Fisheries and Oceans supports Canada’s ocean research technology and blue economy innovation with $8.7-milion funding in the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada.

Ocean Networks Canada has installed the final set of underwater earthquake early warning sensors off the west coast of Canada, and will mark a significant operational milestone in partnership with Protrans BC, operator of Vancouver’s Canada Line rapid transit system, with a simulated exercise.

Could the world’s next large-scale neutrino detector be built at the bottom of the ocean? This summer, as part of its 2018 Wiring the Abyss expedition, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is installing specialized equipment at its deepest site in the northeast Pacific Ocean to assess the location’s suitability for observing neutrinos

Scientists test waters for large-scale physics experiment

ONC is installing specialized instrumentation at Cascadia Basin, 2,700 metres below sea level in the northeast Pacific Ocean, during Expedition 2018: Wiring the Abyss to assess the location’s suitability for observing one of the universe’s most essential and difficult-to-study ingredients—neutrinos.

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In the early morning hours of Jan. 23, a magnitude-7.9 earthquake occurred off Alaska, generating a tsunami warning for coastal BC, and alerts and evacuations on Vancouver Island. As the tsunami wave moved over Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) sensors connected to its deep-sea offshore observatory, ONC staff surged into action interpreting real-time data, working with emergency planning and response authorities, and interacting with the public on social media.

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.

Learn what to do during an earthquake to protect yourself—Drop, Cover and Hold On! Participate in the Great British Columbia ShakeOut on Oct. 19.

A University of Victoria geologist has led the discovery of an active fault line that runs a few kilometres from downtown Victoria, including the Esquimalt Lagoon area and just offshore from James Bay and Clover Point.

A UVic geologist has led the discovery of an active fault line that runs a few kilometres from downtown Victoria, including the Esquimalt Lagoon area and just offshore from James Bay and Clover Point.

Scientists the world over can't yet reliably predict an earthquake. But they're making technological advances to rapidly detect an earthquake just as it begins to happen.

The BC government is investing $5 million in Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) to advance the development and use of earthquake early warning systems in BC.

An investment of $5-million to Ocean Networks Canada aims to increase the development and use of earthquake early warning systems in BC.

The Great BC ShakeOut happens Oct.15 at exactly 10:15 a.m.—so be ready to DROP, COVER and HOLD ON! 

The following University of Victoria expert is available to comment on his discovery of a major new landslide threat in the popular trekking region of Annapurna in Nepal following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake on April 25. Dan Shugar (Hakai Postdocto…