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      Ocean Wise
      December 30, 2017
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Ocean Wise Statement of Support for Mi’kmaq Fishers

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      October 21, 2020

    • Collaboration: The Power of Partnership

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    • Sustainable Seafood in Quebec? YES!

      Ocean Wise
      October 2, 2020

    • Calgary Co-op is Reeling in Ocean Wise Seafood!

      Ocean Wise
      September 25, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      September 22, 2020
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      July 21, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
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      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
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      Ocean Wise
      January 17, 2012
      Vancouver Aquarium
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      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
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      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020

    • New seaweed hand sanitizer is good for your hands and good for the earth

      Ocean Wise
      September 28, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium Transformation

      Sarah Ellam
      August 31, 2020
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    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020
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    • 10 Fun Ways to Support #OceanWiseMonth this February

      Ocean Wise
      January 31, 2020
      Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
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      Ocean Wise
      October 21, 2020

    • Collaboration: The Power of Partnership

      Ocean Wise
      October 19, 2020

    • Des fruits de mer écoresponsable au Québec? OUI!

      Ocean Wise
      October 2, 2020

    • Sustainable Seafood in Quebec? YES!

      Ocean Wise
      October 2, 2020

    • New seaweed hand sanitizer is good for your hands and good for the earth

      Ocean Wise
      September 28, 2020

    • Calgary Co-op is Reeling in Ocean Wise Seafood!

      Ocean Wise
      September 25, 2020
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    • Inspiring Ocean Bridge Leaders: Micah and Danielle 

      Ocean Wise
      March 11, 2019
      Education
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    • Where are they now? Catching up with Ocean Bridge alum Aira Sarmiento

      Ocean Wise
      July 24, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

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      June 3, 2020
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      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
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    • Narwhal Study: Tags Deployed Pt 1

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 24, 2016
      Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • 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

    • Wild Canadian Coastlines 

      Ocean Wise
      June 29, 2018
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    • 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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      October 14, 2020

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      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

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      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020

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      June 3, 2020
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      July 16, 2012
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    • Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

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      September 30, 2020

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      September 14, 2020

    • Online lecture series honours 25th annual Ocean Award winners

      Ocean Wise
      September 14, 2020

    • One ringed seal claw; Years of data on mercury exposure

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 27, 2020

    • Tracking Contaminants in Killer Whale Habitats

      Sarah Wilson
      August 20, 2020

    • What’s in a name? Studying the calls of wild belugas

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 10, 2020
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    • A Whale of a Season - Part 1

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      July 25, 2019
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    • The BCCSN Welcomes BC Ferries to the Whale Trail

      Sarah Wilson
      September 10, 2020

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      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

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

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
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Orca Awareness Month – answering your burning killer whale questions!

Ocean Wise
July 6, 2020
Aquablog
Did you know that June is Orca Awareness month? We love answering your questions about killer whales! Here are a few of the most popular questions we are asked on social media and at outreach events: ...

Operation Emergency Freezer

Ocean Wise
May 21, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat
1
By: Adam Warner Research Scientist Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program “Hey guys, I checked on the -80°C freezer this morning and the alarm is beeping and the temperature is rising to ...

CSI Ocean Wise: tracking a killer…whale

Marine Mammal Research
May 3, 2020
Aquablog, Research - Species Under Threat, Research Initiative - Conservation Genetics
By: Adam Warner Research Scientist Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Conservation Research Program Conservation research efforts at Ocean Wise seek to improve our understanding of many issues faced by marine life. ...

Vote for the Oceans on October 21: A Message from Lasse Gustavsson, Ocean Wise president & CEO

Ocean Wise
October 18, 2019
Aquablog
Canadians speak proudly about Canada stretching from “sea to shining sea.” Those seas (all three of them, actually) are under serious environmental threat. As we approach the October 21 Canadian federal el...

Springer’s Success Story

Ocean Wise
February 19, 2019
Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium, Whale Sightings
2
In 2002, an orphaned killer whale, Springer (A73), brought together scientists, government officials and concerned citizens in the first orca recovery effort of its kind. Seventeen years after Springer’s rescue...

A Mother’s Love

Ocean Wise
May 10, 2018
Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Ocean Wise, Whale Sightings
Much like humans, mothers play an important role in killer whale culture. Killer whales are highly social, group-living animals whose social structure revolves around females. For some members of the animal kin...

Saving Southern Resident Killer Whales

Vancouver Aquarium
January 30, 2018
Marine Biodiversity, Ocean Wise, Research Initiative - Biology, Ecology, and Health of Marine Mammals
By Dr. Lance Barrett-Lennard For some coastal First Nations in British Columbia, the killer whale is considered the guardian of the sea, but for killer whales on B.C.’s south coast, it’s time for humankind t...

Holiday Giving Reaches New Depths

Vancouver Aquarium
November 12, 2017
Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood, Vancouver Aquarium
Sustainable giving has never been so simple. That’s why this year it’s time to take things to the next level…to sea level, that is. Make a splash this holiday season and give ocean-friendly gifts that make a di...
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