The UN Decade of Ocean Science (2021-2030) is here—how are ocean literacies shaping its mission and outcomes?

Beyond oxygen production and food security, the ocean plays a deeper role in our lives, influencing everything from children’s well-being to preserving our sense of identity and our connections to aspects of cultural heritage.

Our webinar takes you inside the conversation on how re-imagining ocean literacies, with a focus on valuing and recognizing diverse ocean knowledge systems, is key to building equitable ocean governance and policy.

Together, we’ll explore questions like: How do we ensure ocean literacies are contextualized? How do social, economic and political factors in places such as South Africa shape children’s access to ocean knowledges? And, how can international collaboration—like the UN IOC Ocean Literacy Expert Group—drive ocean literacies at a global scale?

This program will be moderated by Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Director of Ocean Nexus and Professor at the University of Rhode Island, followed by a Q&A. Our panel:

• Dr. Mia Strand, Research Fellow, Ocean Nexus; Postdoctoral Researcher, Nelson Mandela University
• Dr. Jacqueline Uku, Chair, African Ocean Decade Taskforce; Member, Group of Experts for Ocean Literacy, IOC-UNESCO; Principal Research Scientist, Kenya Marine and Fisheries Research Institute
• Dr. Yoshitaka Ota, Director, Ocean Nexus; Professor, Marine Affairs, University of Rhode Island

Whether you are part of the UN Ocean Decade network, or working in education and policy, this conversation will offer fresh perspectives on how we can re-think ocean education to create a more equitable future for our oceans. Register: https://oceannexus.org/webinar/