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Prince Edward Island Coastal Access Law & Policy: October 2025 Charlottetown Workshop Summary Report
With generous funding support from the Law Foundation of Prince Edward Island, East Coast Environmental Law organized a free, in-person workshop entitled “Coastal Access: Law and Policy in Prince Edward Island”, which was held in Charlottetown on October 23, 2025. This report provides a summary of the workshop including the presentation by ECEL staff lawyers and key discussion questions during breakout groups with workshop participants.
Summary Report: Coastal Access Workshop on Building Strategies and Relationships for Connecting with the Shore
Following 5 presentations and feedback from workshop participants at the 2025 Coastal Zone Canada (CZC) conference, this summary explores the question: “How do coastal communities and the public maintain and increase access to the coast in the face of growing threats and challenges to coastlines and those who inhabit them?” This Summary was published by Dalhousie University, Marine Affairs Program.
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