 18-30) formed Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program, a national team engaged for eleven months in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects for their home communities. Waasekom is a 2021 Ocean Bridge Ambassador creating waves across Canada, from water activism to Indigenous Peoples advocation. Waasekom is from the community of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation in Ontario, and they remember growing … Continued

The 10-day immersive Atlantic Learning Journeys wrapped up in late September, filled with hands-on service projects, adventure programming, community building, and local education from community members and traditional knowledge holders.   The group of 2021 ambassadors left with abundant knowledge and a thirst for action, but the Learning Journeys couldn’t have been more fulfilling for Lachlan Riehl and Hil Hamilton, two Ocean Bridge … Continued

In 2021, 160 young people (ages 18-30) formed Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program, a national team engaged for eleven months in co-creating and delivering ocean and waterway service projects for their home communities. Born and raised on the East Coast, Rachel Lewis moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 2019 after completing her BSc in Geology … Continued

Nadja Smith Hanson is passionate about bridging the gaps in communication between culture, science, and other forms of knowledge. Her Bachelor of Science at Dalhousie University was focused on Environmental Sciences and Biology. Through her foraged tea enterprise and community involvement, she was awarded a grant to study Ethnobotany at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska. … Continued

Just last month, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Minister of Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, Bardish Chagger, welcomed ten new members to the Prime Minister’s Youth Council, and one of them happens to be Topaza Yu, an Ocean Bridge Alumni! This is the council’s fifth cohort since its creation in 2016. From wide-ranging backgrounds and … Continued