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Interview with Shoreline Cleanup Site Coordinator Jana Sneep

January 14, 2019

There is no better way to understand the joy and sense of accomplishment you feel from a Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup than to experience it firsthand, but how can you share this feeling with others? Site Co...

A life-changing expedition to Ecuador

December 5, 2018

Education, Shoreline Cleanup

One year ago, I went on a life-changing expedition to Ecuador and spent five weeks in the Andes Mountains, the Amazon Rainforest and the Galapagos Islands. Organized through the University of Toronto, I spent t...

Top Tools for Tracking Abuse in Seafood

August 10, 2018

Ocean Wise Seafood

Seafood supply chains are complicated. A single seafood item can travel from one country to the next, on boats and freight trucks, to the processing facility, to the domestic distributor, to the international d...

Weekly Ocean News

July 27, 2018

Ocean Wise

Ecosystems and Biodiversity As far as we know, only four species experience menopause: orcas, pilot whales, false killer whales and humans. So, why did these species evolve this late-stage inability to bear of...

Microbead Ban Begins in Canada and UK

July 19, 2018

Education

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July, 2018 marks the official start of the microbead ban here in Canada, when the majority of personal hygiene products that contain small exfoliating plastic beads are removed from shelves. (Microbead producti...

Vancouver’s First Zero-Waste Grocery Store

June 18, 2018

Shoreline Cleanup

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As a marine biologist, Brianne Miller knows all too well the threat that plastic poses to ocean health and aquatic animals. Feeling discouraged by the amount of packaging and plastic generated from her visits t...

Hamilton Pitches In

June 5, 2018

Shoreline Cleanup

The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup welcomes the City of Hamilton as the latest official Clean Shoreline Community. Hamilton joins the cities of Calgary, Vancouver and the District of West Vancouver in adoptin...

Weekly Ocean News

May 28, 2018

Vancouver Aquarium

Sustainable Seafood In an effort to meet growing demands for seafood, Malaysian, Nicaraguan and Tanzanian fishers have resorted to a technique called “fish bombing” to maximize yields. Using bombs made from f...

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