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    • Ocean Wise young leaders named to Top 25 Environmentalists Under 25

      Ocean Wise
      December 8, 2020
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    • Local Teens Hope to Inspire Shoreline Cleanups in March with Restaurant Gift Cards

      Ocean Wise
      March 5, 2021

    • Meal kit company, Cook it, makes a splash for sustainability across Eastern Canada

      Ocean Wise
      March 3, 2021

    • L’entreprise de prêt-à-cuisiner Cook it, fière partenaire d’Ocean Wise

      Ocean Wise
      March 3, 2021

    • RECRUITMENT BEGINS FOR OCEAN WISE’S ‘LIFE CHANGING’ YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE LEARNING PROGRAM

      Ocean Wise
      March 1, 2021

    • ONE MORE WEEK TO CHOW DOWN IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN WISE SEAFOOD!

      Ocean Wise
      February 19, 2021

    • Exploring Sustainable Chowder Ingredients

      Ocean Wise
      February 10, 2021
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    • Seal release Vancouver Aquarium Rescue Centre

      Not Your Typical Seal Release

      Vancouver Aquarium
      November 21, 2014
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    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020

    • Seal-ed with a kiss: Couples wild about volunteering spend quality time at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

    • New TV series will feature the work of Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue team

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020

    • ‘Berni’ the tropical sea turtle slowly warms to new MMRC environment

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Rescued Northern sea otter Tazlina jets in from Alaska

      Ocean Wise
      September 9, 2019
      3
  • Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Weekly Ocean News

      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2018
      Aquablog, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Countdown to National Chowder Chowdown Festival

      Ocean Wise
      January 21, 2021

    • Scuba Claus coming back to town!

      Ocean Wise
      December 11, 2020
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    • Whitecaps FC and Vancouver Aquarium bring you ‘ugly Christmas sweater’ face masks

      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020

    • From postcards to fish packs: Vancouver Aquarium gives thanks to our amazing community supporters

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Rescued sea otter and global YouTube star ‘Joey’ featured on new Whitecaps FC facemask in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

    • Wondering what people are saying about the Vancouver Aquarium x Whitecaps FC Facemaks?

      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Le Tournebroche : un trésor du Vieux-Québec

      Ocean Wise
      February 3, 2020
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Meal kit company, Cook it, makes a splash for sustainability across Eastern Canada

      Ocean Wise
      March 3, 2021

    • L’entreprise de prêt-à-cuisiner Cook it, fière partenaire d’Ocean Wise

      Ocean Wise
      March 3, 2021

    • ONE MORE WEEK TO CHOW DOWN IN SUPPORT OF OCEAN WISE SEAFOOD!

      Ocean Wise
      February 19, 2021

    • Exploring Sustainable Chowder Ingredients

      Ocean Wise
      February 10, 2021

    • Ocean Wise Explains: Aquaculture Recommendations

      Ocean Wise
      February 2, 2021

    • Innovation in Quebec & the Salty Saint-Lawrence

      Ocean Wise
      January 26, 2021
  • Education
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    • Ocean Wise
      April 2, 2019
      Aquablog, Education
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    • Local Teens Hope to Inspire Shoreline Cleanups in March with Restaurant Gift Cards

      Ocean Wise
      March 5, 2021

    • There’s something for everyone in this ocean-friendly holiday book guide

      Ocean Wise
      December 22, 2020

    • Where are they now? Catching up with Ocean Bridge alum Aira Sarmiento

      Ocean Wise
      July 24, 2020

    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
    • A mother and her son pose in front of the webcam after discussing their positive experience with Ocean Wise's online learning virtual classes about marine life.

      Mateo’s Deep Dive: An Online Learning Adventure

      Ocean Wise
      May 12, 2020
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  • Arctic
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    • Wild Canadian Coastlines 

      Ocean Wise
      June 29, 2018
      Aquablog, Arctic Connections, Education, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Ocean Wise study: Synthetic fibers are invading the Arctic

      Ocean Wise
      January 12, 2021

    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
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    • Pilot Program Conducts Ocean Plastics Workshop with Youth from Nunavut’s Pond Inlet

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

    • Diving in the Arctic Unknown

      Ocean Wise
      August 22, 2018

    • Innovation in the High Arctic

      Ocean Wise
      August 14, 2018

    • Celebrating Ice Algae on Polar Bear Day

      Ocean Wise
      February 27, 2018
  • Shoreline Cleanup
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    • New Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup video highlights issue of shoreline litter. Register this fall at ShorelineCleanup.ca.

      Startling Video Brings New Meaning to Shoreline Litter

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 3, 2013
      Shoreline Cleanup, Videos
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    • 2020 Wrapped: A Year for the Ocean

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      January 26, 2021

    • Citizen Science Informs Government ban of Single-Use Plastics

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      November 10, 2020

    • Thousands of Canadians Took on the Cleanup Challenge

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      October 14, 2020

    • Join the “Cleanup Across Canada” challenge with #TeamShoreline

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 23, 2020

    • Clean Shoreline Communities: municipalities as leaders in the fight against plastic pollution

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020

    • Ocean Wise applauds Government of Canada’s commitment to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Research
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    • Below the surface: the impacts of COVID-19 on marine mammals

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020
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    • Monitoring by Ocean Wise, and others, leads to listing of Sunflower Sea Stars as Critically Endangered

      Ocean Wise
      January 13, 2021

    • Monitoring killer whale body condition amidst a pandemic

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 18, 2020

    • An Underwater Art Gallery… for Fish?

      Ocean Wise
      November 18, 2020

    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • Ocean Not Immune to Impacts of COVID-19 Pandemic

      Ocean Wise
      October 29, 2020

    • Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

      Marine Mammal Research
      September 30, 2020
  • Whale Sightings
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    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020
      Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Conservation Through Citizen Science, Research Initiative - Marine mammals as Sentinels, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
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    • The Good Kind of Research Flukes

      Marine Mammal Research
      November 10, 2020

    • The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

      Sarah Wilson
      September 10, 2020

    • And the Award for Top Cetacean Reporter Goes To…

      Wild Whales
      July 23, 2020

    • Unexpected Urban Whales: City Slicker Cetaceans Sighted During Coronavirus

      Wild Whales
      July 14, 2020

    • A Mother’s Love: Killer Whale Culture

      Marine Mammal Research
      May 8, 2020

    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
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Research Initiative - Plastics Lab

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Research Initiative - Plastics Lab

Calling all geniuses for the Microfiber Innovation Challenge

Ocean Wise
January 27, 2021
Aquablog, Research - Plastics, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab
Ocean Wise is proud to support Conservation X Lab's launch of a global innovation competition with $650,000 in prizes to prevent plastic microfiber pollution Conservation X Labs, an innovation and technolog...

Ocean Wise study: Synthetic fibers are invading the Arctic

Ocean Wise
January 12, 2021
Aquablog, Arctic Connections, Research - Arctic, Research - Plastics, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab
Ocean Wise has produced the most comprehensive study to date on Arctic Ocean microplastics. And the results are troubling. Synthetic fibers make up approximately 92% of microplastic pollution found in near-...

Vancouver DATAJAM 2020: Young Programmers, Scientists and Citizens Hacking for a plastic-waste-free future

Mathew Watkins
October 9, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab
Article by Ocean Wise’s Plastics Lab teamShreyas Patankar, Catherine Wong, Amir Parizi, Mathew Watkins, Stephanie Wang, Anna Posacka How can technology help us understand, visualize, and make predictions ab...

Ocean Wise
February 3, 2019
Ocean Wise, Research - Plastics, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab
The Ocean Wise Plastics Lab teams up with apparel firms and MetroVancouver to study the role of laundry in microplastic pollution in the ocean Plastic pollution is one of the major environmental problems our...

Ocean Wise® Wins Pollution Probe Award 

Ocean Wise
November 23, 2018
Education, Ocean Wise, Research - Plastics, Research Initiative - Microplastics, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - Plastics Lab, Research Initiative - PollutionTracker
The annual Pollution Probe Gala, called Living in the Plastic Age, calls attention to the crisis of plastic pollution on our planet. Pollution Probe has chosen to highlight Plastic Wise, an Ocean Wise initiativ...

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