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Ocean Week 2026

Ten years of Ocean Week and World Oceans Day, May 31 to June 8, 2026.

Musicians perform outside the Àros na Mara Discovery Centre, in front of its underwater murals, during Ocean Week 2026.

Ocean Week and World Oceans Day marked its tenth year in 2026, from May 31 to June 8. The week brought together public learning, youth leadership, environmental film, shoreline stewardship, trails, music and community discussion across Iona.

About 3,000 cumulative person-visits were recorded across the week’s activities and venues.

Ocean Week Canada in Iona 2026. Video by Eva Carmichael and Rhys Healy, supported by the Ocean Frontier Institute and Dalhousie’s Oceanography Department. Photography credited to Rhys Healy.

Watch more from the Bras d’Or Lake Biosphere Region YouTube channel.