dreambuilders Marine Institute Annual Review 2010-2011
dream sequence
Creating the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research Opening Holyrood Marine Base Mapping the Ocean Reaching Out Internationally Providing Opportunities for Students Revitalizing the Offshore Safety and Survival Centre Forming New Partnerships Launching Innovative Master’s Programs Going Green Increasing Research and Industrial Support Training Shetshatshiei Firefighters Building New Simulators Growing Scholarships Counting Numbers
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Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails.
explore. dream. discover. ~ Mark Twain
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“Thanks to the determination and conviction of a team of researchers, instructors and staff at the Marine Institute, we are closer than ever to reaching our objectives for Vision 2020. Our vision is a collection of thousands of dreams and aspirations from our people, our students, our supporters and our industry partners.Over the course of this year, we focused on building our academic programs, infrastructure and applied research capabilities, with each initiative bringing us one-step closer to achieving our dream of becoming a world oceans institute. For this, I express my gratitude to the people of this Institute for their innovation and fortitude in successfully bringing our dreams to life in 2010. ” ~ Glenn Blackwood, Executive Director, Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland
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“The Marine Institute plays a vital role in helping Memorial University achieve its goals, whether it is through innovative academic programs for our students, international outreach activities or leading edge research. At the heart of all these initiatives is the ability and willingness to big. We are unwavering in our quest to make dreams a reality for our students who want to pursue careers in ocean and marine industries, and for our industry partners who want to find solutions to real-world problems. We have the right people in place to take projects off the drawing board and make them real, and the results of their efforts and long-term vision are obvious, as you’ll see in the following pages.” ~ Dr. Gary Kachanoski, President and Vice-Chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland
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team
Over the years, the term “Dream Team” has been used when a talented group of people, perceived as the perfect combination, comes together for a particular purpose. At the Marine Institute, we have been steadily building our own dream team of researchers, instructors, technologists and staff. We have gathered some of the most respected authorities in fields of aquaculture, fisheries, marine transportation and ocean technology – who work proudly to advance to our province’s outstanding knowledge of the oceans industries. Of course, key members of our team include Memorial University, the provincial and federal governments, industry partners, alumni, donors and our students. Collectively, these people are our strongest building block for achieving our vision of becoming a world oceans institute by 2020. In recent years, our dream team has created the School of Ocean Technology, the Office of Research and Development, the Centre for Applied Ocean Technology, the Holyrood Marine Base, the Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research, and new graduate and undergraduate programs; coming together to create exciting opportunities and lasting benefits for our graduates and industry clients. Woodrow T. Wilson once said, “We grow great by dreams.” This annual review will show you how big the Marine Institute can dream and demonstrate the talent and the drive our team has to make our dreams come true.
If you can
it, you can do it.
~ Walt Disney
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dream
catchers
At the Institute’s new Centre for Fisheries Ecosystems Research (CFER), internationally renowned scientist Dr. George Rose and his team of researchers, technicians and graduate students are not just chasing fish. They are realizing the provincial government’s vision of becoming a knowledge powerhouse in fisheries science management. Chartering an international fisheries and oceanographic vessel, conducting fisheries surveys, building a suite of research programs, and fostering a new generation of fisheries scientists from Newfoundland and Labrador is just the start for CFER. Its long-term goal is to answer questions about the changing dynamics of marine ecosystems and the overall health of fish stocks – delivering powerful information with which to better support the development of sustainable and profitable fisheries here at home and around the world. With an infusion of nearly $12 million from the provincial government and the Research & Development Corporation and international linkages with research institutions in Ireland, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand and the United States, CFER is on the road to providing lasting benefits for the NL fishing industry. For the Marine Institute, that’s the best catch of all.
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You can design and create, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the a reality. ~ Walt Disney
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location
When the Marine Institute wanted to build a marine base, Holyrood, NL proved to be the ideal location to situate a world-class marine training and research facility. And a dream location it is. Easy access to sheltered waters for in-water training. Open access to the ocean for research vessels. Transportation routes closely linking the marine base to students, researchers, key marine operations and over 50 ocean technology companies. And a thriving community that supports the Institute’s aspiration to bring the world to their doorstep. Phase I of the Holyrood Marine Base houses state-of-the art labs and shops for the delivery of the Institute’s new programs in remotely operated vehicles, ocean instrumentation, ocean observation and ocean mapping. An upgraded wharf and new boat launch bring additional capacity for safety and survival training and expanding Memorial University’s at-sea research capability. Base manager and MI alumnus Rob Coombs is leading the development of Phase II - a second, multi-purpose structure that will feature wet labs, electrical, electronic and computer labs, seminar rooms, public interpretation areas, and a new dock and breakwater. The Holyrood Marine Base is putting MI’s dream of being a innovator in oceans education, training and research and a supporter of rural development on the global oceans map. And that’s a great place to be. Marine Institute Annual Review 2010-2011
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There is nothing like a ~ Victor Hugo
dream to create the future.
dream
in color
Imagine looking under the sea without getting wet. Imagine further the ability to see physical characteristics of the ocean floor and biomass in the water column – all in full colour! For School of Ocean Technology students in the new Ocean Mapping program, this isn’t a dream. It’s reality. Using state-of-the-art ocean mapping equipment, students gain expertise in collecting physical, biological and chemical data about the ocean; analyzing this data; and creating two-dimensional representations of a particular area of ocean. The result is full colour detailed maps depicting, for example, ice scours, shipwrecks, ridges and depressions on the seabed, which can be used in the offshore oil and gas industry as well as for hydrographic surveying and environmental applications. The Marine Institute’s new joint Diploma of Technology/Bachelor of Technology in Ocean Mapping is the only program of its kind in Canada that focuses entirely on ocean mapping. The program looks under the sea and gives students expertise in all aspects of ocean mapping. The Marine Institute dreams of “lifting the lid off Big Blue”and finally having knowledge of our seabed which is essential to future economic development.
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A dream you dream alone is only a ~ John Lennon
. A dream you dream together is reality.
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globally
Marshall McLuhan, a Canadian educator, scholar and communication theorist, dreamed of a “global village.” Already recognized internationally as a world leader in the maritime industry, Marine Institute has a similar big dream: to bring its experience and expertise to locations around the world. Take the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with China’s Jiangnan University. It enables Food Technology students Huang Tao and Quanquan Li to complete their first two years of study in China and transfer to MI’s joint Diploma of Technology/Bachelor of Technology program. Or the MOU signed with the National Maritime College of Ireland to develop a partnership model whereby both institutions learn from one another. In Tanzania, MI fosters a number of on-going development projects to address local training and development needs. In the Canadian north, MI brings the classroom to Nunavut by providing fisheries and marine training to residents with the long term goal of capacity building within the territory. The Marine Institute dreams globally and leads by example.
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~ Carl Sandburg
Nothing happens unless first we
dream.
dream
big
To travel the world: it’s a dream of many students. Such dreams often take place after graduation. Not so for some Marine Institute students! Take Christina Fennelly, for example. An Ocean Instrumentation student, Fennelly served as navigator aboard the EV Nautilus – a research vessel operated by Dr. Robert Ballard and the Institute for Exploration – conducting archaeological oceanography and ocean exploration projects in the Aegean and Mediterranean seas. Megan LeMessurier, a Marine Environmental student, travelled to the Arctic as part of the Students on Ice program. During her time aboard the Lyubov Orlova, LeMessurier explored southern and eastern Baffin Island, Nunavut and Nunavik while working alongside world-renowned scientists, historians, explorers and polar experts. Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) students Donovan Tulk and Andrew Pomeroy sailed on board the Celtic Voyager, a research vessel owned by the University of Limerick (UL), to conduct sea trials on UL’s new ROVLATIS. Tulk and Pomeroy witnessed realworld ROV operations and had a chance to fabricate some of the materials needed for the ROV. The Marine Institute helps students experience their dreams … today.
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dreaming
Without leaps of imagination, or , we lose the excitement of possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning. ~ Gloria Steinem
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world
If you’re impressed by the realism of simulation technology, you’ll be in awe of the new environmental training theatre to be installed at the Institute’s Offshore Safety and Survival Centre (OSSC) in Foxtrap, NL. Employing a new high fidelity, modular helicopter underwater escape trainer, students will practice emergency surface evacuation drills and underwater escape techniques in real-life, at sea conditions like never before. A wave ball will create controllable waves up to one metre, a wind machine will generate winds up to 80 km/hr, a rain simulator will deliver deluges of water, and an enhanced sound and light system will reproduce the sound of helicopters and thunder. Together, it means trainers can create virtually any scenario and students can react to real-world situations in a safe training environment. And it’s all thanks to a $2.4 million investment from the Hibernia Management and Development Company Ltd. The OSSC and its employees are committed to the dream of being the best in the world in safety and survival training.
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~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The invariable mark of a
is to see it come true.
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partners
When your dreams are as big as an ocean, it can be a daunting task to know where to begin. However, two Marine Institute centres demonstrated that with the support of industry partners and government, anything is possible. Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency’s Atlantic Innovation Fund provided $1.8 million towards a $4.1 million project led by the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources. The centre will develop and commercialize a new bottom trawl fishing technology, capable of catching commercial quantities of finfish and shellfish while at the same time reducing the impact on the fragile seabed. The Centre for Applied Ocean Technology received $5 million in federal and provincial government funding to expand SmartBay, an award-winning oceans observation system, by installing additional buoys and sensors to enhance marine traffic management and improve safety measures in Placentia Bay, NL. The institute’s partners in SmartBay include AMEC Earth and Environmental, Eath Information (NL) Limited and ICAN. These contributions will drive Marine Institute researchers and technologists to create equipment and services that will directly benefit those who make a living from the sea. The best dreams are shared.
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come to tell us something about our lives that we are missing. ~ James Redfield
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dream
to be more
Aspiring to advance their careers is the dream of many Marine Institute alumni. Offering graduates and other professionals the chance to achieve that goal through higher education has been a dream for the Institute. Now realizing both is possible with the launch of two new, innovative graduate programs, the first of their kind in Canada. The Master of Technology Management moulds students in the School of Ocean Technology to become effective, strategic leaders, facing the challenge of managing complex technical operations and technology in innovation-driven fields such as applied science, engineering and aquaculture. Over in the School of Maritime Studies, students are honing their knowledge in marine policy, human resources, project management and marine law, just some of the courses available in the Master of Maritime Management. From managing a fleet of ships to directing port operations, graduates will use their skills to manage a diverse range of operations in the maritime industries. With both graduate degrees available online, the dreams of unlocking one’s potential - and the Institute’s - are closer than ever before.
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“In
begins responsibility.�
~ William Butler Yeats
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green
Making the most of our resources is not just a pipe dream. Through education and applied research projects, the Marine Institute is engaging youth and industry clients in activities that encourage sustainability and reduce environmental impact. For example, within the harvesting sector, the Marine Institute is addressing energy efficiency for fishing vessels. By using its research and development expertise, the Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Resources is assisting the industry with innovative vessel designs, propulsion systems and operating techniques. MI Ocean Net is initiating, guiding, and supporting the engagement of youth and community volunteers in all aspects of the marine environment - sustainability, innovation, and leadership - through such programs as the Friends of Beaches summer cleanups and the Youth and the Oceans Conferences. The Centre for Aquaculture and Seafood Development is also developing new technologies for the province’s seafood and aquaculture industries by establishing a demonstration biorefinery that will use marine bioprocessing to convert waste fish oils into biodiesel and produce chitosan from shellfish waste, as well as other bioproducts. At the Marine Institute, we are making it easier to be green.
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A doesn’t become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work. ~ Colin Powell
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of a safer community
Becoming a firefighter can be the most rewarding and valuable way to serve your community. For 13 men and women in Sheshatshiu, dedicating hundreds of hours of training to become a firefighter is helping build a community. In spring 2010, the Labrador Aboriginal Training Partnership approached MI’s SERT Centre to tailor a 19-week firefighting program to meet Sheshatshiu’s growing needs for improved fire services. Manager Craig Harnum and his team of world-class firefighting instructors soon set to work developing a rigorous training program that utilized classrooms and facilities on the ground in Sheshatshiu and on the live fire field in Stephenville. What came next was a daily display of passion, determination and hard work on the part of each student as the class was put through their paces. The reward was an outpouring of pride by the town, the Sheshatshiu Band Council and the Innu Nation as they celebrated their newly minted firefighters with a formal graduation and reception. And now Sheshatshiu’s dream of a safer community and building a foundation for the future of Innu Nation is a reality.
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dream
~ Moncure Conway
The best thing in every noble
is the dreamer.
dream
of a better reality
When the sea only gives you one chance, that’s reality. With some of the world’s best marine simulation facilities at their disposal, the Centre for Marine Simulation (CMS) gives mariners all the chances they need to get it right. That’s a better reality. Now those facilities are being expanded and upgraded to provide mariners with the most diverse simulation capabilities available anywhere. With the transfer of the blind pilotage simulator and the propulsion simulator to the Marine Institute by Transport Canada, CMS was able to make significant improvements to both facilities with $1.4 million from the Marine Simulators Contribution Program and $725,000 from the provincial government. CMS will also integrate its remotely operated vehicle simulator with its dynamic positioning and navigation simulators and develop an advanced tug simulator with a $247,000 investment from the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador. With an unmatched range of training and research services and even greater simulation capability, there is no limit to the dreams CMS can make real.
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Every great
begins with a dreamer.
~ Harriet Tubman
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dream
believers
A scholarship can support a student’s dream for a lifetime.
More local and national businesses, organizations and individuals than ever showed their generosity to Marine Institute students this year, helping each deserving student to reach their career goals. New scholarships, recognizing academic excellence and leadership, played a key role in recruiting some of the best students in the country to the Marine Institute in 2010. Take for example, the J.J. Ugland Memorial Scholarship for first-year students. Established by Dr. Ches Penney, the scholarship is named in honour of his business partner Johan Jorgen Ugland, a highly regarded Norwegian shipowner. Or the Dr. Aidan Maloney Scholarship in Fisheries Resource Management, established by Dr. Maloney, who served the Newfoundland and Labrador fishery in both the private and public sectors for almost fifty years. To honour the memory of the people of Cougar Flight 491, eight Marine Institute students received inaugural scholarships from The Flight 491 Legacy Fund, placing them on the next step in their professional development. To the over 100 Marine Institute scholarship donors and supporters, thank you for believing in our students’ dreams.
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building the
dream
Industrial Response Programs Enrolment by Academic Year
Gross Revenue by Source Fiscal Year 2010/11 Preliminary (excl. Plant Funds)
Gross Revenue Total: $41,200,000
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Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates Enrolment by Academic Year
Gross Revenue by Fiscal Year (excl. Plant Funds)
Marine Institute Executive Committee Members Glenn Blackwood Executive Director Carey Bonnell Head School of Fisheries Kevin Clarke Director Corporate and External Affairs Catherine Dutton Head School of Maritime Studies Dr. Peter Fisher Head Academic and Student Affairs Dwight Howse Head School of Ocean Technology Ron Newhook Director Research and Development
Marine Institute Industry Advisory Committee 2010-2011 Chair Capt. Sidney Hynes Oceanex Inc. Members: Margaret Allan Husky Energy James Baird Department of Fisheries and Oceans Glenn Blackwood Fisheries and Marine Institute Ross Butler Cooke Aquaculture Neil Chaulk ICAN Ltd. Jonathan Day Marine Institute Students’ Union Wayne Follett Marine Atlantic Leonard Pecore Genoa Design International Ltd. Iris Petten Ocean Choice International Greg Pretty Fish, Food & Allied Workers Union Alastair O’Rielly Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture
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