On 30-31 August2022 in Halifax, NS, the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI) project "Safe Navigation and Environment Protection" (Module N), Clear Seas Centre for Responsible Marine Shipping (Clear Seas) and the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University convened a hybrid workshop entitled "Shipping Risk Mitigation Research and Practice in Canada: Considering Area-Based Management Approaches".
The purpose of the workshop was to consider current and emerging practices of area-based management to mitigate the risks and impacts of shipping in Canada, and to learn from theory, research, and the experiences of practitioners, especially that of Indigenous rights-holders. The workshop was funded by the OFI Module N project with support from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund grant held by OFI. The workshop was attended by 70 people in Halifax, with another 80 participants online from across Canada.
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
