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Aug 11, 2021

World-class ocean observing gets a boost

A hydrophone is deployed to monitor underwater noise in the Strait of Georgia, home to endangered killer whales and Canada’s biggest port, Vancouver. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada.

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA NEWS RELEASE
August 11, 2021

An $8.7-million investment into the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) advances ocean-observing infrastructure on all three of Canada’s coasts, aligning a nationwide plan to safeguard the country’s ocean and coastal ecosystems for future generations.

The support by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), announced on Wednesday by Minister Bernadette Jordan, means ONC...

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news release | Research | Funding | international | University of Victoria | Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Fisheries and Oceans Canada partners for a sustainable and healthy ocean future.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is providing Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) with more than half a million dollars to organize its Pacific fisheries science, marine mammal and ocean data. This pilot project will use ONC’s powerful data management system, Oceans 2.0, to support science and make DFO data more open, accessible and user-friendly for their decision-making, stakeholders academia and Canadians. Oceans 2.0 is recognized by the International Council for Science as part of the World Data System.

 

The announcement was made by the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of...

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Funding | announcement | fisheries | Oceans 2.0 | Fisheries and Oceans Canada | data management

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CANARIE funding supports new tools for big data

An investment of $577,000 has been made by CANARIE to enhance access to and processing of big data collected by Ocean Networks Canada (ONC). ONC’s cabled ocean observatories support hundreds of underwater and on-land sensors that generate a huge volume of continuous, high-resolution data about the ocean.

Minister Aldag makes CANARIE funding announcement

MP John Aldag making the CANARIE funding announcement on 13 September 2016.

As the size of ONC’s data archive grows the need for enhanced tools to help researchers efficiently process and understand a fire hose of data is...

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CANARIE | Funding | big data | Oceans 2.0 | announcement | API | open source | software development

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Smart Ocean™ Funded

With thanks to the Government of Canada’s Western Diversification Program and partner IBM Canada, Ocean Networks Canada today announced the latest development of its world-leading ocean observing technology, located off Canada’s west coast. Smart Ocean™ will build upon the NEPTUNE and VENUS subsea observatories with a planned expansion of five cabled ocean observing systems along the northern coast of BC and northern Strait of Georgia.

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Funding | Smart Ocean™ | announcement | Western Economic Diversification | WED | Western Diversification | IBM Canada

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Towards a “Smarter” BC Coast

With thanks to the Government of Canada’s Western Diversification Program and partner IBM Canada, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) today announced the latest development of its world-leading ocean observing technology, located off Canada’s West Coast.

Smart Ocean™ will build upon the NEPTUNE and VENUS subsea observatories with a planned expansion of five cabled ocean observing systems along the northern coast of BC and northern Strait of Georgia.

Coupled with ONC’s unique data management system Oceans 2.0, and in partnership with IBM Canada, the Smart Ocean™ program will use marine sensors and data analysis to enhance environmental stewardship as well...

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Smart Ocean™ | WED | Western Economic Diversification | Funding | announcement | Government of Canada | CECR | IBM Canada | Marine Safety | Public Safety | Environmental Protection

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CFI Supports Future Endeavour Research

Ocean Networks Canada is kicking off a year of exciting research and innovation at the Endeavour node of the NEPTUNE observatory with a show of support from the Canadian Government.

Today’s $1.62 million funding commitment through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s 2012 Leading Edge Fund is intended for future study and continuous monitoring of the Endeavour Segment.

"This funding support will nearly triple Ocean Networks Canada's current instrumentation at this spectacular location in the deep ocean and will provide a new way...

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CFI | Leading Edge Fund | endeavour | Invitation to Science | R&D | technology | Funding

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New Funding Propels ONC Forward

Completion of the world’s largest deep-sea tsunami array, new instruments to improve marine safety in the Strait of Georgia, and the first subsea instrument platform in the Arctic—these are three exciting developments underway at the University of Victoria’s world–leading Ocean Networks Canada Observatory.

Today, the governments of Canada and British Columbia announced a total of $41.7 million in new funding to support the operating costs of the observatory, which is managed for the University of Victoria by the not-for-profit organization, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC).

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Funding | Government of Canada | BC Provincial Government | Canada Foundation for Innovation | CFI | Major Science Initiatives Fund

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Funding Supports Innovative Oceans Research

Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), run by the University of Victoria, will receive $8.9 million from government to support ongoing research activities.

Established in 2007 by the University of Victoria, ONC manages the NEPTUNE Observatory in the northeast Pacific and the VENUS Observatory in the Salish Sea. Ocean Networks Canada uses innovative engineering, data communication and sensor technologies to gather continuous data and images from the ocean depths, and then streams the live data around the globe.

Ocean Networks Canada has been recognized as a national research platform, and is ranked among the finest in the world in ocean discovery and technological innovation. Continuous observations at key sites in the...

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Funding | BC Provincial Government | announcement

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$20 Million to Expand Seafloor Observatory

The research capacity of the University of Victoria-led NEPTUNE Canada, the world’s first regional cabled ocean observatory, received a significant boost today with the announcement of an additional $20 million in funding.

The $8 million from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI), $8 million from the BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) and $4 million of in-kind support from private partners including Alcatel will allow scientists to significantly expand the scope and scientific impact of the NEPTUNE Canada observatory.

Beginning in fall 2007, Alcatel will lay an 800-km network of powered fibre optic cable...

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Funding | Canada Foundation for Innovation | CFI | BC Knowledge Development Fund | Alcatel

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$2 Million Supports Ocean Observatories

Two revolutionary, interactive seafloor observatories led by the University of Victoria will benefit from more than $2 million in new funding from CANARIE Inc., a national organization that promotes advanced networks and applications.

The NEPTUNE Canada (North-East Pacific Time-series Undersea Network Experiments) observatory, will lay 800 km of fibre optic cable and instruments off the outer coast of B.C., starting in 2007.

A sister observatory, VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea), will lay 43 km of cable and instruments in two locations off the south coast of B.C. The first 3-km leg of VENUS was installed in Saanich Inlet near Victoria in February.

Both observatories will use the...

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Funding | CANARIE | IBM | McGill

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