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Àros na Mara World Oceans Day Festival June 8 to 11, 2023 

Please join us for the  7th Annual Àros na Mara World Oceans Day Festival  at the Iona Port grounds. – Àros na Mara (is Gaelic for House of the Sea). Our festival is a fun-filled family event with ocean themed interactive displays, historical information, music, food and other items to lift the spirits! Further updates to follow – check out www. arosnamara.ca, www.experienceiona.ca, or www.centralcapebreton.com.  Join us  while enjoying and learning about the Bras d’Or Lake.   http://www.arosnamara.ca/

This the most unique ecosystem in the world. Fresh water marine life have adapted to salt water tide AND salt water marine life have adapted to fresh water. The community is volunteering towards raising funds to build a Marine Science Centre by hosting dinners, dances and ongoing lottery.   Thank You to  Nova Scotia Dept of Fisheries and Aquaculture for the Festival donation.

7th Annual Àros na Mara World Oceans Day Festival

Schedule of Events

June 8 - Thursday

- Rankin School of the Narrows – Celebrates World Oceans Day -  

   for students only at the school

- 8:00pm - Frolic’n Folk Pub – Bras d’Or Lake Trivia

June 9, Friday–

Highland Village:

- 2:00pm-Calum Cille | St. Columba Day - Calum Cille |

  St. Columba Day Milling Frolic. Tea and traditional bonnach will

  be served. General admission fees apply.

Branch#124,Iona Legion:

6:00-7:00pm, Supper, Haddock, (SOLD OUT)

Chase the Ace, 7:30-8:00pm –  followed by

Entertainment by Corner Crew, 7-9pm for under 19, (after 9pm 19 years and over)

June 10, Saturday

Iona Port -11am - Iona Port Beach Clean Up,

12pm -TCT and NST Hike (SUBJECT to Provincial Guidelines)

1pm - Jump in the  Lake, and Refreshments from 11- 1:30

2-4 pm - Iona Port, Àros na Mara Centre, Celtic Cultural Experiences – All ages and Free

event. Entertainment: Fiddle, Kyle Gillis; Piano Dawn Gillis; and Dance Helen MacDonald.

 The Cape Breton Fiddlers’ Association and the Province of Nova Scotia are proud to

present and sponsor a multitude of Cape Breton Celtic Cultural Experiences as we

celebrate the Cape Breton Fiddler's Association's 50th Anniversary.

10-3pm – Highland Village, Biadh is Baile | Highland Fare Day - Join us for Biadh is Baile |

Highland Fare Day as we celebrate Highland food and fare. Visit homes throughout the site

as we prepare traditional meals. General admission fees apply.

5-8 - Cèilidh at Frolic’n Folk Pub – Entertainment by Colin Grant - $5 admission

8-12 - Dance, Iona Legion, 19 years &over – Music by DJ Slim Sandy, $5 admission – cash

only (ATM on site)

June 11, Sunday

- 12:00-4:00pm Official opening of World Oceans Day – Iona Port

- Pipers start piping at 11:45

- 12:00pm Blessing and Remarks

- Singing of O’Canada by Rankin School Choir

- Opening Remarks and Introduction of Guest Speaker, Debbie White, Co-Founder of World Oceans Day by Vince MacLean

- 1:00-4:00pm  Displays, Demonstrations, Food, Entertainment,

** At Iona Port – display booths/entertainment/barbecue/

At the St. Columba Church Centre  

1:00-3:00pm Community Market and

1:00-4:00pm School Displays and Chowder ($10)

4:00pm - Closing Remarks at Iona Port: Àros na Mara Centre

4:30-7:30  Frolic’n Folk Pub – Celtic Trad Sessions

**Schedule Subject to Change**

Salmon Run / La montée du saumon

• Saturday, June 3   11:00 AM
  Sunday, June 4      9:00 AM
• Salmon Pools Trail 16654 Cabot Trail Petit Étang, NS, B0E 2M0 Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

Two-day race schedule:
June 1 11:00 a.m. Parr Run - 5 km run/walk at the Salmon Pools trail (the first 50 runners registered are guaranteed a t-shirt) To register: raceroster.com/events/2019/23376/salmon-run-5km-parr-run-la-montee-du-saumon-5-km-les-tacons
2:00 p.m. Smolt Run - 9 km run at the Salmon Pools trail To register: raceroster.com/events/2019/22257/salmon-run
2:30 p.m. Fry Run - 2 km run/walk at the Chéticamp campground No registration required
3:00 p.m. Alevin Run - Short circuit for 3-6 year olds at the Chéticamp campground
No registration required June 2    9:00 a.m. Big Salmon Run - 9 km run on the Acadian trail
To register: raceroster.com/events/2019/22257/salmon-run

Event by Nova Scotia Trail Running, the Chéticamp River and Margaree River Salmon Associations, SchoolsPlus, Big Spruce Brewing and Ocean Tracking Network.

Contact: Cape Breton Highland National Park 902.224.2306pc.cbinfo.pc@canada.ca

10th Annual World Oceans Day Event

Explore the Marine Touch Tanks. Hand on

Fun for the whole family, with live marine organisms !

June 10, 2023 11:00 am to 1:00 pm   (Sensory friendly & reduced                 mobility session from 10:15am-11:00) 

St. Francis Xavier University, Biology Dept., J. Bruce Brown Building 2320 Notre Dame Ave., Antigonish, Nova Scotia

The event will promote ocean awareness to younger generations and to the general public. There will be a lot to see and learn about different species of sea urchins, sea stars, brittle stars, sand dollars, sea anemones, hermit crabs, decorator crabs, whelks, blue lobsters, horseshoe crabs, whale bones, sharks jaws and much more. Displays will also include a sea weed station, a conservation station, a shark station, a dolphin communication station, piping plover conservation station, fossil station and a live plankton station. A hands-on fun experience for the whole family!

Information can be found at the website Country Parent dot ca or copy/paste this link:  Information can be found on the X-Oceans Outreach website page, or copy/paste this link:
https://www.mystfx.ca/biology/bio-outreach 

Email: Regina rcozzi@stfx.ca

Antigonish, Nova Scotia

Storytelling activity on oceans
Pictou-Antigonish Regional Library, NS
June 6  , 10:00 am
Description: Reading, activities, stories and crafts for children 3 to 6 years of age. We will discuss plastic pollution in oceans. Spaces are limited. To register, call:  902-863-2486.

Cow Bay Beach Shoreline CleanUp & BBQ

• Sunday, June 11,  10:00 AM 12:00 PM
• The Moose 1287 Cow Bay Road Cow Bay

The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia presents their annual beach clean up. This year two separate locations are being serviced; Lawrencetown Beach and Cow Bay Beach. Community members will take to Cow Bay Beach on Sunday June 9th for a morning clean up followed by a BBQ picnic and prizes provided by Kannon Beach and Brother Clothing. Gloves and bags will be provided. Wear comfy clothing!

Event by Surfing Association of Nova Scotia, Kannon Beach, Brother Clothing
https://www.shorelinecleanup.ca/cleanups/4vwko

Event contact: Jillian Morris 902.266.5011 sans@surfns.com

Shoreline Cleanup; Great Nova Scotia Pick-Me-Up

• Saturday, June 10    8:00 AM 1:00 PM
• Alderney Landing Farmers Market 2 Ochterloney Street Dartmouth Halifax (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

We will be at the Alderney Landing Farmers Market hosting a litter clean-up along the shoreline and talking about the effects of litter in our oceans & waterways. Event By Nova Scotia Adopt-A-Highway Program Association
www.facebook.com/nspickmeup

Event contact: Amy Langille 902.957.1912 manager@nsadoptahighway.ca

Touch Tank Hut Season Opening

• Saturday, June 10   9:00 AM 10:00 AM
• Touch Tank 2 Ochterloney Street Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4W1

Join the Back to the Sea Society for their second season of the Touch Tank Hut. Come visit this miniature marine interpretive centre featuring two large touch tanks filled with local intertidal life. There will also be face painting and shell crafts! Admission for this special opening day is by donation.
http://www.backtothesea.org/touch-tank-hut.html
Event by Back to the Sea Society. Event contact: Magali Gregoire
902.817.2007 magali@backtothesea.ca

Sup 'N' Cider Clean-Up

• Sunday, June 11  3:00 PM 6:00 PM
• Lake Banook, Paddlers Cove 300 Prince Albert Road Dartmouth, NS, B2Y 4J2

We will kick-off the clean up at SUP Monkey (Paddler's Cove, Lake Banook) at 3pm with boards, paddles, life jackets, bags and gloves supplied by SUP Monkey. After the clean-up, you're invited to enjoy the rest of the evening (5pm +) at Lake City Cider (35 Portland Street) for a pint/flight and pizza in appreciation of your hard work!

Event by SUP Monkey and Lake City Cider, Event contact: Jenn Currie
902.877.4664jennifer.currie@dal.ca

Saturday June 10   @ 1:00 p.m.

8548 Marine Drive, Dorts Cove, Guysborough   Organizer: Lois Ann Dort loborski@hotmail.com

June 11  Thank you for CIBC Employees for doing this shoreline cleanup

• Tuesday, June 6
• 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
• East Coast Outfitters 2017 Lower Prospect Road Lower Prospect, NS, B3T 1Y8 Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

We all use too much plastic, and inevitably a lot of it ends up in the ocean. Plastic is toxic, and as marine debris, it kills sea creatures in many different ways, including entanglement, digestive blockages, and poisoning. It also negatively impacts human health as it works its way up the food chain. We need to find creative solutions for this problem by imagining new ways to reuse and re-purpose this material. Come join Interdisciplinary PhD candidate and artist Jennifer MacLatchy and marine scientist Alexandra Vance in discussing this important issue.

Event by East Coast Outfitters
https://www.facebook.com/EastCoastOutfitters

Event contact: Jennifer MacLatchy 902.489.1307 Seacologybykayak@gmail.com

FaceBook: http://bit.ly/2pofnGp

Website: www.coastalaction.org

Organized by: Bluenose Coastal Action Foundation 

Saturday June 10     9am - 1pm.

Crescent Beach Rd, Lunenburg, NS.

Event by Cape LaHave Adventures
https://www.facebook.com/events/346394186225045/

Event contact:  Tissy Bolivar 902.693.2023 Tissy.Bolivar@modl.ca  

We are celebrating World Oceans Day with a paddling beach clean-up

adventure in the LaHave Islands! Come join us! We will meet on the

mainland and paddle to the beaches of Cape LaHave Island, removing any

garbage we find along the way. Bring your own sea kayak, SUP, dory or

canoe, plus snacks and drinking water. Motorized boat support is

organized by the Municipality of the District of Lunenburg to help

remove garbage we gather. Bring your own gloves, water and snacks. This

event is FREE! Participants get a fun day on the water + FREE homemade

ice cream from Ploughman's Lunch!! How good is that?! Discounted

sea kayak rentals available from Cape LaHave Adventures. Advanced

reservations required. $25 includes paddle, lifejacket, skirt and dry

bag. To reserve a kayak rental, contact Cape LaHave Adventures

at info@capelahaveadventures.ca or (902) 693-2023. When: Saturday June

8th, 2019, 9:00am to 1:00pm. Please allow time for gearing up so we can

depart promptly at 9:00 am. Weather permitting. Meeting point: Crescent Beach (Please carpool or park at the larger parking lot on the west end (mainland side) of the beach and walk to the meeting point on the East end)

Lunenburg Oceans Day
Saturday,  June 10, 2023 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM   

10am – 2pm: Lunenburg Waterfront by the Fisheries museums- stalls hosted by Coastal Action Foundation  

12:30pm – 4pm: Coastal and Marine Ghost Gear team stall at the Lunenburg Community Centre, 15 Green Street, Town of Lunenburg. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/659150161212434/

Event contact:  514.941.7996  Kelly@coastalaction.org 

The Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council (MAPC) has developed an underwater threats activity that will be set up inside of the gazebo at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax Nova Scotia on June 10. MAPC will be displaying various threats that marine animals face every day - fishing gear, plastic pollution, pipelines/subsea cables, decrease in prey availability, underwater noise etc. and participants will travel through these threats as they move through the exhibit. Additionally, we have two adjacent smaller activities: one that highlights the impacts of ocean acidifcation on animals with a calcium carbonate exoskeleton and another which allows participants to look through microscopes at the structure of various beach finds, such as seaweed, shells, and sand.

• Sat, Jun 3 10:00 AM Sun, Jun 4   5:00 PM
• Bedford Basin yacht club

Maritime Museum 

June 10  , 10:00 am to 3:00 pm  FREE
Dept of Fisheries and Oceans staff from Oceans Management, Science and Species at Risk will be attending the World Oceans Day event - The Ocean + You at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Come learn from our experts and check out some of our cool hands on activities!  

BUBBLES PARADE  

• Friday, June 9
• 10:00 AM 12:00 PM
• (The Wave) Maritime Museum of the Atlantic (map)

Bubbles instead of balloons, with the Canadian Sea Turtle Network & the Discovery Centre!

Sea Level Rise: Panel Discussion

• Wednesday, June 7
• 6:30 PM 9:30 PM
• Maritime Museum of the Atlantic 1675 Lower Water Street Halifax, NS, B3J 1S3 Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

Hosted by Blue Line Initiative, this event will answer your questions on how Halifax is navigating the threat of sea level rise. Our pannelists of experts include a scientific voice, a former CNN meteorologist, a city planner and a private developer. To keep you on your toes while engaging in meaningful conversation, this event will be emceed by local comedian, Dan Hendricken. Please visit Blue Line Initiative on Facebook and Instagram to see the release of the panellists and to submit questions you have for them!

Event by Blue Line Initiative  https://www.facebook.com/bluelinehfx/
Event contact: Ronnie Noonan 902.999.5128 noonanronnie@gmail.com  

Mapping The Ocean Floor with NSCC Applied Oceans Research Group

June 9     7pm  at Maritime Museum

https://maritimemuseum.novascotia.ca/event/mapping...

Threats to our Oceans

• Friday, June 9   at Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
• 10:00 AM 11:00 AM
• Google Calendar ICS

Join the Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council (MAPC) at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic to explore some of the threats that marine animals face every day. On June 7, 2019, MAPC will be highlighting fishing pressure (intentional and not), underwater noise, loss of prey availability, marine pollution, ocean acidification and more. Act as your favourite sea creature and experience the marine world through their eyes as we transform the gazebo and bring the underwater on land. MAPC is excited to see everyone at the Oceans Day event at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic and hope you'll join us in becoming Ocean SuperStars!

Event by Maritime Aboriginal Peoples Council

https://www.facebook.com/IKANAWTIKET/

Event Contact: Vanessa Mitchell 902.895.2982 vmitchell@mapcorg.ca

• Free Access Wed June 7    5pm
• June 8
• 10:30 AM 1:30 PM
• Discovery Centre (map)

Touch Pool Animation. Learn about life in the sea at the Discovery Centre! 

Film: Sharkwater Extinction and Q&A

• Tuesday, June 7
• 6:30 PM 8:30 PM
• Porter Auditorium, Dalhousie 1233 Lemarchant Street Halifax, NS, B3H 3P6
• Google Calendar ICS

For Oceans Weeks 2019 ShARCC is proud to team up with Greenpeace Halifax to host a screening of SHARKWATER Extinction. The evening will kick off with a short presentation on local shark species and conservation efforts, followed by Sharkwater and a Q&A by local shark experts from our team. Join us in honoring the late Rob Stewart and his final documentary on his mission to raise awareness and push conservation efforts for one of the oceans most threatened group of species.

Event by Sharks of the Atlantic Research and Conservation Centre (ShARCC) / Greenpeace Halifax

https://www.facebook.com/events/298306154420157/

Event contact: Kirsti Burnett 902.234.0824 burnettkirsti@gmail.com

Film: Dolphin Man

• Tuesday, June 7
• 6:30 PM 8:30 PM
• Halifax Central Library 5440 Spring Garden Road Halifax, NS, B3J 1E9 Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

The Halifax Freediving Club will host a free, public screening of the documentary film "Dolphin Man". Freediving is the the purest way in which humans can connect with the ocean, reconnecting with their aquatic origins on a single breath. Join us to watch this film about the life and legacy of legendary freediver Jacques Mayol who transformed the way we freedive today. The film will be followed by a general discussion on freediving, with specific reference to freediving in Nova Scotia. Doors open at 6:30pm, event duration 2hrs.

https://www.facebook.com/events/379861856192691/

Event by Halifax Freediving Club

Event contact: Jared Cloutier 902.401.9231 hfxfreediving@gmail.com

* FREE * All are welcome.
Location: Paul O'Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library 
Public screening of award-winning documentary, Bluefin, created by PEI filmmaker , John Hopkins, hosted by Ocean Tracking Network (OTN). The screening would be followed by a panel discussion with the director, representatives from academia and fishing industry. The runtime for the film is 54 minutes for a total timeframe, followed by a panel discussion. OTN will obtain screening rights, granted by the National Film Board, for this film.
For more information contact:
Anja Samardzic (902) 494 4405 anja.samardzic@dal.ca

Plastic Ocean screening: "If it was happening in one gyre, they suspected it was happening in all of them. But the filmmakers needed experts to prove it. Scientists were brought in at each stage to analyze the findings from one part of the story to add their data to the overall report on the five gyres. In the center of the Pacific Ocean gyre researchers found more plastic than plankton. A Plastic Ocean documents the newest science, proving how plastics, once they enter the oceans, break up into small particulates that enter the food chain where they attract toxins like a magnet. These toxins are stored in seafood’s fatty tissues, and eventually consumed by us."

Event contact: Alex Ross  506.467.4791  alex-ross@live.ca

The Blue Revolution: Challenges and Opportunities

• Friday, June 9
• 7:00 PM 8:30 PM
• Weldon Law Building 6061 University Ave Halifax Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

15th Annual Elisabeth Mann Borgese Lecture. Keynote Speaker: Ms. Renee Sauve, Acting Director General of External Relations Directoate, Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Panel Speakers: Dr. Ratana Chuenpagdee, Director, Too Big To Ignore Partnership, MUN; Dr. Susanna Fuller, Senior Project Manager, Oceans North; Ms. Sigrid Kuehnemund, Vice President, Oceans Conservation, WWF
www.dal.ca/ioihfx       Event contact: ioi@dal.ca

Lawrencetown Beach Shoreline CleanUp & BBQ

• Saturday, June 10  6:00 PM 8:00 PM
• Lawrencetown Provincial Park Halifax

The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia presents their annual beach clean up. This year two separate locations are being serviced; Lawrencetown Beach and Cow Bay Beach. Community members will take to the birthplace of surfing in Nova Scotia, Lawrencetown Beach, on Ocean Day for a dusk clean up followed by a BBQ picnic on the beach. Gloves and bags will be provided. Wear comfy, warm clothing!
Event by Surfing Association of Nova Scotia
https://www.facebook.com/surfnovascotia/
Event contact: Jillian Morris 902.266.5011 sans@surfns.com

• Saturday, June 1, 2019
• 12:00 PM 4:00 PM
• Halifax Boardwalk Halifax Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

Swing into Oceans Week Activities:

Swing dancing on the waterfront

Marine Animal face painting

Hear how a whale hears

       A simple device made from a metal coat hanger, string and a fork to   demonstrate what noise in the ocean is like for whales. We will be making this.

Cardboard shark game

SOC table and whale tail

Event by Sustainable Oceans

Conference

https://www.facebook.com/SustainableOceans2019/
Event Contact: Priyanka Vaskey 902.210.5620 priyanka.vaskey@dal.ca

Ocean Art Contest

• Sunday, June 4
• 8:00 AM 5:00 PM
• Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern Lane, Halifax, NS, B3K 4L3 Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

The intent of this art contest is to encourage our coastal community to think about their relationship with the ocean and what the oceans mean to them. Each art piece will be collected and displayed in an exhibit during Ocean's Week. The attending public will then vote for the best submission in each of two categories (young and mature). My hope is to award the best two pieces in each category with a prize for their submission. I am doing a call out to local elementary, middle, and high schools, as well as local artists.

https://www.facebook.com/owhfx.artcontest

Event by Ocean Bridge
Event contact: Kayoung Heo 902.306.0987 kayoung.heo@hotmail.com

Ocean's Week Bike Ride

• Wednesday, June 7
• 5:00 PM 9:00 PM
• Google Calendar ICS

Love oceans and bikes? Then this event is for you! Join us for an easy coastal ride along the Halifax Waterfront. Along the way we will make stops to discuss natural and urban coastal areas and issues with our coastal expert. The official* ride will depart from the Drunken Lamp posts at Bishops Landing, through to Point Pleasant Park and end at the Discovery Centre to check out the Nick Hawkins photo exhibit. *For those that need a bike to participate, please get in touch by June 4 and we will meet at Bike Again to arrange a bike for you and ride together down to Bishop's Landing for the 6:00pm start (limited number available).
https://www.halifax.ca/transportation/cycling-walk...
Event by Ecology Action Centre
Event contact: Ashleigh Boers 902.429.0209 mt@ecologyaction.ca

• Monday, June 5   7pm - 8pm
• The Tare Shop 5539 Cornwallis Street Halifax Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

How to make your own waste-free cleaning products (Laundry detergent & all-purpose cleaner)
Event by The Tare Shop / Our Positive Planet
https://www.facebook.com/thetareshop/
https://www.instagram.com/thetareshop/
https://www.instagram.com/stoptrashingit/
Event contact: Kate Pepler  902.717.3396  stoptrashingit@gmail.com 

DIY Wastefree Workshop : Make toothpaste/deodorant

• Sunday, June 11  10:00 AM 12:00 PM
• The Tare Shop 5539 Cornwallis St Halifax Canada (map)

How to make your own waste free hygiene products – Toothpaste, Deodorant

Event by The Tare Shop / Stop Trashing It
https://www.facebook.com/thetareshop/
https://www.facebook.com/stoptrashingit/
Event contact: Kate Pepler 902.717.3396 stoptrashingit@gmail.com

Doors Open Halifax

• Sun, June 4    10:00am to 4pm
• Steele Ocean Sciences Building

CERC.OCEAN research group,  Ocean Frontier Institute , Ocean Tracking Network , Marine Environmental Observation Prediction and Response Network (MEOPAR)  and the Aquatron Laboratory  – will demonstrate how they join forces with scientific groups around the world and work together to better understand the ocean and how it’s changing over time.

You'll enjoy hands-on ocean-themed activities while talking with Halifax scientists and students who are tracking marine life through the ocean, working to make marine transportation safer, and studying how changes in the Northwest Atlantic waters just off our coast can impact the whole planet’s climate system.

Follow us online for updates on what’s to come:
@DalScience and @DalNews on Twitter
@DalScience on Instagram

When you're here, join the conversation online by tagging your Dal experience with the hashtags #DoorsOpenDal and #DoorsOpenHFX.

We’re thrilled to welcome the Halifax community into the Steele Ocean Sciences Building again and thank all our visitors for their passion, curiosity and support. Make sure to visit our campus again during next year’s Doors Open Halifax event. Dal is turning 200 years old in 2018 and we can't wait to celebrate with you!

Non-reserved parking spots in Dal-owned lots are free on weekends. Check out Dal's campus parking map  for lots near the Steele Ocean Sciences Building and plan your Doors Open Halifax route from there.

• Sunday, June 4
• 9:30 AM 4:30 PM
• McNabs Island

Celebrate Environment Week and Oceans Day by helping us clean up McNabs Island Provincial Park! Over the past 27 years, our volunteers have collected more than 12,500 bags of garbage and recyclables from the beaches of McNabs and Lawlor Islands Provincial Park.

Two Departure Locations:
Halifax: Murphy's on the Water, Cable Wharf
Eastern Passage: A&M Sea Charters 87 Government Wharf Rd, Fisherman's Cove.

*** This is a FREE event but EVERYONE must PRE-REGISTER ***

For more information, contact info@mcnabsisland.ca or fill out the contact us form http://www.mcnabsisland.ca/ or call Faye (902-443-1749) or Cathy (434-2254) .
For updates, follow us on https://www.facebook.com/McNabsIsland and @mcnabsisland on Twitter.

Note: Groups such as girl guides or other groups interested in helping with this popular event should contact the Friends of McNabs ahead of time.

Constellate Storytelling | "Serendipity"

• Sunday, June 11  8:00 PM 10:00 PM
• At Good Robot Brewing 2736 Robie St, Halifax

A live storytelling event, connecting community members through stories about the ocean.

Event by Sustainable Oceans Conference. Event is 19+
https://goodrobotbrewing.ca/event/constellate-serendipity/
Event contact: Emily Vaniderstine
902.303.5057 oceansconf@dal.ca

• Friday, June 9
• 7:00pm 9:00pm

The Elisabeth Mann Borgese Ocean Lecture Series commemorates and celebrates the life and work of Elisabeth Mann Borgese , founder of the International Ocean Institute. Launched in 2005 to mark the 25th anniversary of the IOI Training Programme in Halifax, it aims to encourage the debate on oceans issues which was so dear to Elisabeth, by inviting internationally renowned speakers to discuss important and timely ocean-related topics. Through this lecture series, we hope to generate awareness among stakeholders, academics, students and the general public about important ocean issues.
The 13th annual ELISABETH MANN BORGESE OCEAN LECTURE  is planned for the evening of 8th June  (World Oceans Day).

ENERGY EFFICIENCY DAY  FREE

Join Efficiency Nova Scotia, Green Schools and guests at the Halifax Central Library for Energy Efficiency Day on June 3rd. This event is *FREE* and all families are welcome to come learn how to make their homes more energy efficient, comfortable and reduce their carbon footprint. The day will include workshops for all ages, including fun games and activities from Green Schools Nova Scotia, education seminars from the  Ecology Action Centre, and do-it-yourself workshops from experts in the energy efficiency industry. Learn have fun, save money and the environment - you'll be sure to leave feeling energized!

June 2,   1pm to 4pm

Location: Halifax Central Library: 5440 Spring Garden Road, Halifax NS

Email: Colleen Freak info@greenschoolsns.ca

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/events/442894356077326/

Website: https://www.greenschoolsns.ca/news/june-3rd-energy-efficiency-day-0

OCEAN & YOU EXHIBIT FREE  June 3  All day  Being held on the waterfront boardwalk at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. This is a FREE all day, kid-friendly event at the museum, bringing together over 30 organizations with exhibits, activities and displays - attracting hundreds throughout the day to kick off Oceans Week!

Location: 1675 Lower Water Street, Halifax  Contact: Richard MacMichael   902-424-8897  richard.macmichael@novascotia.ca

Yoga:

• Monday, June 5
• 6:30 PM 7:30 PM
• point pleasant park (map)

• Tuesday, June 6
• 5:00 PM 6:00 PM
• 1507 lower water street (map)

2018 BIKE WEEK X OCEANS WEEK HFX!

Kayaking:

• Tuesday, June 6
• 6:00 PM 8:00 PM
• east coast outfitters (map)

Explore the coastline via kayak with East Coast Outfitters!

• Saturday, June 10
• 7:00 AM 3:00 PM
• Halifax Seaport Market (map)

Learn about shark species & research happening in Nova Scotia!

• Saturday, June 3   7:30 AM
  Sunday, June 11, 2   8:30 AM
• Halifax boardwalk Halifax boardwalk Halifax Canada (map)
• Google Calendar ICS

We have decals for our logo (a wave) to put up all over the waterfront to highlight the urgency of sea-level rise.

https://www.facebook.com/bluelinehfx/

Event contact; Olivia Barry 902.293-7677   bluelinehfx@gmail.com

Cow Bay Beach Shoreline CleanUp & BBQ

• Sunday, June 11  10:00 AM 12:00 PM
• The Moose 1287 Cow Bay Road Cow Bay

The Surfing Association of Nova Scotia presents their annual beach clean up. This year two separate locations are being serviced; Lawrencetown Beach and Cow Bay Beach. Community members will take to Cow Bay Beach on Sunday June 9th for a morning clean up followed by a BBQ picnic and prizes provided by Kannon Beach and Brother Clothing. Gloves and bags will be provided. Wear comfy clothing!

Event by Surfing Association of Nova Scotia, Kannon Beach, Brother Clothing
https://www.shorelinecleanup.ca/cleanups/4vwko

Event contact: Jillian Morris 902.266.5011 sans@surfns.com

• Saturday, June 3
• 3:00 PM 5:00 PM
• 220 Sambro Creek Road Sambro Creek, NS, B3V 1L8 Canada (map)
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The Spryfield Business Commission in partnership with the Royal Bank, Herring Cove Road Branch, is sponsoring a beach clean-up of the iconic Crystal Crescent Beach in Sambro Creek, N. S., which will include a BBQ for all volunteers who participate in the clean-up. Volunteers will receive a free event T-shirt for participating as well.

Event by Spryfield Business Commission / RBC Herring Cove Road Branch
Event contact: Bruce Holland 902.452.7472 bruce@discoverspryfield.ca

Gulliver’s Cove cleanup is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on June 4, 2018

World Oceans Day Cooking Class Package, June 7,  6:30 pm to June 8, 11am. Demo Class & Accommodations Package: $285+HST/2 ppl
Celebrate World Oceans Day with a cooking class featuring sustainably farmed seafood. This package includes: 2 Demo Class Registrations, Dinner on Friday (in your class), Accommodations & Breakfast!

Sustainable Aquaculture Class Friday at 6:30 pm
Learn to create three great dishes with sustainably farmed seafood:
• NS Mussels cooked in Garlic, Onion & Tidal Bay Wine, served with Baguette
• Selva Shrimp Salad with Avocado, Greens & Citrus Vinaigrette 

• Sustainable Blue Salmon Tacos with Spiced Cucumber Salsa
• Flying Apron Luscious Lemon Tart

Sit back, relax and let Chef Chris make your dinner! In our demo classes you get to watch and learn from the Chef over 2 hours. Share a full meal with your classmates during the demo and take home the recipes for the dishes made in the class. Our beautiful Cookery School kitchen is licensed so you may order local beer and wine from our drink list to enjoy during your class.

After your class, retire to your beautiful Inn room for the night. A hot, fresh breakfast is included.

Call to book your spot (902-633-2300). Preregistration and prepayment or credit card confirmation is required at the time of booking. Cancellation policy for packages: 7 days prior to the class.

Minimum of 6 participants (3 packages) is required to run the class and the maximum class size is 10 students, only 5 packages are available!

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World Oceans Week at White Point: June 3 – 11

10 days of events: Saturday, June 3 - Sunday, June 11

W.O.W. … it’s World Ocean Week!
We’re surrounded by the ocean and our 91st year spent with our nearest and dearest friend, the Atlantic Ocean! Join us as we take a deep dive into ‘Beautiful Blue’ with a week full of guest speakers, experiences and adventures that will bring you up close, personal and intimate with the ocean. We’re thrilled to join forces with the World Oceans Day organization and Oceans Week Halifax here in Nova Scotia, collectively offering our events among the largest collection of events ever!

White Point Beach Resort, 75 White Point Beach Resort Rd, White Point, NS

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Contact: Donna Hatt    dhatt@whitepoint.com

Our list is growing, but this will get you started!

June 3: Nautical re-purposed Rope Wreath Making Workshop
Come re-use fishing line/rope and make a “Turks Head Knot” Wreath with Artist of White Point, Daphne of  Knotty Girl Rope  in West Dublin, just up the shore from us! The Turks Head Knot was used in the past by fisherman around poles, oars and masts. The knot we will be making will be flattened out which will give it a completely different look. Paired with our workshop will be a glass of Nova Scotia libation – Nova Scotia’s Tidal Bay of course carefully selected to complement our wreath AND lobster-infused munchies, of course! Daphne has been working with re-purposed rope for the past six years. As the fisherman switch out their gear, she will trade them a basket or mat for a load of the used rope, keeping it out of the landfill, and using it to make original pieces for both decorative and practical uses.

Turks Head Knot Wreath Workshop
Saturday June 3  2:30-4:30pm
$49 plus tax per person
Limited seats. Register by calling 800.565.5068 ext 1 or email greatday@whitepoint.com
INCLUDES:

• All materials to make a Turks Head Knot Wreath to take home
• glass of Nova Scotia libation – selected by our instructor
• lobster-infused munchies prepared by Chef Alan and his team
  *Must be 19 years of age to participate

Wednesday June 7: Piping Plover Guardian Walk
4:00pm meet on the Oceanfront Lawn to get started at 4pm.
Lace up your beach shoes and grab your binoculars and join Wendy, our staff Piping Plover Monitoring Guardian as she introduces you to our pair of endangered Piping Plovers. Banded in 2017, Mom X2 and Dad U3 have been returning to our beach to nest every year since – and they are back for 2019! On May 21st we confirmed they have a nest with 4 eggs – we are cheering for them and hopeful that we will see chicks around Father’s Day!

We’ve been so fortunate to host and be champions for a nest every year since 2012. Now  that we know  X2 and U3 are here an safe, we’re on the look out for their 2017 chick, M0 along with our 2014 banded Plovers, Papa ‘EP’ and his chicks ‘E4’, ‘E2’, ‘ET’ and ‘EL’ .
NOTE: We will be walking to the far end of the beach, sand and cobble stone surface, be sure to wear proper footwear and weather gear. Bring along binoculars (if you have them) and your camera!

Saturday June 8th WORLD OCEANS DAY Celebrations
SURF-abration will be back with a twist or two for you to make a splash!
We’re getting INTO the ocean – come along!
It’s FREE – stay and play in the ocean with us.

Celebrate World Oceans Day on Saturday June 8th with  introductory, complimentary ways to play in the ocean !
2pm: Join Matt Delong of Candlebox Kayaking
Experience “Whitewater of the Sea”. 6 participants will join Matt at the boathouse at 2pm. Beginning at the Lake and then moving to the ocean, this session will involve white water kayaks !  Oh what fun !!
RESERVE your complimentary spot contact Darlene at White Point’s  Recreation Office   902 354-2711 Ext 395 or email darlene@whitepoint.com

4:15pm: Surf it up with Rossignol Surf Shop!
Join two surf instructors from Rossignol Surf Shop for a one hour surf lesson!  Hang Ten!
8 participants will meet at 4:15 at the Boathouse to suit up, get your board and do some ‘land training’ before heading to the sea for an hour of fun !!
RESERVE your complimentary spot contact Darlene at White Point’s  Recreation Office   902 354-2711 Ext 395 or email darlene@whitepoint.com

Sunday June 9th: Boat Tour & Picnic to Coffin Island
Noon – 3pm
A W.O.W. EXCLUSIVE EXPERIENCE!
Celebrate World Oceans Week by getting out on the ocean and visiting Coffin Island in Liverpool Bay with us! We’re heading out on the JKC with Lobster Fisherman Captain Brad Crouse from his home port of East Berlin Wharf. Landing on the Island for Lunch (included) we’ll set off an adventure to explore the cobblestone shoreline of the Island, discovering the shorebirds and maybe hike to the Lighthouse. Linger longer around the bonfire roasting marshmallows and s’mores as Capt. Crouse recalls tales from being out at sea, working and living here in this bay!
Cost: $65 plus tax, includes Boxed Lunch, return trip to Coffin Island from East Berlin Wharf
Min 8ppl, Max 12ppl
Pair it with your overnight stay call to reserve at 800-565-5068 ext 1.

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Featured Event Package

Shaped by the Sea, our SEA’scape package invites you to sample our way of life! This package includes 2 nights at White Point enveloped by the ocean surf orchestra and all your meals during your stay.

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Surf-abration at White Point   June 08 @ 3:00 p.m.

White Point Beach Resort 75 White Point Beach Resort Rd, White Point, NS

Contact: Donna Hatt    dhatt@whitepoint.com

- Whale of a Time, with a special visit from Brier Island Whale Watch
- White Point Plankton, Periwinkles and Predators Adventure with Gael Tours!
- Oceanside Yoga
- Deep Dive: 20 years later, a look at artificial reef, Matthew Atlantic in Port Mouton Bay
- Hike Seaside! Kejimkujik National Park & National Historic Site of Canada
- Piping Plover Stewardship Beach Walk
- Hike to the ‘point’ of White Point
- Brush by the Beach – an plein air edition of our Brush with Good Cheer!
- Celebrate the Sea Boat Tour with Capt. Brad Crouse, visit Coffin Island!
- After Dark by the Sea – a Dark Sky adventure
- PLUS June 7 – 10 it’s the Shelburne County Lobster Festival!
- AND MORE!!!

We’re proud to offer surfing here at White Point, and while our boards and wetsuits and Rossignol Surf Shop is open May – October, our surfers enjoy the Atlantic Ocean year-round. June 8th we’ll celebrate the ocean and the fun boarders enjoy on her.
Everyone is welcome – come visit, watch – and maybe even try – your hand at surfing. Bring the kids – we’d love to see families, teens, and adults out for the day. We are building an afternoon/evening filled with a tribute to all things surfing here in the UNESCO Southwest Nova Biosphere Reserve! What’s it like to surf White Point Beach? Make plans to spend the afternoon meeting and experiencing the ocean today. We’ve got a great agenda coming together, kicking off around 3pm and continuing until about 8:30pm. Spend the afternoon in & on the Atlantic Ocean!
~ Special guest, local Valley boy and Professional Nova Scotia Surfer, Logan Landry (read recent CBC article) will be on hand to demonstrate and chat about what it’s like to be from Nova Scotia and travel the world competing!
~Surf Association of Nova Scotia will be onsite and invite you to suit up and hit the waves with their instructors. And yes, getting into a wetsuit IS a sport! Sessions will be complimentary and meant to give you a taste of what it’s like to ride.
~ Meet Kite Boarder Andrew Hatfield from Yarmouth and learn about Kite Boarding, the equipment and how to get in on this new way to ride the ocean. With fingers crossed, we hope to have favourable winds so he can give us a demonstration too!

By evening, join us from 7 – 8:30/9pm for a Meet, Greet & Chat with a variety of guests!
In addition to those above, we’ll add:

~ Colin Machaffie, local photographer who captures some amazing shots of local surfers, year -round
~ Check out the works by our neighbour Surf Board Air-Brush artist Andrew Burgess
~ Meet adventurous surfers who surf here year-round!
Plus more!

BUT get ready to hit the waves yourself!
Make plans to come out for the afternoon and ‘try’ surfing for yourself, so you can truly appreciate what it takes to be a wave dancer!

Everyone is welcome to attend the afternoon and evening – it’s kinda like an Open House for the Atlantic Ocean!
We do ask that you RSVP so we know to expect you, email darlene@whitepoint.com

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World Oceans Day