Education and Awareness About Marine Coral and Sponge Refuges on the North Gulf Coast
The "Comité Zone d'interventio prioritaire Côte-Nord du Golfe" (ZIP CNG) was mandated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to conduct awareness workshops on marine coral and sponge sanctuaries in primary schools. The project involves creating outreach activities on coral and sponge sanctuaries, targeting, among others, primary school students. The mandate is to create educational animations and learning tools on the deep-sea ecosystem, the habitat of corals and sponges, and the organisms found there, in order to inspire discovery and wonder in students. By addressing different simplified themes such as the biology of the species present or their ecological role, students will be able to develop an awareness of the important ecosystem that corals and sponges constitute, in order to foster a desire to adopt good practices to preserve them. Awareness and educational materials were thus produced in 2024-2025 in French and Innu-aimun. For more information: https://foretsinvisibles.com/
Data and resources
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Educational material on corals and sponges in the St. LawrencePDF Open
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Detailed sheets of coral and sponge speciesPDF Open
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Detailed Innu-aimun maps of coral and sponge speciesPDF Open
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Game rulesPDF Open
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Game rules in Innu-aimunPDF Open
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Printable cards to play the game “Let's save the corals and the sponges”PDF Open
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Innu-aimun printable maps to play the "Save the Corals and Sponges" gamePDF Open
Additional information
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.26071/4d905af6-f693-4292 |
|---|---|
| Temporal extent | 2024-04-01 – ongoing |
| Vertical extent | 0 – 0 m |
| Date (creation) | 2024-04-01 |
| Date (publication) | 2025-08-22 |
| Status | onGoing |
| Update frequency | asNeeded |
| Metadata language | fr |
| Projects | Comités ZIP |
| License | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 |
| Source metadata | ISO 19115 XML |
| Last updated | 2026-10-23 |
| Created | 2026-07-31 |
| API | package_show |