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    • In Cod We Trust

      Vancouver Aquarium
      October 30, 2017
      Ocean Wise, Ocean Wise Seafood
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      October 27, 2020

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      October 26, 2020

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      October 21, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 19, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 2, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 2, 2020
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      July 21, 2020

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      June 8, 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
      3
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      April 26, 2013
      Vancouver Aquarium
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      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 9, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      October 5, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      September 28, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium Transformation

      Sarah Ellam
      August 31, 2020
      1

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      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020
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    • A Flavourful #FinToTail

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 16, 2016
      Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Defining waste in fisheries Part 2: post-harvest losses

      Ocean Wise
      October 26, 2020

    • Ocean Wise Statement of Support for Mi’kmaq Fishers

      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
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    • Meet the Judges

      Ocean Wise
      June 27, 2018
      Aquablog, 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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      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

    • 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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      Vancouver Aquarium Launches Arctic Research with Polar Knowledge Canada

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 17, 2015
      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
      1

    • Celebrating Ice Algae on Polar Bear Day

      Ocean Wise
      February 27, 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
      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

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      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020

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      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
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      Ocean Wise
      October 19, 2018
      Aquablog, Research Initiative - Vulnerable Species and Habitats, Research Site - CORI
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      Ocean Wise
      October 29, 2020

    • Can Whales Mitigate Climate Change? Whales and the Carbon Cycle

      Marine Mammal Research
      September 30, 2020

    • Below the surface: the impacts of COVID-19 on marine mammals

      Ocean Wise
      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
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      Another Great Year of Sightings: Part II

      Ocean Wise
      January 6, 2012
      Whale Sightings
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    • 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

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

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 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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