Since 2024, Phase IV of the Nippon Foundation-POGO Centre of Excellence in Observational Oceanography has been hosted by the Ocean Frontier Institute, in partnership by the Faculty of Open Learning and Career Development, Dalhousie University, the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University, and the Hakai Institute. Ten scholars per year will receive interdisciplinary and hands-on learning at  three unique Canadian locations – St. John’s Newfoundland; Quadra Island, British Columbia; and Halifax, Nova Scotia. Scholars receive ten months of training covering oceanography, field training, data management, modelling and coding, English for oceanography, and science communication. Scholars will pursue an independent learning project nested in the topics of ocean carbon, eDNA or coastal resilience, while also gaining exposure to industry and local tech companies and exploring Canadian Indigenous history and ways of knowing.
More information about the course can be found at the POGO and OFI websites. In addition, see our videos on the bottom of the page for an overview.
: In 2025, a group of NANO members published their perspective on the NF-POGO CofE training at the Oceanography’s special issue in Capacity Sharing:
