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.

A native of Quebec City, Julie-Anne Dorval is a 24-year old oceanography Master’s student from the Institut des sciences de la mer de Rimouski at the University of Quebec. For Julie-Anne, her undergraduate studies in marine biology and a technical degree in bioecology are a natural progression of a childhood fascination with sea life.

In October, ONC hosted a Barkley Canyon Refresh Workshop that brought together scientists from across North America and Europe to review science goals, areas requiring additional study, and to develop a plan for the future of Barkley Canyon observing.

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Ocean Networks Canada joins the world in congratulating SNOLAB’s Arthur McDonald on winning the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2015.

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Ocean Networks Canada is pleased to announce two new data access features for the powerful data platform, Oceans 2.0: an optional login for most features and a data preview tool that enables navigation using tree-based selection.

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is in its third year of delivering ocean data from the Arctic Ocean with a new observatory platform and expanded suite of instruments and sensors that monitor the health of the northern ocean.

On 16 September 2015, a magnitude 8.3 earthquake occurred at 22:54:33 UTC off the Chilean coast, 229 kilometres northwest of Santiago. Three Ocean Networks Canada broadband seismometers recorded this event in realtime, 10,500 kilometres from the origin of the quake.

ONC is pleased to present an afternoon discussion with two world-class explorers: Robert Ballard and Kate Moran. Dr. Ballard has searched many ancient shipwrecks and is best known for his discovery of the sunken R.M.S. Titanic. Dr. Moran led the first drilling expedition to the Arctic Ocean and advised the White House in its response to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Together, Drs. Ballard and Moran will share the thrills and challenges of being on the forefront of global deep sea exploration.

Three positions are available on the ONC Board of Directors and qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

Ocean Networks Canada is governed by an independent Board of Directors that meets four times per year. The Board comprises individuals from industry, academia, and government. Directors are elected for three-year terms, and all Directors serve on at least one standing committee of the Board.

“Why are these crabs massing at Barkley Canyon?” asked a postal worker from Minnesota who was watching one of ONC's live cameras on the seafloor. Staff scientist and benthic ecologist Fabio De Leo weighs in on this event, captured for the first time on ONC cameras.

The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is partnering with the University of Manitoba to develop, install and maintain the cabled estuary observatory component of a new Churchill Marine Observatory (CMO) in Hudson Bay.

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.

VICTORIA, B.C. — Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) at the University of Victoria and the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) are teaming up with citizen scientists to increase the quality and range of oceanographic data being collected through a new mobile app called Community Fishers. 

Ocean Networks Canada will be joining community events all along the B.C. coast, from Vancouver to Prince Rupert. Check out these quick n’easy ways to be a part of World Oceans Day and find out how YOU can take action for the ocean.