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  • Ocean Wise
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    • Réservez la date! Le festival national de la Chaudrée des Chefs : du 1er au 28 février 2021

      Ocean Wise
      November 19, 2020
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • 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
    • Ocean Wise’s Top 10 Achievements of 2020

      Ocean Wise
      January 29, 2021
    • Innovation in Quebec & the Salty Saint-Lawrence

      Ocean Wise
      January 26, 2021
    • 2020 Wrapped: A Year for the Ocean

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      January 26, 2021
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
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    • Kaouk, a Sea Lion Rescued and Released

      Marine Mammal Rescue
      March 17, 2011
      Marine Mammal Rescue
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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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    • Five Tips for Cleaning Remote Shorelines

      Ocean Wise
      November 15, 2017
      Aquablog, Shoreline Cleanup, 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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    • Ocean Wise Up: Part Two

      Ocean Wise
      November 7, 2012
      Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • 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
    • Countdown to National Chowder Chowdown Festival

      Ocean Wise
      January 21, 2021
    • Êtes-vous prêt à découvrir notre Saint-Laurent ?!

      Ocean Wise
      January 20, 2021
  • Education
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    • There's something for everyone in this ocean-friendly holiday book guide

      Ocean Wise
      December 22, 2020
      Aquablog, Education, Ocean Bridge | Portail Océan, Ocean Wise
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    • 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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    • Winnipegger on guard for oceans: Ocean Bridge’s Kirsten Desorcy profiled in Manitoba newspaper

      Ocean Wise
      May 3, 2020
    • Kids at home? Online Oceans Launches just in time to Save Parents (and help the ocean)

      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020
  • Arctic
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    • Field Notes from Arctic Watch 2015 – Week Two

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 6, 2015
      Arctic Connections
      3
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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
      2
    • 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
    • Wild Canadian Coastlines 

      Ocean Wise
      June 29, 2018
      1
  • 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
    Recent
    • 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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    • What's in a name? Studying the calls of wild belugas

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 10, 2020
      Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI
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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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    • Quiet Oceans: Has the COVID-19 crisis reduced noise in whale habitats?

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      Arctic Connections, Inuit, Ocean Wise, Research - Arctic, Research Initiative - Arctic Lab, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
      2
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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
    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 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

Research Initiative - PollutionTracker

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Research Initiative - PollutionTracker

Tracking Contaminants in Killer Whale Habitats

Sarah Wilson
August 20, 2020
Aquablog, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals, Research Initiative - PollutionTracker, Research Site - CORI
By: Joseph Kim, Research Scientist Contaminants in coastal British Columbia (BC) It is late at night and I notice that more data have been uploaded to the PollutionTracker database. I am using these data...

PollutionTracker: Ocean Wise Tracks ‘Invisible’ Pollution

Ocean Wise
June 15, 2020
Research Initiative - PollutionTracker
By: Kelsey DelisleOcean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program The oceans face many threats such as warming, acidification, habitat destruction, and overfishing. At Ocean Wise, one of the major t...

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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