Apr 29, 2019
Ocean Networks Canada will receive a $7.2 million boost to advance its ocean observatory science and technology activities, the Canada Foundation for Innovation announced today.
Sep 6, 2018
In July 2018, Ocean Networks Canada hosted 25 early career scientists from 11 countries⎯including Australia, Brazil, Switzerland, Ecuador, Germany and Greece⎯to attend a summer school on “Coastal Ocean Observatory Science” in Victoria, British Columbia.
May 30, 2018
On May 7, 2018, Ocean Networks Canada and EMSO ERIC signed an important new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in Victoria, BC. The MoU formalises and further strengthens the already close collaborative relationship between ONC and EMSO ERIC at both the strategic and working level.
May 2, 2018
Ocean Networks Canada and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation are announcing the formation of a new partnership to monitor and improve the health of Burrard Inlet. The objective is to better understand the cumulative effects of climate change, industry, and development on environmental conditions in and around the inlet.
Sep 5, 2017
One of Ocean Networks Canada's goals as a Centre of Excellence is to strengthen domestic collaboration nationally. To meet this objective, in 2012 ONC’s Innovation Centre facilitated the creation of the Ocean Technology Alliance Canada (OTAC), linking Canada's regional associations to help grow the economic capacity of Canada’s ocean technology sector. In December 2016, OTAC was formally incorporated as a national association for the ocean technology sector. In August 2017, a new OTAC website was launched to take this Canada-wide blue economy collaboration to the next level.
May 12, 2017
In a banner year for Canada, when science and state are more aligned than ever before, we owe our future generations the courtesy of protecting the natural wonder of our North by shining a light on its limitations before pursuing its opportunities. If we don’t act soon, we risk losing control over a defining piece of our 150-year identity that is melting away before our very eyes into the pages of history.
Aug 31, 2016
As shrinking sea ice ushers in a new era for arctic tourism, Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) newly expanded Cambridge Bay observatory becomes a vital tool for monitoring ocean health and marine safety.
A small ONC team was in Cambridge Bay from 21-28 August, maintaining and upgrading the observatory and building relationships with the community. Stay tuned for an update on the recently expanded Arctic Ocean monitoring system.
Jul 27, 2016
In June 2016, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) successfully deployed and connected the first of several earthquake early warning sensors on the Cascadia subduction zone. It will be part of a network of seismic sensors that ONC will install underwater and on land as part of an earthquake early warning system (EEWS) in partnership with Emergency Management British Columbia (EMBC).
Jul 8, 2016
Ocean Networks Canada’s (ONC) Expedition 2016: Wiring the Abyss returned to port on June 25 after 40 days at sea off the west coast of Canada. This ambitious undertaking involved 149 people aboard three ships, and included three remotely operated vehicles (ROV) making 44 dives to deploy, maintain and recover 180 instruments and lay 18 km of fibre-optic cable. The dynamic 24/7 operations engaged viewers across the world via live stream and featured regular Q&A with scientists, educators and engineers.
Jul 4, 2016
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is partnering with researchers and organizations to add critical ocean sensors from sea to sky.
Jun 10, 2016
Ocean Networks Canada’s preliminary tsunami models for Barkley Sound and the City of Port Alberni were integrated into Emergency Management BC’s first ever full-scale earthquake and tsunami response exercise: Exercise Coastal Response in Port Alberni June 7 - 10.
May 10, 2016
Kelly Carignan and Matthew Love introduce their Digital Elevation Model (DEM) of US coastal regions. DEMs are a vital tool in tsunami forecasting and water level inundation modelling.
Mar 31, 2016
Today, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) completed installation of a community ocean observatory and two land-based high-frequency radar stations within Ts’msyen Territory at Prince Rupert, British Columbia. Similar observatories were installed at Kitamaat Village and Campbell River.
Mar 30, 2016
Over the last week in March, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) installed a new community ocean observatory at Kitamaat Village, on the northern coast of British Columbia.
Mar 18, 2016
Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) installed a new community observatory at the Discovery Pier in Campbell River, within Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw and Coast Salish territories in the Strait of Georgia.
Dec 7, 2015
During November 2015, ONC’s Innovation Centre circled the globe, showcasing Canada’s ocean observing expertise and world-class technologies to some of the world’s fastest growing marine economies.
Jun 23, 2015
Now in its second year of funding, the Ocean Networks Canada Smart Ocean™ Systems initiative is making significant progress with plans to install new ocean monitoring stations along the B.C. coast as far north as Prince Rupert.
May 28, 2015
Ocean Networks Canada and Prototype Equipment Design recently collaborated to design and build the world’s first low frequency calibration system for the Canadian marine industry’s newest self-contained smart hydrophones.
Feb 11, 2015
Biofouling—unwanted marine growth on submerged instruments—can compromise in situ installations in ocean water by obscuring camera lenses, blocking lights, interfering with sensors and encrusting underwater structures. In 2014, AML Oceanographic Ltd. launched the industry’s first commercially available UV-based antifouling system, UV•Xchange, that protects virtually any submerged surface.
Feb 6, 2015
Sound is a powerful tool for studying the ecosystem beneath the surface of the sea. Nowhere is it more important than in the Salish Sea, the critical habitat of the endangered southern resident orcas.
JASCO Applied Sciences (Canada) Ltd. designs and manufactures instruments that measure and monitor the effect of noise on marine life. The company has recently taken its undersea sound-monitoring technology in a new direction through its participation in efforts to protect orcas off Canada’s west coast. “It’s a high-water mark for us from a technology point of view,” JASCO president Scott Carr said in an interview. “Technology originally developed to detect submarines is now used to protect sea animals.”
Jun 21, 2014
ONC industry partner AML Oceanographic has been named a finalist for Innovative Excellence at the 2014 VIATeC Technology Awards.
Apr 14, 2014
With thanks to the Government of Canada’s Western Diversification Program and partner IBM Canada, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) today announced the latest development of its world-leading ocean observing technology, located off Canada’s west coast.
Mar 10, 2014
Ocean Network Canada's Innovation Centre is gearing up for Oceanology International, the major global event for ocean technology networking, running from March 11 to 14 in London.
Held every two years, Oceanology 2014 features over 525 exhibitors, including a substantial Canadian Pavilion where Innovation Centre director Scott McLean, and Jeff Bosma from the Sensor & Instrumentation team, will be hosting booth P200 and connecting with attendees from over 35 countries.
Nov 26, 2013
The BC Government today announced a number of agreements between BC and Chinese organizations and businesses, including a Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada and the National Ocean Technology Center for complementary research activity.
Aug 15, 2013
One of our key mandates at Ocean Networks Canada is to find and encourage highly qualified personnel to sustain and advance ocean industry. At the Centre of Innovation, these young professionals-in-training come from a wide range of disciplines in engineering and science.
In September 2012, U Vic electrical engineering student Nicolai Bailly was brought on board to help develop the world’s first very low frequency (VLF) digital hydrophone calibration system.
Mar 22, 2013
Instrument Concepts based near Truro, Nova Scotia, has developed new state-of-the-art, fully integrated digital “smart” hydrophones with GeoSpectrum Technologies transducers—making them ideal candidates for Ocean Networks Canada Innovation Centre technology demonstrations.
Jan 11, 2013
We have the unique position of being Canada’s Centre of Excellence in Ocean Observing Systems, with a mission to strengthen Canada’s international leadership role in ocean observing science and technology.
Dec 14, 2012
After a year and a half in development with the Government of Nunavut and the community of Cambridge Bay, a new community observatory is now streaming continuous data from the Arctic seafloor.
Jul 24, 2012
This month it has been a year since the 5-year old node of VENUS in Saanich Inlet was upgraded by our industry partner, OceanWorks International, to expand its capabilities to support science on the VENUS Observatory.
May 1, 2012
Ocean-oriented activities in British Columbia account for eight per cent of B.C.'s jobs and seven per cent of the province’s GDP. Ocean sector revenues and government/not-for-profit ocean-oriented expenditures in B.C. represent $11.6 billion annually. Corresponding direct economic impacts included $5.76 billion in GDP, $4.2 billion in wages, salaries and benefits, and over 80,000 person-years of employment FTEs.
