X-Oceans Outreach | St. Francis Xavier University

X-Oceans Outreach provides hands-on activities and workshops to promote ocean sciences, preservation and marine biodiversity to rural communities, schools, summer camps and youth organizations. Our goal is to enhance ocean literacy and ocean stewardship to youth grades K-12 through STEM and experiential learning, in Northeastern Nova Scotia.

Le programme de sensibilisation X-Oceans fournit des activités et des ateliers aux écoles et régions rurales afin de promouvoir les sciences océaniques, la biodiversité et la préservation des océans. Notre but est d'améliorer l'alphabétisation et l'intendance océanique des jeunes de la M-12 année à travers les STIM et apprentissage experientiel dans le nord-est de la Nouvelle-Écosse.

X-Oceans Outreach is officially endorsed by the UN Ocean Decade!

Quote from the Honourable Joyce Murray

Testimonials from participants

Group Picture of the X-Ocean Team

Infographic Poster showing the Role of the X-Oceans Team in Education

What Have We Been Up to?

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X-Oceans Outreach visits

Sponsors & Supporters

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Faculty & Staff

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Contact

Biology Department

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208 J. Bruce Brown Hall
2320 Notre Dame Avenue
Antigonish NS B2G 2W5
Canada

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The L'nu symbol. L’nu is a word the Mi’kmaq use to describe themselves, meaning “human being” or “the people.”

StFX espi-kina’matno’kuom etek Mi’kma’ki, wejkwa’taqanik Mi’kmaq maqamikewmuew mna’q iknmuetu’tik. Nalikitquniejk na Mi’kmawey wisun wjit Antigonish teluek Aklasie’w-iktuk, ‘place where branches are torn off.’

StFX is located in Mi’kma’ki, the unceded ancestral territory of the Mi'kmaw people. The Mi'kmaw name for Antigonish is Nalikitquniejk, meaning ‘place where branches are torn off.’

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