Canada's Oceans Act. A narrative analysis of Canada's ocean policy

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dc.contributor.authorMacdonald, Nicol
dc.contributor.supervisorSiemens, Lynne
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-26T18:42:50Z
dc.date.available2018-10-26T18:42:50Z
dc.date.copyright2018en_US
dc.date.issued2018-10-26
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Public Administrationen_US
dc.degree.levelDoctor of Philosophy Ph.D.en_US
dc.description.abstractCanada’s Oceans Act, enacted in 1997, was intended to be the primary policy framework through which the Government of Canada would coordinate and integrate the management of ocean territory within its jurisdiction. More than 20 years following its passage, this research undertook a narrative analysis of the Oceans Act and its key implementing activities, specifically the Oceans Strategy in 2002 and the Ocean Plan in 2005, to address the questions of what the framing policy narrative of the Act was, and did it persist through these primary implementation activities. In addition, given that the amendment of the Act is now under review by the Parliament of Canada, this research also addressed the question of whether the framing policy narrative was relevant to the current public expectation regarding ocean management. To answer this question, a narrative analysis was conducted of the public statements made during the consultation process undertaken by the Joint Review Panel for the Northern Gateway Project in 2012-2013. The statements served as a proxy for the public expectations of ocean management, as ocean management was a primary narrative theme throughout the consultations. The results of the narrative analysis of the public consultation were then compared with the results of the narrative analysis of the framing policy narrative. The primary conclusions drawn from this research activity were that the framing policy narrative did persist through the implementation period of 1997-2006, but the progress was uneven, punctuated by periods of expansion under the Strategy and retraction under the Plan. In addition, the framing policy narrative was found to be relevant, but not sufficient to meet the current day public expectations around ocean management. Interestingly it was the 2002 Strategy that articulated a narrative around ocean use that came closest to meeting the 2012 public expectations. The research revealed as well that the recognition of Indigenous values in ocean management had modest expression in the official iii policy narrative from 1996 to 2006 but the 2012 public narrative showed that there was a high degree of correlation between traditional Indigenous values and the public expressions of expectation around ocean use. Both of these latter findings would be valuable for the current policy activity underway within the federal government to improve the policy and programs of ocean management. Finally, this dissertation illustrated the contribution that narrative analysis can provide to the assessment of major projects that often require understanding the complex balance of values involved in making decisions about the use or conservation of the environment.en_US
dc.description.scholarlevelGraduateen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1828/10190
dc.languageEnglisheng
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAvailable to the World Wide Weben_US
dc.subjectocean policyen_US
dc.subjectocean governanceen_US
dc.subjectmarine policyen_US
dc.subjectmarine governanceen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental policyen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental assessmenten_US
dc.subjectgovernanceen_US
dc.subjectpublic policyen_US
dc.subjectnarrative analysisen_US
dc.subjectpolicy frameen_US
dc.subjectpolicy narrativeen_US
dc.subjectconsultationen_US
dc.subjectpublic engagementen_US
dc.subjectinterpretive methodologyen_US
dc.subjectnarrative analysis frameworken_US
dc.subjectintegrated managementen_US
dc.subjectmarine spatial planningen_US
dc.subjectecosystem-based managementen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous governanceen_US
dc.subjectIndigenous ocean managementen_US
dc.subjectwild fooden_US
dc.subjectinformal ocean economyen_US
dc.subjectcoastal communitiesen_US
dc.subjectocean strategyen_US
dc.subjectocean planen_US
dc.subjectconservationen_US
dc.subjectimpact assessmenten_US
dc.subjectsocio-economicen_US
dc.subjectcultural impactsen_US
dc.titleCanada's Oceans Act. A narrative analysis of Canada's ocean policyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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