Media Advisory - Government of Canada Partners with Ocean Wise to Amplify the Voice of Young Professionals at IMPAC5 Français
VANCOUVER, BC, Jan. 13, 2023 /CNW/ - The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, will announce a partnership with Ocean Wise that will amplify youth voices at the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) which takes place next month in Vancouver. Minister Murray will be joined by representatives from the IMPAC5 Secretariat and Ocean Wise.
Speakers will include:
- The Honourable Joyce Murray, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Lasse Gustavsson, President and CEO of Ocean Wise
- Sabine Jessen, IMPAC5 Executive Director, International Engagement and Communications
- Magena Warrior, IMPAC5 Young Professionals Committee member
Media will be able to ask speakers questions following the announcement.
Date: |
January 16, 2023 |
Time: |
9:00 a.m. PST |
Location: |
Ocean Wise Head Office, 101-440 Cambie St, Vancouver, BC V6B 2N5 |
To attend the announcement, please register in advance by email: [email protected].
Media planning to attend the event via teleconference must register with Fisheries and Oceans Canada's Pacific Region Media Relations at [email protected]. A confirmation email containing the link and instructions for participating will be provided exclusively to media representatives who have registered.
- Follow Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
- Follow the Canadian Coast Guard on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
IMPAC5, the Fifth International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC5) is where the world will come together and take a stand to protect the global ocean. From 3 – 9 February 2023, ocean conservation professionals, leaders and decision-makers will attend IMPAC5 in Vancouver, Canada, to learn, share and chart a course towards protecting 30% of the global ocean by 2030.
Ocean Wise is a globally focused conservation organization on a mission to empower action to protect and restore the world's oceans. Through in-house research, engaging educational programming and ocean solutions at scale Ocean Wise empowers communities to tackle climate change, ocean pollution and overfishing. Learn more at ocean.org.
SOURCE Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) Canada
Matthew Dillon, Director of Communications, Office of the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, 613-992-3474, [email protected]; Ben Stanford, Communications Manager, IMPAC5 Secretariat, 604-347-8754, [email protected]; Media Relations: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 613-990-7537, [email protected]; Rosemary Newton, Communications Specialist, Ocean Wise, 604-358-3444, [email protected]
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