Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition
Empowering people to better understand, value, and care for the ocean.
Launched in 2018, the Centre for Ocean Literacy Collaboration (COLC, formerly the Canadian Ocean Literacy Coalition) is a living lab for high impact public ocean engagement.
In April 2024, COLC became an affiliated program of the Ocean Frontier Institute, led by Dalhousie University, serving as COLC's new administrative home.
As a living lab, COLC’s work is grounded in three dynamic, interconnected priority areas:
Diz Glithero
Executive Director, Centre for Ocean Literacy Collaboration
Email: diz@colcoaltion.ca
Dalhousie University operates in the unceded territories of the Mi’kmaw, Wolastoqey, and Peskotomuhkati Peoples. These sovereign nations hold inherent rights as the original peoples of these lands, and we each carry collective obligations under the Peace and Friendship Treaties. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 recognizes and affirms Aboriginal and Treaty rights in Canada.
We acknowledge that the lands on which Memorial University’s campuses are situated are in the traditional territories of diverse Indigenous groups, and we acknowledge with respect the diverse histories and cultures of the Beothuk, Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Inuit of this province.
