We commend and thank educators who take a leadership role in helping to preserve our water, waterways and oceans. The following teachers have assigned "Be An Ocean Hero" to their students. We thank our teachers for their dedication and guidance to our next generation.
(Note: to protect the identity of students should a group photo and/or students names be submitted to us, we do not name the school or city, just the province. Thank you for understanding.)

Alberta


British Columbia
Shawn Wilson, Chair, Surrey BC

"Thank you for the information on World Oceans Day. I have forwarded this to the superintendent of Surrey Schools with a request to distribute it to all schools in Surrey. As the largest District in BC, with over 70,000 students, I know there will be some take up on the event. We have a large number of teachers with a keen interest in environmental issues and kids today are very aware of  the need to promote clean air and clean water sustainability in their world. I have developed a presentation on clean water that I take to schools and the material on your website is very useful to me. I already have a few classes that I will be taking my interesting presentation to and will be promoting World Oceans Week as a part of that." Thanks again,

Shawn Wilson,

Chairman, Board of Trustees, Surrey School District


Manitoba
Please see letter from Minister of Education below.

Mavis McRae, a volunteer committed to helping preserve our watersheds and oceans, has spoken with over 1100 students this year in Winnipeg, Brandon, Minto, Starbuck, Portage la Prairie and Selkirk Manitoba.

New Brunswick


Newfoundland
Nova Central School District
See letter from Minister of Education below

Nova Scotia
Cruddas, James
              Dartmouth: Colby Village Elementary


Ontario
Kawartha Pine Ridge School District
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board


Prince Edward Island


Quebec


Saskatchewan


Nunavut
World Oceans Day is on all the school calendars


NWT
World Oceans Day is on all the school calendars


Yukon
World Oceans Day is on all the school calendars

Ministry of Education

MANITOBA

Dear World Oceans Day Canada;                    
     Thank you for your recent letter in which you requested that Manitoba educators receive encouragement to acknowledge World Oceans Day, use educational materials found on your website, and become Ocean Hero champions. I am pleased to inform you that Manitoba Education will promote World Oceans Day among educators across our province.                    
     Manitoba sits at the centre of an enormous watershed that passes through four American states and four Canadian provinces into Hudson’s Bay. Lake Winnipeg is the sixth-largest freshwater lake in Canada. For this and many other reasons, we encourage our students to value the health and safety of our water and to protect it.                    
     Manitoba Education has worked to support students who are experiencing and learning about what it means to live in a sustainable manner, and we appreciate this opportunity to promote the work of your organization in support of World Oceans Day.  

Sincerely,  
Nancy Allan
Education Minister, Manitoba

NEWFOUNDLAND

Dear World Oceans Day Canada:
Thank you for your letter of March 13, 2013 in which you provide information regarding World Oceans Day, June 8, and World Oceans Week, June 1-8, 2013.

The information you provided has been forwarded to personnel in our school districts for distribution to teachers.

I wish you continued success with this and all future initiatives. 

Sincerely,
CLYDE JACKMAN, MHA
Minister, Department of Education, Newfoundland