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What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines

November 18, 2019

If you were in Toronto this summer, you may have been lucky enough to meet two summer educators of the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup. Brad Staite and Connor Thompson, took to the community each week to enga...

DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation

Ocean Wise

November 8, 2019

Aquablog, Research Site - CORI

By: Adam Warner There are a lot of moving parts to the conservation of highly mobile marine predators – a big task that can be approached at many different scales at once. From identifying individual animal...

Shoreline cleanups happen everywhere – even in the Arctic!

Ocean Wise

November 5, 2019

Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup

The students collected nearly 20kg of waste during their cleanups! What kind of litter is on an arctic shoreline? Plastic pollution in the ocean is ubiquitous it appears even in the most remote arctic regio...

Join Ocean Wise for Public Climate Strike Pre-Rally and Sign Making on October 25th

Ocean Wise

October 24, 2019

Aquablog

Ocean Wise hosting Climate Strike Pre-Rally and Sign Making on Friday, October 25th On Friday, October 25th, Ocean Wise invites everyone to join young people from YouthToSea and Sustainabiliteens for a sig...

A Whole New World with Ocean Wise

Ocean Wise

October 15, 2019

Aquablog

written by Jeanie Luu About 71% of the Earth’s surface is water, and people spend most of their lives on the surface. But there are some who dive further to explore a whole new world Scuba diving gives...

Inspired by the prospect of saving our oceans through science?

Ocean Wise

October 11, 2019

Aquablog

Consider addressing the problem in your science fair project. Are you a Gr. 7-12 student with brilliant ideas about how to fight ocean plastics pollution? Start your (electricity fuelled) engines and come ...

Frog Conservation Efforts Take A Leap In The Right Direction

Ocean Wise

April 26, 2019

Vancouver Aquarium

Conservation efforts for the local population of Oregon spotted frogs – the most endangered amphibian in Canada – are taking a leap in the right direction. In addition to encouraging findings from the field, th...

Bigg’s Killer Whales Hunting Seals in Vancouver Harbour

Ocean Wise

April 25, 2019

Whale Sightings

Vancouver, B.C. – For the second time in as many weeks, a group of Bigg’s, or transient killer whales, swam into the Vancouver Harbour yesterday to hunt seals. Bigg’s killer whales, unlike resident killer whale...

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