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Climate Sentinels with Heidi Sevestre
September 11th @ 1:00pm eastern
Climate Sentinels is a team of four young female scientists, all polar experts, preparing for an expedition to Svalbard next April. They come from Norway, Sweden, France, and the US....
Y2S Shoreline Cleanup I
Sep 12, 2020 (10:00 - 5:00pm) - Lumbermans Arch
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Meet us for the first Y2S shoreline cleanup of international shoreline cleanup month! Where: Meet at Lumberman's Arch (Field behind the Vancouver Aquarium) We will do a cleanup at Lumbermans Arch, break for lunch and some leadership games and then finish our day by doing a cleanup at Devonian Harbour. You should bring a lunch and weather appropriate clothing. We will...
Saving Pollinators and BackyardBio with Peter Soroye
Sep 14, 2020 (10:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Saving Pollinators and BackyardBio with Peter Soroye
September 14th @ 1:00pm eastern
Peter is a conservation biologist at the University of Ottawa, where his research focuses on the effects of climate change and habitat loss on pollinators. He also studies community science (i.e. citizen science) and how these programs can influence the understanding of wildlife...
Saving Coral Reefs Webinar
Sep 14, 2020 (8:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski
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Saving Coral Reefs with Anjani Ganase
September 14th @ 11:00am eastern
Anjani Ganase is a coral reef ecologist who is focussing on understanding the health of the coral reefs in her home country Trinidad and Tobago and applying methods for coral recovery and restoration. Her avid interest in the ocean and coral reefs that...
Ocean Wise at Vancouver Aquarium | Plastics
Sep 15, 2020 (11:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Ocean Wise at Vancouver Aquarium | Plastics
September 15th @ 2:00pm eastern
Plastic is everywhere and incredibly valuable to humans… but it should not be disposable. More than 8 million tons of plastic enter our oceans every year – that is the same as one dump truck a minute. Moreover, there is something very simple we can all do every day to help reduce the...
Marine Biologist Webinar: Microplastics
Sep 15, 2020 (6:00 - 7:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Martina Capriotti | Marine Biologist: Microplastics
September 15th @ 9:00am eastern
Martina was born on the coast of the Adriatic Sea and developed an interest in ocean protection as a young scuba diver when she noticed pollution amid grazing fish on a trash-strewn reef. She received the National Geographic and Sky Ocean Rescue Scholarship, which supported her...
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Sep 16, 2020 (8:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Lizzie Carr | Exploring Plastic Pollution by Paddleboard
September 16th @ 11:00am eastern
Lizzie Carr (AKA Lizzie Outside) is a natural born adventurer, double world record holder, and environmentalist. She was the first women to solo paddle board across the English Channel and the first person to paddle board the length of England. She has dedicated her life to completing...
Tracking Marine Debris
Sep 17, 2020 (11:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski
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Kathryn Youngblood | Tracking Marine Debris
September 17th @ 2:00pm eastern
Debris Tracker is a global citizen science tool used to monitor and record litter in an open-access database. Every day, educational, non-profit, and scientific organizations and dedicated citizen scientists from all around the world record data on...
Discover the Biodiversity of the Intertidal Zone
Sep 21, 2020 (1000 - 1100) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Jacob Beland Our Ocean Wise Educator will use our amazing wet lab to take participants on a journey through the inter-tidal zone. We will discover the biodiversity of this extreme ecosystem, how animals and plants survive there and how dependent upon one another they are in order to maintain a delicate balance.
Virtual Book Launch - Kah-Lan and the Stink-Ink
Sep 22, 2020 (9:30 - 11:00) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Jacob Beland Connect live and meet the author, illustrator and Ocean Wise's Marine Mammal Rescue Center Manager.
Children’s author Karen Autio did lot of research to write a book from a sea otter's perspective. She'll share what she learned and talk about why sea otters are important to ocean ecosystems.
Illustrator Emma Pedersen will share tips on how to draw a sea otter, and she'll talk...
Toucan Rescue Rance
Sep 24, 2020 (11:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski
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Toucan Rescue Ranch
September 24th @ 1:00pm eastern
Join us live from the Toucan Rescue Ranch in Costa Rica!!! We'll learn all about the two and three fingered sloths and meet some of the incredible animals they're rehabilitating. At TRR they have focused on care, rehabilitation, and release of national wildlife since 2004....
eXXPedition Webinar
Sep 24, 2020 (6:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski eXXpedition | Dr. Winnie Courtene-Jones and Sally Earthrowl
September 24th @ 9:00am eastern
eXXpedition runs pioneering all-female sailing research expeditions to investigate the causes of and solutions to ocean plastic pollution. ‘Round the World’ covers over 38,000 nautical miles, including 4 of the oceans plastic accumulation zones (gyres). Split into 30...
Sharks Webinar
Sep 24, 2020 (8:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski
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Ocean Wise at the Vancouver Aquarium | Sharks
September 24th @ 11:00am eastern
One of the most successful and misunderstood fish in the sea, sharks have survived for over 400 million years thanks to their incredible adaptations. They are found all over the world, and at every level of the food chain. Challenge misconceptions...
Sharktoberfest
Sep 26, 2020 (10:00 - 13:30) - (GMT -8:00) Pacific Time
Hosted by: Jacob Beland From NOAA: "Join us for an online celebration of sharks to raise awareness of the importance of elasmobranchs in our marine ecosystem, coinciding with the arrival of white sharks to the San Francisco area to feed on our abundant seal and sea lion populations. Tune in for fun and education activities for adults and kids, shark art, shark science, shark films, shark...
Sea of Plastic Webinar
Sep 28, 2020 (11:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Sea of Plastic | Trash in our Oceans
September 28th @ 2:00pm eastern
Join Dwight Owens of Ocean Networks Canada as he explores the problem of and solutions for trash in our oceans! Dwight has over 25 years’ experience in design and development of rich media and interactive education. Much of this work has been science-related. Since joining Ocean Networks Canada in 2008, Dwight...
Y2S - CWF Shoreline Cleanup
Sep 29, 2020 (17:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Meet with other YouthToSea members and some youth from the WildOutside program for a shoreline cleanup! Where: TBD
When: September 29th @ 5:00pm We will provide you with pickers, buckets & gloves - all you need to bring is yourself. Due to COVID-19 restrictions this event has a numbers cap, please sign up for the event here:
Live Seabird Dissection
Sep 30, 2020 (7:00)
Hosted by: Michelle Bienkowski Anna Robuck | Live Seabird Dissection
September 30th @ 10:00am eastern
Join Anna for a live dissection of a seabird to see if we find plastic in its stomach. Her research examines "new" contaminants like water repellant compounds compared to "legacy" pollutants like flame retardants in seabird tissue and ocean water, to better figure out how seabirds are...
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