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      October 29, 2019

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      November 5, 2019
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      January 17, 2020
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      November 16, 2018
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      January 1, 2020

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      September 20, 2019

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      September 17, 2019

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      August 24, 2016
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    • Pilot Program Conducts Ocean Plastics Workshop with Youth from Nunavut’s Pond Inlet

      Ocean Wise
      October 4, 2019

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      August 22, 2018

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      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

    • What Counts as “Arctic?”

      Ocean Wise
      February 12, 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

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      September 3, 2013
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      January 30, 2020

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      December 17, 2019

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      November 26, 2019

    • What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines

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      November 18, 2019

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      November 5, 2019

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      October 3, 2019
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      February 19, 2016
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    • DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation

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      November 8, 2019

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      October 3, 2019

    • Welcome to Ocean Watch: BC Coast edition

      Ocean Wise
      August 30, 2019

    • A Whale of a Season – Part 1

      Marine Mammal Research
      July 25, 2019

    • Shedding Light on the Local Kelp Environment

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      October 19, 2018

    • “Mom, Can You Hear Me?”

      Ocean Wise
      September 21, 2018
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      February 26, 2016
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    • A Whale of a Season – Part 1

      Marine Mammal Research
      July 25, 2019

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      Ocean Wise
      April 25, 2019

    • Springer’s Success Story

      Ocean Wise
      February 19, 2019
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    • A Mother’s Love

      Ocean Wise
      May 10, 2018

    • Drawing a Humpback Whale, All 14 Metres

      Ocean Wise
      December 1, 2017

    • Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program Marks 25th Anniversary

      Ocean Wise
      October 26, 2017

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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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