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Oceans

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.

Banting fellows shed light on Indigenous language, orca survival

The Ring

An endangered Indigenous language and an endangered West Coast wildlife icon stand to benefit from the work of two new Banting Postdoctoral Fellows at UVic. Valued at $70,000 per year for two years, the fellowships are intended to groom Canada's next generation of research leaders.

Funding supports wave energy research

The Ring

On Oct. 6, the BC Government announced funding to UVic's West Coast Wave Initiative (WCWI) to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity. Since its inception in 2009, WCWI has grown to become the centre of Canadian wave energy research and development.

Funding supports wave energy research

Media release

The BC Government announced funding today to the West Coast Wave Initiative at UVic to support research into the potential of ocean waves to generate clean, renewable and affordable electricity. The Ministry of Energy and Mines is providing $150,000 to purchase a new wave energy measurement buoy.

CANARIE invests in software for ONC

Media release

It's full-speed ahead for a new software platform that builds on the world-leading data management system of the UVic's Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) thanks to federal funding announced today at UVic.

How to tag a tiger shark

The Ring

This summer UVic geographer Phil Dearden assisted an international research team with the placement of the first-ever satellite tracking tag on a tiger shark in the Philippines' Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park—a UNESCO world heritage site—and is now tracking its movements in real time. Sharks play a crucial role in marine biodiversity and the new research will have significant impact on shark conservation in Southeast Asia and the Philippines.

Citizen science on BC Ferries

The Ring

Passengers on BC Ferries this summer have an exciting opportunity to help scientists better understand ocean health and declining salmon populations in the Salish Sea.

It’s World Oceans Day every day for our experts

How is BC a world leader in ocean observation science and technology? Are the Trudeau government’s targets for protecting Canada’s marine areas realistic? How is the ocean critical to understanding climate change?

El Niño devastates coral reefs in Pacific Ocean

The Ring

A team of marine scientists from the University of Victoria and the Georgia Institute of Technology have returned from nearly a month of scuba diving on coral reefs in the middle of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. What they saw will haunt them for a long time.

El Niño devastates coral reefs

Media release

A team of marine scientists from the University of Victoria have returned from nearly a month of scuba diving on coral reefs in the middle of the equatorial Pacific Ocean where they discovered the reefs have been devastated by El Niño.

WHaLE mission now underway near Tofino

Media release

A mission to deepen our knowledge of rare and threatened baleen whales and help protect them from ship strikes is underway off Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound, led by David Duffus, director of UVic’s Whale Research Lab.

A decade of pioneering ocean science

The Ring

On Feb. 8, 2006, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) installed the world’s most advanced cabled seafloor observatory in Saanich Inlet—making history with the world’s first interactive realtime portal into the ocean. This allowed scientists, policy-makers, educators and the public to “enter” the ocean from anywhere, at anytime, via the internet, starting a decade of exploration, innovation and expansion that continues today. In celebration of this milestone, ONC has gathered together the top 10 reasons to celebrate.

Celebrating 10 years of pioneering ocean science

Media release

UVic's Ocean Networks Canada celebrates 10 years of pioneering science.

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