Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup – Ocean Wise's AquaBlog

What Can You Do On World Oceans Day? A Message From Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise President & CEO

June 7, 2021

June 8th is World Ocean Day, a global movement to recognize the importance of our shared oceans, celebrate the wildlife within it, and recognize how important a healthy blue planet is for human survival. Th...

2020 Wrapped: A Year for the Ocean

January 26, 2021

Ocean Wise, Shoreline Cleanup

As a year filled with political turmoil and a global pandemic, 2020 was certainly full of challenges. Although the ocean is not immune to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, 202...

Cleaning Canada’s Shoreline: 2019 in Review

December 17, 2019

Shoreline Cleanup

An outstanding number of Canadians of all ages took to their shorelines in support of healthy waterways this year. The Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup saw record-breaking numbers of cleanups happening from co...

Shoreline Spotlight: Site Coordinator Tackles Litter on Foot and Flotilla

November 26, 2019

Shoreline Cleanup

When a passion for waterways mixes with the determination to take action, amazing things can happen. Hamilton, Ontario resident Lee Brubacher had never organized a shoreline cleanup before, but this September ...

What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines

November 18, 2019

Shoreline Cleanup

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...

Shoreline cleanups happen everywhere – even in the Arctic!

November 5, 2019

Shoreline Cleanup

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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...

Interview with Shoreline Cleanup Site Coordinator Jana Sneep

January 14, 2019

Education, Shoreline Cleanup

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...

Green Up Your Holiday Season

December 10, 2018

Education, Shoreline Cleanup

Our homes and neighbourhoods are all decked out in the season’s festive finery. While this time of year is cozy and jolly, there is a downside to all the glitter and lights. During the holidays we tend to accum...

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