ICOR sends congratulations Dr. John Harper (member of ICOR), and Dr. Brad Buckham (member of the ICOR Program Committee) for their recent prestigious awards and recognition.

ICOR congratulates Dr. John Harper, President, of Coastal and Oceans Resources Inc., (CORI) (also a member of ICOR) on the recently awarded Coastal American Spirit Award as part of the Alaska ShoreZone partnership.  The Alaska ShoreZone program is a coastal habitat mapping program supported by over 20 federal, state and county agencies in addition to non-governmental agencies. CORI has been the primary contractor for the program. To date, over 40,000 km of coastline have been imaged as part of the program.  As CORI approaches the end of 2009, they have developed close to a 100,000 km contiguous mapping from Columbia River to the Bering Sea - a continental scale dataset.

Dr. Brad Buckham awarded the first Entrepreneurship Fellow Award granted by the British Columbia Innovation Council.  Dr. Buckham shares the award with tech entrepreneur and academic Gerri Sinclair for their innovative West Coast Wave collaboration program which is studying wave energy potential off the west coast of Vancouver Island.  He is also the co-inventor of the SyncWave Power Resonator that harnesses wave energy for sustainable power generation.

ICOR is honored to have Dr. Martin Taylor as the February guest host for the ICOR'S Food For Thought lunchtime discussion series.  Dr. Taylor is a member of ICOR and the President and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada who will be discussing Ocean Networks Canada: Progress and Plans.  This will be a very timely and interesting discussion.  ICOR cordially invites you to bring your lunch and meet Dr. Taylor on February 16th from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at the University of Victoria in the Senate and Board Chambers located at the University Centre Building, Room A180.  To view a poster of this event please click on the following link: Ocean Networks Canada poster.    Come and talk to Dr. Taylor about the Neptune Canada and Venus Projects!  To look at a map, get directions and parking information to the University Centre Building please click on the following link: University Centre Information.

ICOR is excited to have Dr. Peter S. Ross as the guest host for ICOR's Food For Thought lunchtime discussion series on March 16th.  Dr. Ross is and ICOR member and respected Research Scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences specializing in marine mammal toxicology.  He will be speaking about British Columbia's Killer Whales as Indicators of Global Pollution.  We invite you to bring your lunch and join us for an informative discussion about this extremely important topic.  Dr. Ross will be speaking at the University of Victoria, from 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm at the University of Victoria in the Senate and Board Chambers located at the University Centre Building, Room A180. To view a poster of this event please click on the following link: BC's killer whales as indicators of global pollution poster.  To look at a map, get directions and parking information to the University Centre Building please click on the following link: University Centre Information.

ICOR Invasive Species Pull: ICOR's invasive species project involved Cain van Cadsand, as a Habitat Restoration Assistant, who performed invasive plant removal, community awareness activities and educational outreach into local schools. Working closely with volunteer organizations and the District of Saanich, Cain's focus on removal strategies and public awareness in local parks. With the success of this program comes the possibility of additional funding and expanding the program to involve multiple students in 2010. Invasive Species Pull Blog

ICOR Vancouver Island Wilderness Web-Site: VI Wilds is a web-site showcasing Vancouver Island's natural and cultural wonders. VI Wilds provides students and the general public with well researched and reputable knowledge about some of the lesser known features of Vancouver Island. Historical communities, First Nations communities, wildlife, vulnerable ecosystems and unique landscapes are the categories each with a series of articles. VI Wilds provides an in-depth view of Vancouver Island that most have never seen. VIwilds

ICOR Environmental Portal: Last Summer the Institute for Coastal and Oceans Research completed our Environmental Portal web-site. This site highlights some of the steps that the University of Victoria has taken towards community engagement and environmental awareness. Environmental Portal

The Institute for Coastal and Oceans Research (ICOR) will initiate, conduct, coordinate and promote interdisciplinary research on ocean and coastal issues and related policy matters. The broad-based aim will be to advance, promote and exchange knowledge with multiple stakeholders, and inform ocean- and coastal-related policy-making. The Institute will involve a broad range of scholars (from the natural and social sciences and humanities, law, and public administration) both at the University of Victoria and other universities, as well as all levels of government and the private and community sectors.

Alex McAuley (Chair), Ken Denman, Kim Juniper, Ian Barrodale, Peter Keller, Rod Dobell, Sarah Blackstone, Kathy Gillis, Howard Brunt (ex officio), Rosemary Ommer (ex officio) (BC Government representative, to be advised)

Rosemary Ommer (Chair), Peter Keller, S. Martin Taylor, Anne Marshall, Ted McDorman, Phil Dearden, Brad Buckham

ICOR (Institute for Coastal and Oceans Research) was CEOR (Centre for Earth and Ocean Research). This change was made in June 2007 to reflect the new focus of the Centre. Come and see us in the Technology Enterprise Facility, room 132.