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      December 8, 2020
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      December 22, 2020

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      December 18, 2020

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      December 11, 2020
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      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

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      Ocean Wise
      September 9, 2019
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      April 25, 2013
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      January 21, 2021

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      December 11, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      November 6, 2020

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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
      October 9, 2020

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      October 5, 2020
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      January 15, 2015
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      Ocean Wise
      January 26, 2021

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      Ocean Wise
      January 21, 2021

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      Ocean Wise
      January 20, 2021

    • Sustainability Partnership Advantages – from The Big Carrot’s Perspective

      Ocean Wise
      January 15, 2021

    • Ocean Wise Explains: Wild Capture Fishery Recommendations

      Ocean Wise
      December 18, 2020

    • Congratulations to Rob Clark for receiving The Order of Canada!

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      December 11, 2020
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      January 16, 2018
      Aquablog, Education
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      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

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      Ocean Wise
      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
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      April 19, 2011
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      January 12, 2021

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      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
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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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      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      November 10, 2020

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      October 14, 2020

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      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

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      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Research
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      Meet Springer's Calf: Spirit

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 18, 2014
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      Ocean Wise
      January 13, 2021

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      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
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    • A Mother's Love

      Ocean Wise
      May 10, 2018
      Aquablog, Marine Mammal Rescue, Ocean Wise, 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

    • 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

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Water for Water

Ocean Wise
June 20, 2018
Aquablog, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
As spring turns to summer here on the West Coast, talk of holiday travel and visitors has lately been giving way to the pressing environmental concern of plastic in our oceans. With the infamous Great Pacific G...
Facewash microbeads, ocean pollution

Is Our Face Wash Harming Ocean Creatures?

Vancouver Aquarium
July 26, 2014
Vancouver Aquarium
We have to admit that we love our plastics – they have made our life a lot more convenient and our homes and offices show it. Beverage and food containers, parts of furnishings, car parts, toys, and … toothpast...

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