Green Shores Level 1

This one-day course provides an introduction to the Green Shores program, including its rationale, benefits, and application. This content is of interest to elected officials, landowners, municipal staff, conservation organizations, real estate agents, and others who have a general interest in shoreline ecosystem protection. This program is delivered both in person by Saint Mary’s University, and online through the British Columbia Institute of Technology. The online course costs around $260+hst and can be accessed at https://www.bcit.ca/study/courses/renr1720.

Green Shores Level 2

This two-day workshop provides participants with in-depth knowledge about how the Green Shores credit and rating systems can be used in shoreline management projects. The content is of interest to professionals (biologists, engineers, planners, landscape architects) and contractors, local and regional government staff, and others seeking to implement the Green Shores program for a shoreline improvement, new design and development. This course is delivered in partnership between the Stewardship Centre for British Columbia and Saint Mary’s University in person. Green Shores Level 1 training is a pre-requisite for this course.

Green Shores Level 3

This online course is intended for planning, design and construction professionals such as biologists, landscape architects, engineers, geoscientists, planners, contractors and others with expertise and experience in applying Green Shores principles who are interested in proving their proficiency. Those who are successful and pass this portfolio-based course will be listed on the Stewardship Centre for British Columbia’s website as a Green Shores Approved Professional. A similar approved professionals site will be developed for the Maritimes.

This course will not gauge experience and proficiency in a chosen profession. Rather, it will gauge the ability to apply the Green Shores credits and ratings systems within the context of a chosen profession through the creation of a Green Shores Professional Proficiency portfolio that shows familiarity and skill with the Green Shores program. Level 1 and Level 2 are both prerequisites for this course.

This training is offered through the British Columbia Institute of Technology: https://www.bcit.ca/study/courses/renr1740

Upcoming Training Dates

To register for training, fill out the forms using the links below each session. Registration is limited to 20 participants. Training is offered for free!

Level 1 - Conception Bay South, Newfoundland

Tuesday, September 23, 2025. 9am to 4pm. Exact Location TBD.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/268n71Ui2n

Level 2 - Conception Bay South, Newfoundland

Thursday, September 25 - Friday, September 26, 2025. 9am to 4:30pm each day. Exact Location TBD.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/yi5kktpd12

Level 1 - Birchtown-Shelburne

Thursday, October 9, 2025. 9am to 4pm.

Black Loyalist Heritage Centre (119 Old Birchtown Rd, Shelburne, NS)

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/j2wZjA1swb

The Halifax training sessions are part of Halifax Regional Municipality's Living Lakeshores project, and has been made possible thanks to funding from HRM and the support of the Ecology Action Centre. These training sessions are intended for residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality. To learn more about the Living Lakeshores project and how Green Shores is supporting it, visit https://www.halifax.ca/about-halifax/environment-climate-change/nature-biodiversity/living-lakeshores-free-shoreline

Level 1 - North Preston & Lake Echo

Saturday, October 18, 2025. 9am to 4pm.

North Preston Community Centre (44 Simmonds Rd, Halifax)

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/eycvdxiPWr

The following New Brunswick sessions are part of the Government of New Brunswick’s Living Shorelines Program, and has been made possible thanks to funding from GNB and the support of the New Brunswick Environmental Network. These training sessions are intended for contractors who implement shoreline alteration projects on private and public properties, to learn more about how to utilize nature-based methods within the framework of Green Shores for these projects. A French session will be held in the Spring of 2026 on the Acadian Peninsula.

Level 1 - Moncton, New Brunswick

Friday, October 3, 2025. 9am to 4pm. Exact Location TBD.

This session is only open to contractors in New Brunswick who work on shoreline alteration projects. An honorarium will be provided for the participants’ time. This session will be led in English.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/6iAD96tfN4

Level 1 - Miramichi, New Brunswick

Friday, October 24, 2025. 9am to 4pm. Exact Location TBD.

This session is only open to contractors in New Brunswick who work on shoreline alteration projects. An honorarium will be provided for the participants’ time. This session will be led in English.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/40CHpcGaa9

Level 1 - Saint John, New Brunswick

Friday, November 7, 2025. 9am to 4pm. Exact Location TBD.

This session is only open to contractors in New Brunswick who work on shoreline alteration projects. An honorarium will be provided for the participants’ time. This session will be led in English.

Register here: https://forms.office.com/r/fBtEphLz7X

To learn more about Green Shores Training, visit https://stewardshipcentrebc.ca/green-shores-home/green-shores-training/

If you have any questions about Green Shores training, email us at transcoastaladaptations@smu.ca, or reach our Education & Outreach Coordinator Kelly Umlah at kelly.umlah@smu.ca.

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