Maritime Awards Society of Canada

Dalhousie University has been awarded internship placements in the CIDA International Youth Internship Program (IYIP) beginning in the spring of 2010. The IYIP is a youth internship program designed to give young Canadian professionals (ages 19-30) with a university/college degree(s) the opportunity to gain valuable international development work experience.

Eligibility Criteria

• Be between 19 and 30 years of age
• Have graduated from a university or college program by the time the internship placement begins
• Be unemployed or underemployed
• Be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident legally entitled to work in Canada
• Have not previously participated in a program funded by CIDA’s Youth Employment Strategy (YES)

NOTE – The deadline for the Pelagic Fishery Research Assistant is May 17, 2010. Details of the internship can be found at

http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/Files/Pelagic_Fishery_Research_Assistant_St_Vincent_May_10_post.pdf

The Internship placement consists of:

• Pre-departure orientation
• Internship placement of 5-6 months
• Debrief program upon return

To apply for an internship placement, complete the application form and send by email with your curriculum vitae (that includes 3 references with daytime contact phone number and email) to marine.affairs@dal.ca by the DEADLINE of May 17, 2010.

Successful applicants should be available to take up their placements at the in-country host institution commencing no later than June 1, 2010 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Contact:
Becky Field, Administrator
Marine Affairs Program Dalhousie University
marine.affairs@dal.ca

Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue, Suite 2127
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5
phone 902-494-3555
FAX 902-494-1001
marine.affairs@dal.ca

The December 2009 edition of MAP Matters (pdf file), the newsletter of the Dalhousie University Marine Affairs Program, is now available.

The Faculty and Students of the Marine Affairs Program invite you to a seminar:

“Environmental Consulting Along Canada’s Coastlines”

Marina Winterbottom, MMM 2007
Marine Biologist, Stantec

Wednesday October 14, 2009
1:00-2:00 PM

Room 309
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Campus

For more information, contact the Marine Affairs Program,
Marine.Affairs@dal.ca

The Marine Affairs Program (MAP) at Dalhousie University offers the Master of Marine Management (MMM) degree program. The MMM is a 12-month, intensive non-thesis professional graduate degree with a minimum four-week internship at a host organization and major graduate research project, focusing on aspects of marine management of direct interest to the internship host.

MAP is exploring the offering of a thesis-based Master’s degree and would appreciate your input in this regard by answering the following short survey.

Thank you in advance for taking the time to provide your input.

Becky Field
Administrator
Marine Affairs Program
Dalhousie University
marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca
marine.affairs@dal.ca

Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
6100 University Avenue, Suite 2127
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canada B3H 3J5
phone 902-494-3555
FAX 902-494-1001
marine.affairs@dal.ca

National Geographic’s two-hour movie on Charles Darwin, partly filmed at Prescott House Museum, and Uniacke Estate Museum Park earlier this year (and using microscopes and other props from Acadia University) will be aired on PBS on Tuesday Oct 6. Called “Darwin’s Darkest Hour”, here’s a promo-clip of the film from Youtube

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbAFcgt8nPM]

In 1858 Charles Darwin received a letter from naturalist Alfred Wallace, explaining his own theory of evolution. This was the trigger event that led to the publication of Darwin’s seminal theory on the origin of species.

The Faculty and Students of the Marine Affairs Program invite you to a seminar:

“Governing Marine Protected Areas”

Elizabeth De Santo, Assistant Professor, Marine Affairs Program

Wednesday October 7, 2009
1:00-2:00 PM

Room 309
Dalhousie Law School
6061 University Avenue, Dalhousie University Campus

Abstract
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are an important tool for achieving ecosystem-based management and conservation in the marine environment. However the actual implementation of MPAs worldwide has lagged behind international targets, and one reason for this is a lack of guidance on how to best govern their establishment and implementation.  The “Governing MPAs” project co-led by Elizabeth De Santo (Marine Affairs Program) and Peter Jones (University College London) is examining the role of incentives in MPA establishment and will result in a UNEP-IUCN ‘best practice’ guidebook. These incentives include knowledge-based, legal, economic, interpretative and participatory factors. We are looking at how the balance between achieving meaningful stakeholder participation and fulfilling marine biodiversity conservation objectives has played out in 30 cases across the globe, and will be holding a workshop in Croatia in mid-October to bring practitioners from these sites together to explore their studies and share lessons learned.  This seminar will discuss the premise of the project and some preliminary results.

For more information, contact the Marine Affairs Program, Marine.Affairs@dal.ca, 902-494-3555

From the Marine Affairs Program at Dalhousie University, the most recent issue of the Marine Affairs Policy Forum is now available. The Forum provides perspectives on current and emerging issues of concern to the coastal and ocean policy community in the Atlantic Region. Kindly provide any feedback you might have to marine.affairs@dal.ca.