Ocean Supercluster Announces Call for Proposals to Attract and Build Talent in Canada’s Ocean Economy
“When we look at the trajectory of growth in the global ocean economy, we know Canada has the potential to play a significant role in the development of solutions that support both greater ocean health and productivity,” said Melody Pardoe, Chief Engagement Officer at Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. “In order to do this, we must build an expanded, more diverse ocean network where SMEs are well-supported with greater access to strategic and critical talent needed to play a leadership role in the future of our ocean.”
Pardoe says the new Call is designed to address talent and growth challenges for SMEs in Canada’s ocean sectors, unlocking new opportunities to increase Canada’s global competitiveness in ocean.
The Ocean Leaders Impact Program Call for Proposals is designed for projects with a term ending by March 31, 2023. The OLIP Call is specifically targeting strategic opportunities that will attract experienced ocean talent and invest in current ocean leaders, partnering with projects that will:
- Expand the highly skilled ocean talent pool through domestic recruitment efforts targeted outside the ocean economy;
- Support ocean SMEs ability to secure senior leaders and specialized talents from international markets;
- Focus on the near-term career advancement of employees with senior leadership potential with Canadian Ocean SMEs; and
- Advance leadership opportunities for diverse and underrepresented groups.
The application process is now open, beginning with the Expression Interest (EOI) process. For consideration, organizations must submit a completed EOI by February 21, 2021, at 4 p.m. Atlantic time.
The Ocean Supercluster will host a virtual information session on the Ocean Leaders Impact Program Call for Proposals on January 27, 2022, at 2 p.m. Atlantic time. To register, email OLIP@oceansupercluster.ca.
For complete detail on OLIP, visit https://oceansupercluster.ca/projects/ocean-leaders-impact-program
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About Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a national, industry-led transformative cluster focused on tackling the shared challenges of multiple ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of globally relevant solutions. This includes leaders in fisheries, aquaculture, offshore resources, bioresources, transportation, marine renewables, defence, and ocean technologies who are committed to leveraging collective strengths and working together to change the way ocean business is done. Canada’s Ocean Supercluster has approved more than 60 projects to date with a total project value of more than $320 million. For more information visit www.oceansupercluster.ca
Media Contact
Nancy Andrews
nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca
709.725.7070
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Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announces $3.1M Offshore Connected Worker Project
One of two Ocean Supercluster projects announced today
Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced two new projects led from Newfoundland and Labrador including the $3.1M Offshore Connected Worker Project. The project will implement the Connected Worker (CW) technologies in remote offshore operations, reducing risk and adding value to ocean companies.
The project involves the unique integration of digital and automated technologies that allow vessel and offshore installation operators to effectively optimize offshore personnel by remotely monitoring human activity, conditions and operations. This new capability of remote monitoring of assets and personnel allows for reduction of offshore hours by using data and machine learning to optimize roles, prevent equipment failures, optimize vessel operations, and increase the safety and well-being of the crew. Digital systems will enable operators and contractors to monitor and perform activities from a shore-based Center of Excellence, that were previously completed offshore.
Led by Horizon Maritime and Allswater Marine, with international partner ShipReality Inc. and Canadian partners, VMG Strategic Technology, Rimot, C-CORE, Kognitiv Spark, and Kinduct, the Connected Worker Project team will use their leading expertise and experience to create a holistic end-to-end application of digital technology for an offshore installation or vessel. Once complete, the application will provide offshore companies and their crew with reduced risk, greater efficiency and improved health and well-being in the remote offshore environment.
With a total project value of $3.1 million, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will provide $1.3 million in funding to the project. Five hundred thousand of the total value will come from the province of Newfoundland and Labrador’s Innovation and Business Investment Corporation with the balance coming from industry partners, marking the 40th Ocean Supercluster project announced to date.
This Offshore Connected Worker Project will create 20 new direct and indirect jobs in its development. The technology created by the project will also enable the success of increasingly remote project and future projects in Canada and internationally.
Video Announcement (Starts at 13:00)
https://youtu.be/Eu8X5bAW5wc?t=787
About OSC
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a pan-Canadian, industry-led transformative cluster focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges across ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of globally relevant solutions, while also building a highly-capable, inclusive workforce. The Ocean Supercluster has approved projects with a total value of more than $320 million which will deliver more than 100 new made-in-Canada ocean products, processes, and services to sell to the world.
Media Contact:
Nancy Andrews
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca
709.725.7070
Quotes:
“Innovation comes from bringing together key players to solve real-world challenges. By using digital and automated technologies such as digital twinning, this project will support workers while addressing challenges in the offshore environment.” – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
“With this project, the Ocean Supercluster shows that innovation happens throughout the economy, including in the digital marine sector. The development of connected-worker technologies will provide our ocean workforce with a safer work environment and will help position Canada as a global leader in the ocean economy.” – The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development
“Digital technology is changing the way we operate in marine settings. By using simulated capabilities, this innovative R&D project will create a safer and improved offshore environment. Supporting tech projects that grow and advance the blue economy is important to our government.” – The Honourable Andrew Parsons, Minister of Industry, Energy and Technology
“Our world and our ocean is becoming increasingly digital, where increasing our capabilities in remote operations in our ocean industries will not only help us keep workers safe, it will open up new opportunities for growth and increase our global competitiveness. This is one of many areas where Canada can lead in ocean, and the advancements in remote operations made possible through this project is an important part of that opportunity.” – Kendra MacDonald, CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
“We appreciate the efforts of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador and our project team to bring this initiative to fruition. The opportunity to improve the safety and well-being of our remote offshore workforce while increasing the competitiveness of our industry are amongst the most important challenges we face today. We are excited to begin work on delivering solutions that will result in positive change.” – Sean Leet, CEO Horizon Maritime
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with such an amazing group of innovative companies in Atlantic Canada to develop this unique solution that will have many applications both locally and internationally. The Offshore Connected Worker Project will address one of the most prominent issues faced by the marine and offshore industries. Our integrated connected worker technologies provide a better understanding of the health, wellness and efficiency of workers offshore, while enabling the ability to relocate many tasks that have traditionally been completed offshore to an onshore facility.” – Rob Crutcher, President Allswater Marine
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announces $471K Crisis Intervention & Operability Analysis for Digital Ocean Operations Project
One of two Ocean Supercluster projects announced today
Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced two new projects led from Newfoundland and Labrador including the $471 thousand Crisis Intervention & Operability Analysis for Digital Ocean Operations (CRIOP-DO) Project. This project will support the digital transition to remote operations in our ocean environment.
The Crisis Intervention & Operability Analysis for Digital Ocean Operations Project will build upon Norway’s successful Crisis Intervention and Operability Analysis (CRIOP) model to establish a Canadian methodology to demonstrate safety and reliability assurance of critical, complex digital ocean systems, and support regulatory compliance. Risk assessment methodologies frequently use checklists and scenario-based approaches and CRIOP-DO will take this approach for autonomous and remotely operated systems increasingly being used in the offshore worldwide.
Led by Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador (ERI) and the National Research Council of Canada’s Ocean, Coastal and River Engineering Research Centre, with partners Lloyd’s Register, Atlantic Towing, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador and SINTEF (the Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research at the Norwegian Institute of Technology), this team will establish a framework methodology to safely accelerate adoption of digitally-enabled operating models and technologies by Canada’s ocean businesses, and lower barriers to advancement and commercialization of innovative technologies, and support evolving Canadian regulatory reforms.
With a total project value of $471 thousand, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will provide $94 thousand in funding to the project with the balance coming from industry partners, marking the 39th Ocean Supercluster project announced to date.
This Crisis Intervention & Operability Analysis for Digital Ocean Operations Project will identify gaps and opportunities for ocean digitalization research and development and innovation and set a clear agenda for education and training to build workforce resources and competencies as we transition to more remotely controlled and automated operations.
CRIOP-DO will support innovation that will deliver economic prosperity through Canada’s leadership in the digital, connected and remotely operated ocean.
Video Announcement (Starts at 13:00)
https://youtu.be/Eu8X5bAW5wc?t=787
About OSC
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a pan-Canadian, industry-led transformative cluster focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges across ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of globally relevant solutions, while also building a highly-capable, inclusive workforce. The Ocean Supercluster has approved projects with a total value of more than $320 million which will deliver more than 100 new made-in-Canada ocean products, processes, and services to sell to the world.
About Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador
Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador (ERI) advances research, development and demonstration (RD&D) and innovation projects in the offshore oil and gas industry, with a focus on health, safety and the environment. ERI is a federally incorporated, not-for-profit organization whose members include Chevron Canada Resources, Equinor Canada, ExxonMobil Canada, Husky Energy, part of the Cenovus group of companies, and Suncor Energy.
Media Contact:
Nancy Andrews
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca
709.725.7070
Quotes:
“Today’s announcement demonstrates Canada’s commitment to supporting innovation in all sectors of our economy. With the support of the Ocean Supercluster, this project will help advance Canada’s ocean industries and provide benefits to Canadians from coast to coast to coast.” – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
“The Ocean Supercluster brings together a diverse group of partners to address challenges in the digital marine sector, positioning Canada as a global leader in the ocean economy. Coastal rural communities rely on the ocean to sustain their economies, and this project will help their economies to continue growing. By developing new digital technologies, this project will help boost industry confidence in remote and autonomous ocean technologies and increase their adoption, while building a skilled workforce in this field for years to come.” – The Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development
“The ability to adopt and implement remote and autonomous operations across ocean sectors will help drive Canada’s global competitiveness in ocean. This collaborative framework will help facilitate the further digitalization of our ocean economy, lowering barriers and providing opportunities to advance the technologies that will support this transformation and help shape the future of ocean work.”- Kendra MacDonald, CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
“Digitalization is increasingly becoming an enabler for safe and more sustainable offshore operations around the world. CRIOP-DO will provide a methodology to allow all parties in Canada’s offshore industry to embrace technological advancements in such areas as remote and autonomous operations while maintaining the highest levels of safety and environmental performance.” – Dave Finn, CEO, Energy Research & Innovation Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Canada Ranks 10th in Global Blue Barometer Report, Named a Blue Technology Leader
66 countries ranked based on ocean environment, activity, innovation and policy
The MIT Technology Review released its inaugural Blue Technology Barometer report, ranking 66 countries and territories with large or economically significant ocean coastlines on their progress and commitment toward ocean sustainability.
Delivered in partnership with Canada’s Ocean Supercluster, Morgan Stanley and Infosys, the research, analysis, and index scores each country or territory with an overall ranking, as well as providing scores across four pillars: ocean environment, marine activity, technology innovation, and policy and regulation. For overall performance across all four pillars, Canada has earned a tenth-place ranking amongst the top blue technology leaders.
“Canada has come in tenth overall for its commitment to and advancement in the sustainable blue economy. This ranks them with other global leaders, coming in just below South Korea and slightly ahead of Japan. Canada performed particularly well in the category of ocean environment in carbon reducing activity with advances in the electrification of marine vessels for example,” said Francesca Fanshawe, editorial director, custom content at MIT Technology Review.
Also noteworthy is the seventh-place ranking in policy and regulation. The Ocean Supercluster attributes this, in part, to the Federal Government’s bold innovation policy. “In 2018, Canada put forward-thinking innovation policy into action through the establishment of the Innovation Superclusters program,” said Kendra MacDonald, CEO of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. “Now three years later the Ocean Supercluster and its almost 450 members from across Canada are tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges in ocean, garnering attention globally.”
MacDonald says she’s encouraged by the report because it illustrates key areas of progress in sustainable ocean growth and policy that will contribute to even further advancements and increased global competitiveness for Canada. “Canada can be a leader in the global blue economy and we’re making significant progress, but there’s much to do.” She adds Canada needs to continue to focus on the development of its technology innovation ecosystem which is being driven by the Ocean Supercluster together with organizations across the country.
The report draws attention to key areas for consideration in the global blue economy including a call to action and the need for increased technology in the cryosphere, which includes Canada’s Arctic:
Every economy in the world, and particularly ones with maritime industries and communities dependent on ocean coastal ecosystems, needs to do more to mitigate the effects of their activities on the ocean and life in the cryosphere, or frozen areas of the planet. This requires a mixture of actions and an accelerated use of new technologies.
Given the opportunities and challenges in our ocean is far greater than any one country or territory, the need for cross-border collaboration was highlighted, as well as the need for coordinated efforts between ocean health and resilience and land-based efforts on the path to decarbonization.
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announces $1.4M ROC Fishing System Project
The innovative solution to vertical line entanglements, plastic pollution, and ghost fishing caused by abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear that pose threats to ocean species including the Right Whale
Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster announced the $1.4M ROC Fishing System Project. This Nova Scotia-led project will develop and commercialize ropeless or rope-on-command (ROC) fishing solutions to help address global problems including vertical line entanglements, plastic pollution, and ‘ghost fishing’ caused by abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear.
Vertical line entanglements account for 85 per cent of North American Right Whale deaths with severe impacts on other marine animals like sea turtles, seals, porpoises, dolphins and other whale species. Abandoned, lost, and discarded fishing gear is the biggest plastic polluter in the ocean resulting in seven hundred thousand tons of ocean waste/plastics per year. Contributing to this challenge, lost gear continues to “ghost fish” and is estimated to be directly responsible for 10 per cent decline in global fish stocks, reducing available catch quotas and breaking the traceability of sustainable fishing practice.
Led by Ashored Inc., with NL-based partner eSonar Inc., the ROC Fishing System Project team will work together to take a traditional vertical fishing line connected to lobster and crab traps and coil it on the seafloor in a contained unit with a recovery buoy. In addition to this hardware solution, is a sophisticated data analytics software platform monitoring when the gear was deployed, when it was retrieved, and its location. The project will result in a suite of technologies to provide trap-based crab and lobster fishers the means to pursue their fishery effectively and efficiently while, at the same time, addressing global fishing issues. The ROC Fishing System Project will be instrumental in protecting marine species at risk from buoy rope entanglements, and working towards a safe, transparent, and sustainable fixed-trap fishing industry.
With a total project value of $1.4 million, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster will provide $650 thousand in funding to the project with the balance coming from industry partners, marking the 38th Ocean Supercluster project announced to date.
This ROC Fishing System Project will support small coastal communities reliant on the fisheries through job creation, sales, distribution and supply chain partnerships and an overall improvement to their existing fisheries. It will also propel two Canadian-owned companies, Ashored and eSonar into global market leaders, enhance research, development and manufacturing capabilities while positioning Canada as a leader in ropeless fishing.
Quotes:
“Through this new initiative, the Ocean Supercluster is supporting the development of an innovative system that will transform the fishing industry. Congratulations to these two Canadian companies that will help position Canada as a world leader in sustainable ocean technology and help find solutions to global challenges.” – The Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry
“Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a national network of almost 450 organizations who are working together to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges in ocean. This innovative Rope-on-Command Fishing System solution will help reduce threats to species at risk including the North American Right Whale and is an example of how Ocean Supercluster members are collaborating to address ocean health while also creating new economic opportunity.” – Kendra MacDonald, CEO, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
“Ashored is excited to be partnering with E-Sonar and Canada’s Ocean Supercluster at the forefront of the global drive towards healthy and sustainable oceans in bringing our Rope-on-Command (ROC) system to market. We know healthy oceans are essential for healthy lives and the advancements in technology developed by Ashored and E-Sonar as part of this collaboration are driving real change in the fixed gear fisheries. The Ashored ROC system not only removes vertical lines used in the fixed gear fisheries; saving the lives of endangered and entangled marine animals, and reducing ocean waste and ghost gear, but also is a means of collecting, analyzing, and reporting on catch data.” – Aaron Stevenson, CEO of Ashored Inc.
“eSonar is excited to collaborate with Ashored and the Ocean Supercluster to support the Development of a Ashored’s Rope-on-Command Fishing System that protects the endangered right whale. Integrating eSonar’s technical capability with Ashored’s Rope-on-Command solution will provide a cost-effective option to eliminate the suspended rope entanglement hazard for endangered Right Whales. This environmentally sustainable solution optimizes lobster and crab yield while making the ocean a safer place for endangered species.” – Gary Dinn, CTO of eSonar Inc
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster Establishes Collaborative Partnership with New York-Based “The Plant” to Further Advance Opportunities in Sustainable Blue Economy
Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster and The Plant announce their new, collaborative partnership to foster opportunities for Canadian and US innovators to work together to develop ocean solutions that help tackle climate change and drive inclusive growth in the blue economy. Based just upriver from New York City, The Plant is a global home for climate solutions designed to gather and engage a true diversity of people in addressing the climate crisis.
“The Plant is situated on New York’s famed Hudson River, a tidal estuary where saltwater from the Atlantic Ocean meets freshwater running off the land. It is a powerful place to gather the world’s people in pursuit of climate solutions, and blue economy solutions in particular, “ said Tenzin Seldon, The Plant’s President & Co-Founder. “We are so proud to partner with Canada’s Ocean Supercluster in driving climate innovation that spans our national borders, crosses disciplines, and centers critically underrepresented voices, such as Indigenous peoples who have lived on these lands and waterways for 10,000 years.”
In their partnership, the Ocean Supercluster and The Plant will focus their collaborative efforts on:
- Accelerating the development and commercialization of ocean-based climate solutions;
- The creation of highly-skilled, well-paying jobs in the ocean economy; and
- Strengthening linkages between the ocean economies in both Canada and the United States with particular focus on Indigenous and under-represented communities to promote diverse and inclusive innovation ecosystems.
“This meaningful partnership further strengthens the relationship between innovation ecosystems in Canada and the US, as we work collaboratively to support diverse entrepreneurs who are solving climate issues and supporting the global path to net-zero” said Melody Pardoe, Chief Engagement Officer of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster. “We’re pleased to work closely with The Plant to advance our shared objectives and increase the impact of sustainable ocean solutions.”
About OSC
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a pan-Canadian, industry-led transformative cluster focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges across ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of globally relevant solutions, while also building a highly-capable, inclusive workforce. The Ocean Supercluster has approved 64 projects to date with a total value of more than $320M which will deliver more than 100 new made-in-Canada ocean products, processes, and services to sell to the world.
About The Plant
The Plant is a New York City-based real estate development company that specializes in transformative adaptive-reuse projects. The initial developments are housed in two historic properties located 30 minutes from New York City on the banks of the Hudson River, facing the scenic and historic New Jersey Palisades. The Plant is where the most innovative minds will come together to incubate new ideas, accelerate new initiatives, and address the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. The facilities will house offices and open desk space, conference and convening space, a Techstars climate solutions accelerator, and the Epic Institute’s earth data observatory, among other projects and programs. The buildings themselves are being reimagined by one of the world’s leading architects, Bjarke Ingels, whose work marks the forefront of sustainability.
Media Contact:
Nancy Andrews
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca
709.725.7070
Truth and Reconciliation
By: Ralph Eldridge, Indigenous Engagement Lead, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Truth and Reconciliation are two very powerful words in the modern Canadian lexicon. Separately, they sit as idle words but when paired they represent a dark past, a painful present, and a country’s continuing effort to make reparations with its Indigenous peoples.
This week, for the first time, we pause as a country to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a day to commemorate the lost children of residential schools, survivors, and the generations of those who continue to be affected by this legacy of trauma. It was first proposed, nearly six years ago, as one of 94 Calls to Action of the TRC’s final report. Although a long time in the making, the creation of this new federal statutory holiday was announced quickly after the very painful confirmation of an estimated 200 burial sites at a former BC residential school on the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation and later followed by further evidence by the Cowessess First Nation of an additional 750 unmarked graves at a former residential school in Saskatchewan.
It is estimated that over 150,000 Indigenous children were ripped from the grips of their loving families to face a severe indoctrination that robbed them of their identities. Like most Canadians, I shudder to comprehend the legacy of this trauma and how it has resulted in so much of the disparity and desperation faced by Indigenous communities coast to coast to coast. It’s hard to imagine how this can ever be reconciled any time soon, but without a doubt, it has to begin with the truth, the truth from Indigenous voices, the way they choose to tell it, and that describes the true measurement of forced assimilation.
I have to admit, I have not read the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s full reports. I have read scholarly articles and summaries of findings and have read the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action. These calls are a blend of actions that attempt to rebuild what has been lost for Indigenous peoples and are concrete measures for which all Canadians can advocate. These Calls to Action, along with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of indigenous Peoples are good starting points for Canadians to begin to educate themselves on the historical injustices, apartheid, and genocide of Indigenous peoples, and reconciliatory paths forward.
I had the privilege, in a previous role, to be connected with top Indigenous Educators in Newfoundland redeveloping curriculum that would better represent Indigenous perspectives. Through these conversations, I began to appreciate that learning outcomes for Indigenous people must be based in Indigenous teachings that are reflexive, reflective, intergenerational, spiritual, and interconnected. I think all Canadians can apply this in how they approach their own understanding of Indigenous world views. We can do a better job of listening, not with our western linear mindset, but with a circular understanding that what has happened in the past will affect the present, and what we do now will affect the future seven generations. Through understanding there is opportunity.
Mi’kmaw Elder Albert Marshall first conceptualized Etuaptmumk – Two-Eyed Seeing. It is based on an integrated approach to learning – to see from one eye with the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and ways of knowing, and from the other eye with the strengths of Western knowledge and ways of knowing. Indigenous communities are natural collaborators in ocean resource management, innovation, and research which is rooted in their historical, traditional, and cultural connection to the ocean. For ocean sector participants this wisdom can be the guiding principle to forge relationships with Indigenous communities and build partnerships that identify community priorities that benefit both parties. Certainly, for the Ocean Supercluster this is where our work begins. Stay tuned.
Ralph Eldridge
Indigenous Engagement Lead,
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster CEO Kendra MacDonald named a top sustainability leader in 2022 Clean50 Awards
MacDonald recognized as category leader for Investors and Ecosystem Support
(Toronto, ON) Today, Canada’s Ocean Supercluster CEO Kendra MacDonald was named one of Canada’s top sustainability leaders for the Clean50 Awards. From more than 1,000 nominees across the country, MacDonald has also been named category leader for Investors and Ecosystem Support as a part of this year’s Clean50 Awards.
Canada’s Clean50 Awards are announced annually by Delta Management Group and the Clean50 organization to recognize those 50 individuals or small teams from 16 different categories who have done the most to advance the cause of sustainability and clean capitalism in Canada over the past two years. MacDonald says she is excited to share this recognition with other Canadian leaders who are committed to creating sustainable growth opportunities that also help contribute to the path to net-zero. “While it’s my name on the award and that is a great honour, this is truly representative of how the Ocean Supercluster network collectively is changing the way ocean business is done.”
“The sustainable development of our ocean economy is one of the most important opportunities of our time, and the work of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster and its almost 450 members is a testament to what we can achieve when we work together,” said Kendra MacDonald. “We know the ocean is at the forefront in the fight against climate change and it’s the incredible innovation and Canadian made ocean solutions that are not only tackling some of these global challenges but also creating exciting new companies, jobs, and opportunities from coast-to-coast-to-coast.”
Successfully building a network of 450 cross-sectoral collaborators and investors and leading almost $300 million in investment into more than 50 blue technology projects across Canada over the past two years was among the reasons why MacDonald was awarded the recognition.
“The 2022 Clean16 are truly the leaders of the leaders in sustainability in Canada. The competition for the top spot this year in every instance left us with a record number of great choices – and to be selected from amongst such a strong group of peers is truly a testament to the contribution Kendra MacDonald has made to helping make Canada more sustainable for all Canadians,” said Gavin Pitchford, CEO of Delta Management Group.
The purpose of Clean50 Awards is to identify, recognize and connect sustainability leaders from across Canada. Clean50 believes a solution for climate change will take input from every sector of Canadian life, and that cross-sector collaboration will be critical to achieving any measurable success. The Clean50 Awards Summit was created to accelerate this process.
Learn more at:
https://clean50.com/canadas-top-sustainability-leaders-announced-for-2022/
https://clean50.com/canadas-top-sustainability-award-releases-full-list-canadas-clean50-for-2022/
About Delta Management Group / Canada’s Clean50:
Leading ESG, sustainability and clean tech search firm Delta Management Group founded, and remains the steward of the Canada’s Clean50 awards, created in 2011 to annually identify, recognize and connect 50 sustainability leaders from every sector of Canadian endeavor, in order to facilitate understanding, collaboration and innovation in the fight to keep climate change impacts below 1.5 degrees C. Ancillary awards also recognize 20 Emerging Leaders and the Top Sustainability Projects of the year, as well as bestow Lifetime Achievement designations.
About OSC
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster is a pan-Canadian, industry-led transformative supercluster focused on tackling some of the biggest challenges across ocean sectors through a collaborative program designed to accelerate the development and commercialization of sustainable, globally-relevant solutions, while also building a highly-capable, inclusive workforce. The Ocean Supercluster has approved 56 projects to date with a total value of more than $290M which will deliver more than 100 new made-in-Canada ocean products, processes, and services to sell to the world.
Media Contact:
Gavin Pitchford
Delta Management Group
gpitchford@deltamanagement.com
416.925.2005 x 2300
Nancy Andrews
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
nancy.andrews@oceansupercluster.ca
709.725.7070