British Columbia
Please visit Adopt A Shorline www.AdoptAShoreline.org
to list your Group as shoreline cleanup and education heroes.
Together We Can Make A Difference.
British Columbians host many events across the province. Some events are organized by David Suzuki Foundation, Libraries, Businesses, Community Groups, Churches, Non Profit Groups, Museums, Governments or Schools. Teachers and Students are busy as students work towards earning an Ocean Hero Certificate (info under In Action tab). Please check with your local school and church for local information. Teachers are linked to Teaching World Oceans Day page on LinkedIn. Below are events listed alphabetically by city or town.
Please Note: we do not promote events held at zoos or aquariums where healthy animals are held captive for financial gain, nor do we accept donations from these businesses. We do promote events held by rescue and release centers.
Museums, Science & Marine Centres Please check with your local museum and science & marine Centre for events scheduled. We will post information as we receive it.
Knowledge Network TV
has excellent documentaries, please check your TV schedule or their website www.Knowledge.ca
Subaquatic Society of Canada
The Subaquatic Society of Canada (SSC), an association of divers, conduct shoreline clean ups coast to coast. Please check with your national and local chapter for details. Thank you to all SSC member for their dedication to preserving waterways!
Fisheries & Oceans Canada
Each year Fisheries & Oceans Canada hosts events across Canada. As the events for this year come available we will post them.
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS)
Hosts World Oceans Day events.
Library
Please
check your local Library and check back here for details of events
planned for this year, as libraries in Canada have hosted events
in the previous years and have communicated they are planning
events for this year to celebrate World Oceans Day. We will post events as
specific information comes to us. Thank you to all Libraries!
Schools
Students are earning the Ocean Hero Certificate. Thank you to teachers, parents and students!
2019 |
Bella Bella, British Columbia
June 7, 2019 12 noon. 88 Waglisla Street, Central Coast. The Bella Bella Community School invites you to join us in celebrating World's Ocean Day 2018 in beautiful Bella Bella, BC. There will be scheduled stations for classes to participate in to learn about our ocean in the morning until lunch time. Join us for a free lunch and free station exploration in the afternoon. The event will take place below the hospital on the beach and breakwater and the government wharf! See you there. Crafts, beach scavenger hunt, fish cleaning, BBQ, face painting, kayak rides, traditional canoe rides, jigging, and much more....
Bowser, British Columbia
Despite the huge challenges facing the world’s ocean, by working together we can support a healthy ocean that is able to sustainably provide for the billions of humans, plants, and animals that depend on it every day. On World Oceans Day, people around our blue planet celebrate and honor the ocean, which connects us all. Get together with your family and friends and join us at Deep Bay Marine Field Station for a fun and educational community event!
Working together, we can and will protect our shared ocean. We hope you will be a part of this growing global celebration!
Date: June 8th
Time: All-ages activities happening between 11:00am-3:00pm
Location: Deep Bay Marine Field Station (270 Chrome Point Road, Bowser, BC) Cost: $12/Adult and $7/Student (Children 5 free)
◾Beach Clean-Up ◾Drop-In Guided Tours at 12:30pm and 2:00pm
◾Colouring Contest ◾Ocean-related Art Displays from Beachcombers Academy
◾Gyotaku Fish Printing Email: amie.armet@viu.ca Website: www.viu.ca/deepbay
Denman Island, British Columbia
The Association for Denman Island Marine Stewards (ADIMS) is hosting 3 events at Denman Island Community Hall (Front Hall) June 8 10am June 8 at 1pm and 7pm Oceans of Wisdom Art and Performances by local artists.
ADIMS picks up many tons of plastics every year, discarded by the local fish farms who refuse to even come and get the pails.
https://www.facebook.com/AssociationforDenmanIslan...
Coquitlam, British Columbia
June 8, 2018 British Columbia Boys Choir, Voices of the Salish Sea, a performance to promote awareness, a sense of advocacy, stewardship, and support for the unique Ecosystem that is our Salish Sea . Tiller’s Folly, The Wilds, the British Columbia Boys Choir and special guest Ta’Kaiya Blaney team up to present Voices for the Salish Sea, a presentation combining musical performances, media and more. Our goal is to entertain, engage and educate by presenting an affordable, family-friendly live music concert. June 8, 2018 7:30pm at Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam BC.
Cowichan Bay, British Columbia
Saturday June 8, 2019
Low Tide Day in Cowichan Bay. We have held this event annually since 1999 and this year it is on World Oceans Day. Here's the program for this year:
11:30 Volunteers clean the beaches, shoreline, and roads around Cowichan Bay and the Cowichan Estuary
1:00 Lunch and Music at Kil-Pah-Las Beach
2:00 Beach Seine and Quadrat study to meet the living things in the water and under the beach
Other activities are being planned. www.naturecowichan.net
Esquimalt, British Columbia
Saturday June 8, 2019 10am to 3pm Esquimalt Gorge Park at 1070 Tillicum Rd.In celebration of this international day, World Fisheries Trust and the Township of Esquimalt are hosting a World Oceans Day event with interpretive walks, guided Songhees canoe tours of the Gorge, a performance by the Lekwungen dancers, sea creature touch tanks, crafts, games, live music and food! Many other local organizations that share an interest in our ocean will be joining the celebration with informative displays and ocean-related activities for all ages. Nature walks of the park, face painting and other family friendly activities will be had, as well as a silent auction with proceeds going to World Fisheries Trust to fund ocean education in local schools. Why: Ensuring a healthy ocean involves raising awareness of how we can change our daily activities to improve our marine waters. The activities and programs provided during our celebration will highlight the importance of water stewardship and the effects our daily activities have on Gorge waterway ecosystems and organisms, including Coho salmon, Pacific herring, cutthroat trout, and the Olympia oyster. Organizer: World Fisheries Trust Email: info@worldfish.org
Gabriola Island, British Columbia
Location:
Descanso Bay Regional Park, Gabriola Island, BC
Date:
Sunday June 9, 2019, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Description:
Event hosted by Regional District of Nanaimo and Fisheries and Oceans
Canada. DFO staff will be hosting interactive ocean touch tanks, a
display on “determining the age of fish” and a display about
marine mammals and leatherback turtles. Strawberry Isle Marine
Research will bring BUILD-A-WHALE, an interactive killer whale
skeleton that participants will build bone by bone. Over a dozen
community groups will be sharing information about the marine
conservation and education work they do. This is a community effort
that is full of fun and learning for the whole family! Bring a picnic lunch.
Gibsons, British Columbia
Nicholas Sonntag Marine Education Centre, in partnership with Gibsons Public Market, is excited to bring you the Inaugural World Oceans Day Festival // Community Art Event!
June7 - 9 at Gibsons Public Market.
June 7: ALL DAY: Rockfish Art Auction begins 6 PM: Guest Speaker Presentation. Dr. Lance Barrett- Lennard from the BC Cetacean Sightings Network will be presenting his interesting work on killer whales and how photographs can be used to monitor their health. This event will be held in the Coastal Room and is open to the public by donation. Best suited for an adult audience.
June8: ALL DAY: Rockfish Art Auction Unveiling Glass Sponge Reef
Interactive Display. The NSMEC in partnership with Fisheries and
Oceans Canada (DFO) are pleased to unveil the final component of the
glass sponge reef display!
June 9: ALL DAY: Free admission to NSMEC sponsored by Touchstone 3 PM: Rockfish Art Auction closes.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/nsmec/events/
Kelowna, British Columbia
Lake Okanagan Downtown at the Sails Shoreline Cleanup Date Sat June 8 at 10:00am to noon. Sponsored by World Oceans Day Canada. Gloves and bags provided by Civitan Club for Youth Programs. Meet Debbie at the Sails in front of Kelowna Downtown Marina. Each Volunteer will receive an OCEAN HERO Certificate.
Lake Okanagan Downtown Shoreline Cleanup Date TBA Sponsored by Summit Yoga BC. Free Yoga class for all volunteers after.
Lake Okanagan Paddle Boarders, Canoeists, Kayakers, Small Boat Owners, Property Owners are invited to clean plastics from the lake. Business man, Aaron Nasipayko invites all to follow his lead. Together we can make a difference. https://www.facebook.com/aaron.nasipayko/posts/101...
https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/255916/lakes-...
Wood Lake Shoreline Cleanup (north of Lake Country) Meet Debbie at the south end of Pelmewash Parkway (old hwy) June 9, 2019 10am to noon.. Sponsored by World Oceans Day Canada. Gloves and bags provided by Civitan Club for Youth Programs, Please wear solid footwear.Each Volunteer will receive an OCEAN HERO Certificate.
Sutherland Park, Lake Okanagan Shoreline Cleanup Sat June 8 at 10:30am, wear gloves. Meet Leslie at the corner of Cambridge Ave and Ellis St.
Stuart Park Shoreline Cleanup Sunday June 9, 2019 at 10am. Sponsored by CIBC bank which will provide work gloves and bags. Look for the CIBC tent.
UBC Okanagan Library will have a World Oceans Day display
Kamloops, British Columbia
Riverside Park, Thompson River Shoreline Cleanup June 9, 2019 Thank you to CIBC employees for doing this shoreline cleanup.
Mayne Island, British Columbia
June 7, 2019 7pm. Mayne Island Conservancy will host guest speakers at the Agriculture Hall.
June 8, 2019 2pm - 4pm Join us at St. John Point Park to explore the shoreline and intertidal creatures of Kadonaga Bay at low tide. We will have experts on hand to tell us about the creatures we are seeing.
Mission, British Columbia
June 9, 2018 10am to 1pm at Stave Lake, 32555 London Ave. Come celebrate Mission's beautiful back country with the Four Wheel Drive Association of BC and Mission Environmental Stewardship Society!
4WDABC members and volunteers will meet at the Stave Lake West parking lot. Join them to help out in the back country! MESS is hosting an info booth and satellite clean-up of London Ave and Harbour Ave. All equipment is provided at both locations!
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo World Oceans Day Event
Location: downtown Nanaimo harbourfront (Swy-a-Lana Park to the Boat Basin) as well as on Saysutshun (Newcastle Island).
Date: June 8, 2019, Shoreline Cleanup 9:30 – 11 am; All other Activities 11 am to 3 pm
Description: Hosted by DFO, Snuneymuxw First Nation, City of Nanaimo and Nanaimo Port Authority. This year’s celebration will occur throughout the downtown harbourfront (Swy-a-Lana Park to the Boat Basin) as well as on Saysutshun (Newcastle Island). Family fun and learning related to the ocean will include marine touch tanks, an interactive killer whale skeleton (Build-A-Whale), traditional local Indigenous fishing and cedar weaving demos, Snuneymuxw storytelling, interactive SCUBA divers (with live diver to shore camera), a catch and release beach seine, marine science and conservation information and displays, a beach cleanup AND MORE! Families are invited to spend the day celebrating and learning about the ocean!
June 7 to 11, 2018 British Columbia Boys Choir, Voices of the Salish Sea, a performance to promote awareness, a sense of advocacy, stewardship, and support for the unique Ecosystem that is our Salish Sea .
Tiller’s Folly, The Wilds, the British Columbia Boys Choir and special guest Ta’Kaiya Blaney team up to present Voices for the Salish Sea, a presentation combining musical performances, media and more. Our goal is to entertain, engage and educate by presenting an affordable, family-friendly live music concert. June 7, 2018 7pm at Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham WA and June 8, 2018 7:30pm at Evergreen Cultural Centre, Coquitlam BC. June 11, 2018 7pm Port Theatre, Nanaimo BC
Maffeo Sutton Park, Nanaimo, BC Friday June 8, 2018, 2pm to 4 pm
Description:
Event hosted by City of Nanaimo and Fisheries and
Oceans Canada (DFO). DFO staff will be hosting an interactive marine
touch tank and displays on deep sea marine conservation, marine
mammals and leatherback turtles, as well as how and why we age fish.
Participants will get a chance to build a killer whale skeleton bone
by bone with the interactive BUILD-A-WHALE program. This incredible
day will have local students and the public diving deep into learning
about the ocean and marine conservation!
Nelson, British Columbia
Location TBA Shoreline Cleanup June 9, 2019 Thank you to CIBC employees for doing this shoreline cleanup.
Okanagan Lake
Lake Okanagan Paddle Boarders, Canoeists, Kayakers, Small Boat Owners, Property Owners are invited to clean plastics from the lake. Business man, Aaron Nasipayko invites all to follow his lead. Together we can make a difference. https://www.facebook.com/aaron.nasipayko/posts/101...
https://www.castanet.net/news/Vernon/255916/lakes-...
Penticton, British Columbia
Okanagan LakeShoreline Cleanup , Southern Tip June 9, 2019 Thank you to CIBC employees for doing this shoreline cleanup
Port Hardy, British Columbia June 8, 2018 10am to 2pm Carrot Park, 7250 Market St. Sponsoredby the Port Hardy Chamber of Commerce and Visitor Center. Education,
Touch Tank, Colouring Contests, Beach Cleanup, Booths. Perfect for all
ages.
Prince George, British Columbia
Fri June 1 to Sunday June 3, 2018 at the Pine Centre Mall and co-hosted Spruce City Wildlife Association and the Mall. Participants are invited to help “Build an Orca Whale” and will be exposed to Ocean habitats and interactive presentations. This is presented by the Strawberry Island Marine Research Society (SIMRS) from Clayoquot Sound. SCWA will also have live chinook salmon fry from their hatchery and a salt water touch tank so folks can learn about what Volunteer Stewardship groups do for the ocean and its environment/creatures and explore marine life with an interactive ocean touch tank, and more!
Prince Rupert, British Columbia
June 8, June 9 and June 10, 2018 Description: Activities are part of the Annual Prince Rupert Seafest. The highlight of this year’s celebrations is a Dunk Tank, where attendees have the opportunity to dunk their boss! Participants can also enjoy cake while looking at some local marine critters, or while browsing various information booths. Seasfest is sponsored by the City of Prince Rupert, local businesses and Dept of Fisheries and Oceans. Full info on http://www.prspecialevents.com/seafest.html