Over the years, the Marine Institute has formed a number of partnerships with industry, community colleges, federal and provincial development agencies. Partnerships ensure that the most appropriate resources are utilized in ways that maximize the probability of meeting goals.
From the harvesting and processing sectors to the marine transportation industry, we work to provide quality education, training, technology transfer and applied research to companies located in this province and throughout the world.
Working with local industry, government and international partners, the Marine Institute helps develop new technologies, techniques and expertise in such areas as fisheries conservation, responsible harvesting, and emergency response.
To find out how the Marine Institute can work for your organization, please contact:
Manager, Office of Marketing and Business Development
Marine Institute
P.O. Box 4920
St. John’s, NL A1C 5R3
Tel: 709-778-0646
Fax: 709-778-0672
E-mail: marketingmanager@mi.mun.ca
National Partnerships
International Partnerships
High school students on Newfoundland’s south coast got an up-close look at the marine industry in October 2001. MI joined forces with King Academy in Harbour Breton to launch a new course – Marine Technology 2128. In conjunction with the course, our training and research vessel, the M.V. Louis M. Lauzier, conducted a marine study tour with high school students from St. John’s, Harbour Breton and the Burin Peninsula.
The Marine Institute and the College of the North Atlantic have a long history of working in partnership to deliver community-based fisheries and marine training on the Northern Peninsula. For many years, both institutions have pooled their resources to bring quality education and training programs to individuals right in their own communities. Marine Institute students can take their first year of studies at campuses of the College of the North Atlantic and avail of such courses as Fishing Masters, Marine Emergency Duties, Bridge Watch, and a variety of harvesting, aquaculture, and seafood processing courses
New Brunswick Community College
In 2002, the Marine Institute signed articulation agreements with three campuses of the New Brunswick Community College (NBCC) to provide NBCC’s accredited engineering technology graduates with access to MI’s bachelor of technology program. New technologists in Bathurst, Moncton and Saint John can transform their diploma into a university degree, empowering them to take their careers to the next level. The program, available by distance education or on-campus, is the only one of its kind in Canada.
The Marine Institute secured several partnerships with Irish businesses in 2002-2003. Activities included a September 2001 visit by an Irish industry delegation; a one-week workshop for 12 Irish fish harvesters; and developing a course for MI’s master’s degree in coastal zone management. The Marine Institute also entered into a $300,000 three-year contract for the Canadian Centre for Marine Communications (CCMS) to provide consulting services to the Geological Survey of Ireland.
In September 2001 the Marine Institute, as part of a consortium of 4 Canadian colleges, was awarded a new five year, $4.7 million project to plan and help establish Tra Vinh Community College in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. The project involves Marine Institute specialists who will provide advice on such topics as strategic planning, curricula and learning materials development, teacher training development, project management, and facility design development. This project builds on the Marine Institute’s strong global reputation and experience in international project design and implementation which includes more than 10 years experience in Southeast Asia and several multi year projects in Vietnam.
In August 2002, 36 Chinese students enrolled in the Bachelor of Technology program at our St. John’s campus. As graduates of the College of the North Atlantic (CNA) electronics technology program, which they completed at Jilin University-Lambton College in Changchun, China, the students were able register at the University and take the courses required for the degree program.
The Bachelor of Technology program was developed by the Marine Institute in order to provide a pathway to a degree for its own technology diploma graduates, as well as those graduating from the CNA. It is a unique program that is fully articulated with accredited college diploma of technology programs. Graduates of these college programs need complete only 13 additional University courses in order to earn the degree.
The 36 Chinese students make up just over half of the eligible electronics technology graduates this year from Jilin University-Lambton College. For the remainder, Memorial University began delivering the components of the Bachelor of Technology degree program in Changchun in August 2002. A number of Memorial and Marine Institute instructors will travel to China to teach the different courses required.
This is the first arrangement of its kind between a Canadian University and a Chinese partner. Enrolment of Chinese students in the program in St. John’s is expected to grow to 60 students in 2003, with further growth in subsequent years.
