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Ocean Wise® Wins Pollution Probe Award

November 23, 2018

The annual Pollution Probe Gala, called Living in the Plastic Age, calls attention to the crisis of plastic pollution on our planet. Pollution Probe has chosen to highlight Plastic Wise, an Ocean Wise initiativ...

A Mother’s Love

May 10, 2018

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

January 30, 2018

Ocean Wise

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

November 12, 2017

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...

Diving Arctic Waters

November 2, 2017

Arctic Connections, Ocean Wise

This past August, four Ocean Wise divers motored to a remote Arctic islet to conduct a BioBlitz survey. A BioBlitz is a snapshot of Canada’s biodiversity, recorded by scientists and citizen scientists, to mark ...

Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program Marks 25th Anniversary

October 26, 2017

Ocean Wise, Whale Sightings

Since 1992, the Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program has supported ground-breaking research by the Marine Mammal Research Program at the Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative. In the past, th...

Arctic Summer: Field Notes from Churchill River Estuary

September 20, 2017

Ocean Wise

With only a short window of time to gather data, multiple teams from Ocean Wise spent their summer in the Arctic for ongoing research. Studies included the distribution of microplastics in Arctic waters; taggin...

Bioblitz 150: Exploring Our Own Backyard

August 23, 2017

Ocean Wise

When I started at Ocean Wise I had never heard of a bioblitz, but they were going to be the focus of my new job—so I quickly learned. In summary, a bioblitz is when scientists and citizen scientists document th...

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