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Beyond The 75% Wage Subsidy – Updates on Federal Relief Program

There continues to be daily updates from the Federal Government during these uncertain times for all of us here in…

COVID-19 INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

Government of Canada Government of Newfoundland Mental Health Support City of St. John's St. John's Board of Trade…

EXPRESSION OF INTEREST – IEEE MTS OCEANS2020 CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION

Ocean Technology Sector, Pan Atlantic Partners, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), OceansAdvance (OA), Ocean Technology Council of Nova Scotia (OTCNS)…

Genesis Centre – Ocean Startup Project Announced

Canada's Ocean Supercluster latest funding project. Along with its Atlantic Canadian partners, Genesis will help to execute the project over the course of the next two …

Kraken Reports Contracts Worth $2.8 Million

Kraken Robotics Inc. is pleased to announce new contracts for batteries, sonar sensors, and support totaling $2.8 million. Read more. …

Virtual Marine Technology is making waves with its at-sea simulators

Virtual Marine Technology is making waves with its at-sea simulators. Thanks to a boost of $500,000, the company will create three new lifeboat simulators for bases …

Climate Change in Newfoundland & Labrador

The Paris Accord has the goal of keeping global temperature rise to 2 degrees Celsius this century, with efforts to keep it to less than 1.5 degrees. …

OCEAN STARTUP PROJECT – PRESS RELEASE

Free Webinar Series Launched to Inspire and Celebrate Ocean Innovators HALIFAX, NS (March 24, 2020) – In light of the COVID-19 situation, the Ocean Startup Project …

Applicants and mentors wanted for Lab2Market Oceans

Lab2Market (L2M) is the first national-level program in Canada to fund and equip graduate students and their faculty supervisors with the entrepreneurial skills needed to assess the commercial viability of …

OceansAdvance Pilot Project: Young Women in Ocean Tech

Marine Technology News - March 2020 issue The ocean technology sector has been identified as a growth area for Atlantic Canada. OceansAdvance is committed to fulfilling the vision …

Diving into Newfoundland and Labrador’s historic connection to the ocean

‘It’s in our blood’ Heather Laura Clarke (heatherlauraclarke@gmail.com) Published: Mar 16 at 10:59 a.m. Updated: Mar 16 at 1:51 p.m. Newfoundland and Labrador has the largest ocean economy in …

Minister Davis Announces Support for Observation Satellite

February 19, 2020

February 17, 2020 The Honourable Bernard Davis, Minister of Tourism, Culture, Industry and Innovation, today announced $200,000 to support the design and development of the province’s …