07/22/2025
Can't attend one of our in-person outreach presentations? 🐋Whale....the Marine Education & Research Society just launched an online Whale-Safe Boating Course. 🌊More information:
The Whale-Safe Boating course is for YOU.
This free, online course is a comprehensive, one-stop resource that fulfills a critical need by addressing the safety of BOTH marine mammals and boaters. It helps recreational boaters stay safe and legal around marine mammals —while also enhancing their enjoyment of our spectacular coast and contributions to marine mammal conservation.
Not only is it of use to those who paddle, sail, or motor in coastal British Columbia. Anyone who takes the course can increase their knowledge and help educate others about our marine mammal neighbours.
By taking the course and spreading the word, YOU are helping contribute to a culture of Whale-Safe Boating on our coast.
See www.WhaleSafeBoating.org
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✅ Details:
- The dynamic, online course is 90 minutes long
- Made possible by Transport Canada’s Boater Safety Contribution Program and developed with input from an advisory committee of experts in boating, paddling, education, marine mammals, and regulatory policy
- Narrated with the option of close captioning
- Self-paced - can be paused, resumed, and referred back to at any time
- Certificate of completion 🎓
- Downloadable resources
- Optional supplemental module includes details about marine mammal species in coastal BC, plus Basking Sharks and Leatherback Turtles
- Advisory Committee members included representation from:
-- Transport Canada
-- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
-- Parks Canada
-- Sea Kayak Guides Alliance of BC - SKGABC
-- Cetus Research & Conservation Society
-- Boating BC Association
-- CanBoat / NautiSavoir
-- Ocean Wise
-- Georgia Strait Alliance
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Ali Joy Gladwell Molly Fraser Morrow
