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      August 16, 2018
      Ocean Wise, Shoreline Cleanup, Vancouver Aquarium
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      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020

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      March 27, 2020

    • Sneak Peek: Restorative Food for the Future

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Chowing Down in the name of Ocean Conservation

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Le Tournebroche: A Treasure in Old Quebec City

      Ocean Wise
      March 13, 2020

    • Ring any Cowbells?

      Ocean Wise
      March 2, 2020
  • Marine Mammal Rescue
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      Marine Mammal Rescue
      August 6, 2013
      Marine Mammal Rescue
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    • 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 Vancouver Aquarium’s 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
      3

    • Getting Down and Dirty

      Ocean Wise
      April 12, 2019

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      March 6, 2019
  • Vancouver Aquarium
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    • Large circle hook swallowed by endangered monk seal in Hawaii (NOAA)

      Aquarium Veterinarian Helps Save Monk Seals

      Ocean Wise
      May 11, 2012
      Vancouver Aquarium
      6
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    • Top 5 Gifts for Spring at the Vancouver Aquarium’s Online Store

      Ocean Wise
      April 3, 2020

    • Kids at home? Online Oceans Launches just in time to Save Parents (and help the ocean)

      Ocean Wise
      March 30, 2020

    • Mindfulness with Jellies

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Ride the Sound Waves with these 20 Ocean Tunes

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Water Babies: Parenting 101 Hits the Vancouver Aquarium this Spring

      Ocean Wise
      March 5, 2020

    • Vancouver Aquarium’s Valentine’s After Hours: Three ‘o-fish-ally’ awesome extras

      Ocean Wise
      January 20, 2020
  • Ocean Wise Seafood
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    • Chefs for Oceans: Biking Canada to Save Our Waters

      Ocean Wise
      May 15, 2014
      Ocean Wise Life
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    • Remembering Chef Nathan Fong

      Sarah Ellam
      March 31, 2020

    • Sobeys est un nouveau partenaire à l’échelle nationale!

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Sneak Peek: Restorative Food for the Future

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Chowing Down in the name of Ocean Conservation

      Ocean Wise
      March 27, 2020

    • Le Tournebroche: A Treasure in Old Quebec City

      Ocean Wise
      March 13, 2020

    • Ring any Cowbells?

      Ocean Wise
      March 2, 2020
  • Education
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    • Meet the Ocean Bridge Team (The Final 9!)

      Ocean Wise
      April 27, 2018
      Aquablog, 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

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

      Ocean Wise
      January 1, 2020

    • Showing up for shorelines and breaking records

      Ocean Wise
      October 3, 2019

    • Ocean Bridge ambassador founds Project Snorkel

      Ocean Wise
      September 20, 2019

    • Ocean Wise AquaVan Takes Sea Creatures to Northern B.C. Communities

      Ocean Wise
      September 19, 2019
      2

    • How to Inspire Home Learners of All Ages

      Ocean Wise
      September 17, 2019
  • Arctic
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    • Arctic Sea Ice Reaches Record Low

      Arctic Connections
      August 27, 2012
      Arctic Connections
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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

    • 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

      Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup
      September 3, 2013
      Shoreline Cleanup, Videos
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    • United for Shoreline

      Ocean Wise
      January 30, 2020

    • Cleaning Canada’s Shoreline: 2019 in Review

      Ocean Wise
      December 17, 2019

    • Shoreline Spotlight: Site Coordinator Tackles Litter on Foot and Flotilla

      Ocean Wise
      November 26, 2019

    • What a Summer! Reconnecting Toronto to Shorelines

      Ocean Wise
      November 18, 2019

    • Shoreline cleanups happen everywhere – even in the Arctic!

      Ocean Wise
      November 5, 2019

    • Showing up for shorelines and breaking records

      Ocean Wise
      October 3, 2019
  • Ocean Wise Research
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    • DNA Never Lies

      Public Relations
      April 13, 2016
      Research Initiative - Conservation Genetics, Research Site - CORI, Vancouver Aquarium
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    • DNA: A Key piece in the puzzle of Killer Whale Conservation

      Ocean Wise
      November 8, 2019

    • A Whale of a Season — Part 2

      Ocean Wise
      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

      Ocean Wise
      October 19, 2018

    • “Mom, Can You Hear Me?”

      Ocean Wise
      September 21, 2018
  • Whale Sightings
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    • (Jack Springer)

      Another Great Year of Sightings: Part II

      Ocean Wise
      January 6, 2012
      Whale Sightings
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    • A Whale of a Season – Part 1

      Marine Mammal Research
      July 25, 2019

    • Bigg’s Killer Whales Hunting Seals in Vancouver Harbour

      Ocean Wise
      April 25, 2019

    • Springer’s Success Story

      Ocean Wise
      February 19, 2019
      2

    • 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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UBC researchers analyzed data from 1,226 Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanups between 2013 and 2016 and recently announced a major discovery: 50 per cent of the waste recovered during cleanups of Vancouver and Vic...

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