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    • Wild Killer Whale Adoption Program Marks 25th Anniversary

      Ocean Wise
      October 26, 2017
      Ocean Wise, Research Site - CORI, Whale Sightings
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    • How Your Choices Make Waves of Change

      Ocean Wise
      July 31, 2020

    • Where are they now? Catching up with Ocean Bridge alum Aira Sarmiento

      Ocean Wise
      July 24, 2020

    • Ocean Wise applauds Government of Canada’s commitment to protect 30% of the world’s ocean by 2030

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Book Review: The Outlaw Ocean

      Ocean Wise
      June 26, 2020

    • Ocean Wise Seafood Celebrates 15 years of Sustainable Seafood Impact

      Ocean Wise
      June 15, 2020

    • Join us for the 25th annual Ocean Awards – June 8 (World Oceans Day) – featuring David Suzuki

      Ocean Wise
      June 4, 2020
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      Marine Mammal Rescue
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    • Ocean Wise recognizes top ‘whale reporters’ of 2019

      Ocean Wise
      July 21, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020

    • Seal-ed with a kiss: Couples wild about volunteering spend quality time at Vancouver Aquarium’s Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      February 14, 2020

    • New TV series will feature the work of Ocean Wise Marine Mammal Rescue team

      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
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  • Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Turtle sightings off B.C. Coast

      Sea Turtle Sighting a Possible First for B.C.

      Vancouver Aquarium
      March 13, 2015
      Vancouver Aquarium, Whale Sightings
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    • Artists for Ocean Wise – new colouring app in support of Vancouver Aquarium

      Ocean Wise
      July 22, 2020

    • Show your Love by Sponsoring an Animal at the Vancouver Aquarium

      Vancouver Aquarium
      July 20, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium Extended Hours – Saturdays and Sundays this summer!

      Ocean Wise
      July 15, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium to re-open on Friday, June 26!

      Ocean Wise
      June 22, 2020

    • Urgent call for help to re-open Marine Mammal Rescue Centre

      Ocean Wise
      June 8, 2020

    • Join us for the 25th annual Ocean Awards – June 8 (World Oceans Day) – featuring David Suzuki

      Ocean Wise
      June 4, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Ocean Wise Up: Part Two

      Ocean Wise
      November 7, 2012
      Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • How Your Choices Make Waves of Change

      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

    • Book Review: The Outlaw Ocean

      Ocean Wise
      June 26, 2020

    • Ocean Wise Seafood Celebrates 15 years of Sustainable Seafood Impact

      Ocean Wise
      June 15, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020

    • Innovative Seafood Farming: The RAS Perspective

      Ocean Wise
      May 25, 2020
  • Education
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    • Kids at home? Online Oceans Launches just in time to Save Parents (and help the ocean)

      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020
      Aquablog, Education, Ocean Wise, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • 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

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020
    • A mother and her son pose in front of the webcam after discussing their positive experience with Ocean Wise's online learning virtual classes about marine life.

      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

    • Ocean Wise’s new “Octobus” provides FREE transportation for schools

      Ocean Wise
      January 1, 2020
  • Arctic
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    • Scuba diving in the Arctic, Vancouver Aquarium

      Diving Into the Arctic

      Vancouver Aquarium
      August 19, 2014
      Arctic Connections
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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
  • 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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    • 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

    • #TeamShoreline needs your help reaching one million citizens by September

      Ocean Wise
      July 13, 2020

    • Ocean Wise is celebrating ‘World Oceans Day’ for the entire month of June!

      Ocean Wise
      June 3, 2020

    • Seeing our shorelines through a different lens

      Ocean Wise
      May 5, 2020
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    • United for Shoreline

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Research
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    • Fin whale necropsy Vancouver Aquarium

      The Sadness and Beauty of a Whale Necropsy

      Vancouver Aquarium
      May 13, 2015
      Research Initiative - Conservation Genetics, Research Site - CORI, Vancouver Aquarium
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    Recent

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

      Marine Mammal Research
      August 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

    • Join us for the 25th annual Ocean Awards – June 8 (World Oceans Day) – featuring David Suzuki

      Ocean Wise
      June 4, 2020

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

      Ocean Wise
      April 11, 2020
      2
  • Whale Sightings
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    • Whale wise boating guidelines from Vancouver Aquarium

      See Whales? Be Whale Wise!

      Vancouver Aquarium
      June 15, 2015
      Whale Sightings
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    • 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
      2

    • A Whale of a Season – Part 1

      Marine Mammal Research
      July 25, 2019

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AquaVan150: Continuing our Adventure Across Ontario

Public Relations
June 21, 2017
Education, Vancouver Aquarium
Our last Aquablog update highlighted our journey through the Prairies. Next up was Northern Ontario. Once we arrived at Thunder Bay, we decided to pay tribute to Terry Fox’s bravery by stopping at the monume...

Scientist Statement Supporting Research in Marine Mammal Facilities

Vancouver Aquarium
March 2, 2017
Vancouver Aquarium
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Some of you may be aware the Vancouver Park Board is looking to ban the continued study of whales and dolphins at our marine science centre due to pressure from animal rights critics. They cite that there is no...
Sea Star Research at Vancouver Aquarium

Sea Star Die-Off a Dire Situation

Public Relations
January 22, 2016
Vancouver Aquarium
1
Scientists are calling the decline of sea stars along the west coast the largest wildlife die-off ever recorded. The conclusion came at a gathering of marine scientists in Seattle last week. Hosted by Seattl...
Vancouver Aquarium Arctic Research

Vancouver Aquarium Launches Arctic Research with Polar Knowledge Canada

Vancouver Aquarium
August 17, 2015
Arctic Connections, Vancouver Aquarium
This summer, scientists from the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre are heading north to begin innovative Arctic research projects both below and above the ocean’s surface in collaboration with Polar Know...
Vancouver Aquarium AquaVan

Getting More Kids into Science with Help from Our Friends

Vancouver Aquarium
March 26, 2015
Vancouver Aquarium
Education is one of the founding pillars the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre relies upon to achieve our mission as a non-profit society dedicated to conserving aquatic life. We are also driven by our c...
Drone killer whale research

Vancouver Aquarium Uses Hexacopter to Track Killer Whales

Vancouver Aquarium
September 23, 2014
Research Site - CORI, Vancouver Aquarium
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On August 14 of this year I found myself piloting the Aquarium’s cetacean research vessel Skana out of Telegraph Cove into the calm waters of Johnstone Strait with an ace research team on board; one of whom had...

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