Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 11hFinal episode of Surfacing Secrets is now live! In 'Our Ocean Teacher', #Canadian podcast host Lyne Morissette chats with an ocean education dream team on how bringing the abyss to schools + communities requires an entire ecosystem of unique talents. Listen now🎙️ bit.ly/ONCpodcast #SciComm 020
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 29/09/20261/🧡 We wear orange to honour residential school survivors, remember the lost children, and recognize the enduring impact of the Indigenous residential school system. ONC will be closed on Wed Sep 30 to mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. uvic.ca/orangeshirtday @uvic.ca 162
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 28/09/2026From breaching whales to a playful dolphin pod, ONC staff encountered a amazing wildlife during the West Coast Distributed Biological Observatory expedition along the Inside Passage between Victoria & Prince Rupert, and the #ONCabyss Summer Expedition offshore of Vancouver Island. #WildWestCoast 0113
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/09/20265/🌍 "OceanEye International Alliance: Stronger Together for Ocean Observation" was co-chaired by the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada. #UNGA81 010
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/09/20264/ 🌍 ONC interim president & CEO Jay Cullen (right) is proud to join fellow #Canadian delegates at this event; (left-to-right) Robert Lennox; Jamie Snook, PhD, Miriam Zitner; and Anne-Sophie Ste-Marie. #UNGA81 110
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/09/20262/🌍 Co-led by the European Union & Canada, in cooperation with the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, the alliance is working to broaden support for a fit-for-purpose global ocean observing system. #UNGA81 111
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/09/20261/🌍 ONC is delighted to be invited by the @ec.europa.eu ropa.eu to support #Canada’s commitment to the OceanEye International Alliance at the 81st United Nations General Assembly High-Level Week in New York today. #UNGA81 152
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 16/09/20261/🫨ONC’s land+seafloor seismic network successfully detected an #earthquake 21km south southwest of Ucluelet, BC, on Sept 15 & notified critical infrastructure subscribers. The earthquake occurred around 2:30 am PDT. @uvic.ca @innovation.ca 1163
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 14/09/2026ONC had a busy summer! From supporting BC's shellfish industry w/ improved ocean monitoring, to helping develop infrastructure for a deep-sea neutrino telescope, we’ve been busy advancing ocean research & innovation. See what's making waves in our latest newsletter 🌊 bit.ly/4xlrxPf #KnowTheOcean 043
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 10/09/2026🌊 Ready to make waves? Join Ocean Hackathon 2026 in Victoria and spend 48 hours solving real-world ocean challenges using ONC's #BigData! 🏆 Win a trip to Brest, France, for the Grand Finale. 📅 Oct. 16-18, 2026 📍 Victoria, BC Register 🔗 bit.ly/4ie13LE 053
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 08/09/2026🌊 Ocean Hackathon returns to Victoria! Turn real ocean data into innovative solutions for ocean conservation in this 48-hour challenge. 🏆 Win a trip to Brest, France, to compete in the Grand Finale. Register now 🔗 bit.ly/4ie13LE #KnowTheOcean 043
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 02/09/2026How can researchers accurately measure seafloor movement? During Leg 1 of the summer #ONCabyss expedition, ONC assisted in deploying the University of Rhode Island's PIES (Pressure Inverted Echo Sounder), an instrument for monitoring movement of tectonic plates using sound. #KnowTheOcean 051
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 01/09/2026During Leg 1 of the summer #ONCabyss expedition, the team aboard the CCGS John P. Tully completed an impressive 50 CTD rosette casts. Hear directly from Stef, ONC's sea-going scientist, about how these casts help us deliver high-quality #BigData from the deep ocean to the surface. #KnowTheOcean 064
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 31/08/20261/🫨 ONC’s land+seafloor seismic network successfully detected an #earthquake 70km northeast of Campbell River, BC, on Aug 30 & notified critical infrastructure subscribers. The earthquake occurred around 12:42am PT. University of Victoria CFI | FCI 172
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 31/08/2026The first #OceanHackWeek hosted in Canada wrapped up last week at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre! Participants worked in teams tackling real oceanographic problems over five days using real datasets from ONC. We can’t wait to show you the results of their work! #KnowTheOcean 020
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 27/08/2026🚨DIVE ALERT 🚨ONC is aboard the M/V Canpac Valour stationed at Endeavour West Flank. ROV Mantis is 2,376 metres below sea surface recovering and deploying new instruments. Catch the action live 🌊 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #ONCabyss #KnowTheOcean 022
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 26/08/2026🚨DIVE ALERT 🚨 We are back in the water at Endeavour! ROV Mantis is diving 2,181 metres below sea surface to recover an autonomous mooring. Catch the action live 🌊 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #ONCabyss #KnowTheOcean 061
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 25/08/2026Talk about working under pressure! ROV Mantis is currently 2,200 metres deep, installing a new remote access sampler/phytoplankton sampler (RAS/PPS) under the watchful eye of a spider crab and a live online audience. Watch #ONCabyss now 🔗 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #KnowTheOcean 041
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 24/08/2026🚨DIVE ALERT 🚨ONC is aboard the M/V Canpac Valour at the Maine Endeavour Field! ROV Mantis is diving 2,196 metres below sea surface to deploy and recover instruments, collect Gas Tight sample, and more! Catch the action live 🌊 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #ONCabyss #KnowTheOcean 032
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 24/08/2026We shared why we collect sediment samples from Endeavour—but how do we recover the instrument itself? ONC Project Engineer Peter Bunton breaks it down during Leg 1 of this summer’s #ONCabyss expedition. Watch Leg 2 live 🔗 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #KnowTheOcean @innovation.ca @mclanelabs.bsky.social 032
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 20/08/2026What happens to the sediment collected from hydrothermal vents? 🌊 Hear from University of Victoria master's student Jack Carnochan, who joined ONC aboard the CCGS John P. Tully during Leg 1 of this summer's #ONCabyss. Leg 2 is now underway! Watch the live dives 👉 bit.ly/4xUgNbf 051
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 20/08/2026🚨DIVE ALERT 🚨ONC is aboard the M/V Canpac Valour at Barkley Upper Slope! ROV Mantis is diving 394 metres below sea surface to deploy a new a camera platform, recover the old camera, + prepare the vertical profile system for recovery. Catch the action live 🌊 bit.ly/4xUgNbf #ONCabyss #KnowTheOcean 043
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 19/08/2026Leg 2 of the summer #ONCabyss expedition mobilizes tomorrow aboard Canpac Marine Services’ motor vessel (M/V) Canpac Valour! We are sailing from Aug 19-28 to continue maintenance on the NEPTUNE observatory off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Watch the dives 🌊 bit.ly/4xUgNbf 012
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 17/08/2026🔭 Searching for the cosmos from the deep sea ONC and Pacific Ocean Neutrino Experiment partners finished a successful shallow-water testing on Granville Island! Next step 👉 deploying the first 1km subsea mooring off the BC coast. Read the full story 🔗 bit.ly/4vyKmyj #CdnSci 042
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 14/08/2026💅 kinda chic to operate world-leading ocean observatories 🌊 #KnowTheOcean 082
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 11/08/2026The 7.4M #earthquake that occurred today in the Columbia was detected by ONC’s seafloor seismic sensors in the Pacific, 6,929 kilometres away. There is no tsunami warning for the B.C. coast. View the live data 👉🏼 bit.ly/oncearthquakedata #KnowTheOcean 011
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 06/08/20264/🧵 #ONCabyss by the numbers Not pictured 👇 🐋 40+ whale sightings 🐬 A pod of dolphins surfing in our wake 🐦 Countless seabirds spotted along the way Big thanks to the CCGS John P. Tully crew for providing a safe home at sea + helping us successfully complete our science objectives! #KnowTheOcean 010
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 06/08/20263/🧵 #ONCabyss by the numbers 💦 Collected 444 water samples 🪨 Collected 105 sediment samples 🥧 Deployed 2 Pressure Inverted Echosounders (PIEs) from the University of Rhode Island #KnowTheOcean @innovation.ca 100
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 06/08/20262/🧵 #ONCabyss by the numbers 🌊 Completed 50 CTD rosette casts 🪛 Hot-swapped (recovered, reconfigured, & redeployed) 5 sediment traps #KnowTheOcean @innovation.ca 110
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 06/08/20261/🧵 Leg 1 of #ONCabyss summer 2026 expedition has wrapped up with both the CCGS John P. Tully + M/V Canpac Valour safely returning to shore. During our time offshore the 13-person ONC + @uvic.ca team aboard the Tully were focused on completing various science-focused objectives 👇 @innovation.ca 152
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 03/08/2026🛳️ We met a blob sculpin, many deep-sea spider crabs, and of course Optimus Prime, while diving at the Endeavour site of the NEPTUNE observatory with Canpac Marine Services. Watch live 👉 ow.ly/HJnG50Zvfch #ONCAbyss @uvic.ca @innovation.ca 082
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 02/08/2026👋 Say hello to the locals at 2,200m! 🌊 ONC & Canpac Marine Services are diving at the Endeavour site of the NEPTUNE observatory, inside the Tang.ɢ̱wan – ḥačxwiqak – Tsig̱is MPA. Watch live 👉https://ow.ly/HJnG50Zvfch University of Victoria CFI | FCI 052
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 31/07/20261/🫨ONC’s land+seafloor seismic network successfully detected an #earthquake 93 km northeast of Sayward BC, on July 30th & notified critical infrastructure subscribers. The earthquake occurred around 10:45 pm PT. @uvic.ca @innovation.ca 131
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 31/07/2026🌊 The ultimate Canadian tool for deep-sea science? A hockey puck. 🏒 ONC uses modified hockey pucks as grip pads for ROV arms to grab heavy underwater gear. Very Canadian, eh? 🇨🇦 🔗 Follow along on our live dives: ow.ly/Z7xf50Zv7uT #KnowTheOcean #ONCabyss @uvic.ca ic @innovation.ca ion.ca 0146
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 30/07/2026Costco hands out hot samples—we collect ours at 300°C on the seafloor. 🔥 No typo! 2,200m below the surface, ROV Mantis is surveying hydrothermal vents. Follow the #ONCabyss action here: bit.ly/4hoq8CT @uvic.ca @innovation.ca 082
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 28/07/2026The significant #earthquake that occurred today at 12:27 AM PDT, 5km east of Uto, Japan, was detected by ONC’s seafloor seismic sensors in the NE Pacific 8,067 kilometres away. There is no tsunami warning for the BC coast. View the live data 👉🏼 bit.ly/oncearthquakedata #KnowTheOcean 031
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/07/2026The #ONCabyss expedition returns to the NE Pacific w/ a dual-ship, two leg operation aboard M/V Canpac Valour + CCGS John P. Tully! From Jul 24–Aug 4, ONC will service the NEPTUNE observatory off Vancouver Island Watch the dives 🌊 bit.ly/4hoq8CT #KnowTheOcean CFI | FCI University of Victoria 131
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 20/07/20261/🫨 ONC’s land+seafloor seismic network successfully detected a 4.8M #earthquake 219 southwest of Port Hardy, BC, on July 19 & notified critical infrastructure subscribers. The earthquake occurred around 11:41 pm PT. University of Victoria CFI | FCI 264
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 17/07/2026The 7.3M #earthquake that occurred July 17 off the southwestern coast of Mexico was detected by ONC’s seafloor seismic sensors in the Pacific, 4,974 kilometres away. There is no tsunami warning for the B.C. coast. View the live data 👉🏼 bit.ly/oncearthquakedata #KnowTheOcean 040
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 17/07/2026Recipients of the 2026 Roy Hyndman Ocean Observing Award 👇 🎓 Alireza Niksejel, Dalhousie University 🧪 Deep Learning for Long-Term Seismic Monitoring at the Endeavour Segment 🎓 Hayden Amidon, University of Victoria 🧪 New Observations of Oxygen: Calibration + Carbon Pump Modelling 👉 bit.ly/3Rimujm 072
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 16/07/2026ONC’s Wave Glider is back in the Pacific! The Glider will spend the next 2 months monitoring tectonic movement along the Juan de Fuca + North American plates, as part of ONC’s pioneering seafloor #geodesy monitoring system. Learn more about the project 🌎 bit.ly/44wNUFq #KnowTheOcean 073
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 01/07/2026Canada spans the world’s longest coastline, connecting the Arctic, Atlantic & Pacific waters 🌊 ONC is a proudly made-in-Canada ocean data + tech hub & global leader in ocean observing, helping science, society & industry #KnowTheOcean via #BigData from our cabled observatories. Happy #CanadaDay 🇨🇦 193
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 23/06/2026Published this year & building on previous research by University of Miami Rosenstiel School, University of Victoria, & ONC scientists, this study by Manchester Metropolitan University sheds new light on the remarkable hunting strategies of northern elephant seals! Full paper 🔗 bit.ly/4ahAsZj 161
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 18/06/2026🦪 ONC is supporting BC’s multi-million dollar shellfish industry 🦪 New upgrades to ONC’s Baynes Sound ocean observatory enhances monitoring of changing ocean conditions—including warming temp, ocean acidification, & hypoxia. Full story 🔗 bit.ly/4xwqgpF 🧪 🌊 #KnowTheOcean 094
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 08/06/2026🌊 Happy #WorldOceanDay! Today, we're celebrating the ocean that connects us all and ONC's 20th anniversary! Two decades of ocean monitoring has grown into innovations, discoveries, + partnerships spanning the deep sea to coastal communities. Explore #KnowTheOcean milstones 🌊 bit.ly/3O2WkiL 093
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 08/06/2026The 7.8M #earthquake that occurred yesterday in the Mindanao region of the southern Philippines was detected by ONC’s seafloor seismic sensors in the Pacific, 10,720 kilometres away. There is no tsunami warning for the B.C. coast. View the live data 👉🏼 bit.ly/oncearthquakedata #KnowTheOcean 000
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 05/06/2026🎧 Hear the ocean differently 🌊 Join Biophonic Worlds, a two-week workshop at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre + University of Victoria exploring acoustic ecology, soundscape research, data sonification, & creative storytelling. 📅 Aug. 17–28, 2026 Apply by June 8 🔗 bit.ly/49EO0h9 #KnowTheOcean 032
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 04/06/2026🌊 Last call! Applications for #OceanHackWeek 2026 close June 5. Join the first-ever OceanHackWeek in Canada for 5 days of hands-on ocean data science, tutorials, collaborative projects, & community at Bamfield Marine Sciences Centre on Vancouver Island. 🔗 oceanhackweek.org #KnowTheOcean 041
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 27/05/2026This #OceanWeek, meet 3 ONC experts who will dive into their experience working with the deep-sea and in the remote Antarctic, working to #KnowTheOcean. 📅 June 2 | 5-6:30pm 📍 101-503 Park Place, Victoria, BC 📚 Greater Victoria Public Library—Esquimalt This is a free event 👉🏼 bit.ly/4dzUcba 020
Ocean Networks Canada @oceannetworks.ca · 20/05/20262/🧵 "Since the launch of the Whales Initiative and the Oceans Protection Plan, the decline of the Southern Resident killer whale population has stabilized, underscoring the importance of continuing and strengthening these efforts.” 🗨️ Kate Moran, ONC CEO and President 021