Funding currently provided by:
This research is undertaken thanks in part to funding from the Canada First Research Excellence Fund for the Transforming Climate Action research program, led by Dalhousie University through the Ocean Frontier Institute (OFI), in partnership with Memorial University (co-founder of OFI), Université du Québec à Rimouski and Université Laval.
Funding previously provided by:
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) awarded an Insight Grant (#435-2015-1705) to Bertrum H. MacDonald, Peter G. Wells, Kevin Quigley, Elizabeth M. De Santo, and Anatoliy Gruzd.
SSHRC also awarded a Partnership Development Grant (#890-2011-0081) to Bertrum H. MacDonald, Elizabeth M. De Santo, Kevin Quigley, and Peter G. Wells.
In-Kind Support for the SSHRC Partnership Development Grant has been provided by our former partner organizations:
Environment Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
WWF Canada
Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership
Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society
The EIUI research team has also been supported by research contracts from:
Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Additional funding has been provided by:
Dalhousie University awarded a Research Development Grant to Elizabeth De Santo.
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada previously awarded a Standard Research Grant (#410-2007-2012) to Bertrum H. MacDonald and Peter G. Wells.
Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment
International Maritime Organization
The EIUI research initiative also benefits from the support of:
Department of Information Science, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University
The International Ocean Institute, Dalhousie University