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Ocean Networks Canada

Federal investment in ONC

The Ring

UVic's world-leading Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) received $7.2 million in new funding from the federal government last month to continue its work monitoring Canada’s ocean and coasts.

High-resolution data confirms canyons' importance

Media release

Unprecedented high-resolution data from undersea canyons off Vancouver Island's west coast is bringing new understanding of the importance of these canyons as rapid-transit corridors for carrying carbon from the ocean surface to the deep sea.

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

Times Colonist

Where ship that sailed Northwest Passage is stopping on BC coast

UVic faculty involved in six CFI grants

Media release

Two University of Victoria projects with the potential to change how the world interprets the forces of nature have taken a major step toward being realized with today's Canada Foundation for Innovation announcement of $6.3 million in funding support.

Funded through Oceans Protection Plan

Media release

The world-leading University of Victoria initiative Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) received $7.2 million in new funding today from the Canadian government to continue its vital work monitoring Canada's ocean and coasts, including endangered southern resident killer whale habitat.

Broadcast of Arctic live dive

The Ring

Two UVic alumni who went on to found the innovative non-profit Fish Eye Project led a live dive Aug. 27 in the icy waters of Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, as part of the Canada C3 expedition.

UVic alumni take Arctic plunge

Media release

Two University of Victoria alumni who went on to found the innovative Fish Eye Project are headed for Cambridge Bay, Nunavut next week for a live dive in Arctic waters that will be broadcast simultaneously across the country as part of the Canada C3 expedition.

Queenswood renovations

The Ring

The $7-million renovation project that will turn a former religious order residence into UVic's new ocean and climate research campus has moved into the seismic upgrading phase.

Eyes on the deep

The Ring

Hundreds of citizen scientists from around the world participated in a recent study counting deep-water sablefish off the Tofino coast. That’s a lot of eyes focused on the deep.

Citizen scientists are the future for our oceans

The Ring

The impressive performance of more than 500 "citizen scientists" who signed on for a study counting deep-water sablefish off the Tofino coast is heartening proof that understanding our oceans is something we can all be part of, says one of the Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) scientists who co-authored the study.

Everyone has a role in ocean science

Media release

The impressive performance of “citizen scientists” who signed on for a study counting deep-water sablefish off the Tofino coast is heartening proof that understanding our oceans is something we can all be part of, says one of the Ocean Networks Canada scientists who co-authored the study.

CFI funding for ONC

The Ring

A five-year, $46.6 million investment from the Canadian government—through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)—will ensure that ONC continues to lead the world in ocean observatory science and technology. The new funding is awarded to UVic through CFI’s Major Science Initiatives program, which supports a portion of the operating and maintenance costs of selected major science facilities across Canada.

Funding supports ocean and climate hub

Media release

Researchers and students at UVic will benefit from a combined investment totalling $7 million from the Government of Canada and the university for infrastructure renovation and renewal projects of UVic's ocean and climate hub.

Funding secures ONC as ocean leader

Media release

A new five-year, $46.6 million investment from the Canadian government—through the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI)—ensures that UVic's Ocean Networks Canada continues to lead the world in ocean observatory science and technology.

Saanich Inlet research sheds new light on ocean dead zones

The Ring

Every two weeks since September, a research team on the UVic research vessel MSV John Strickland has been venturing into the inlet to collect water samples at various depths (roughly 300 litres per day) to measure the levels of everything from dissolved gases and trace metals to phytoplankton and microbes.

Project sheds light on ocean dead zones

Media release

Oceanographers from around the world are hoping to learn more about the science of “dead zones,” thanks to a UVic-led research project currently taking place in Saanich Inlet near Victoria.

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