SNOLAB is a world-class science facility located deep underground in the operational Vale Creighton nickel mine, near Sudbury, Ontario in Canada. The combination of great depth and cleanliness that SNOLAB affords allows extremely rare interactions and weak processes to be studied. The science programme at SNOLAB is currently focussed on sub-atomic physics, largely neutrino and ...
Science in Jasper and Banff's alpine is uncovering new and startling details about it's most famous glaciers and how fast they are receding. How much is being lost and what do we think we know about it? Join Parks Canada for a look at some of the people and projects analysing the ice, and an ...
Please join the Around the Americas Expedition and Dr. Andy Jessup, Senior Principal Oceanographer from the Applied Physics Lab at the University of Washington, as they review the data collected from the heat flux and water temperatures from their journey around North and South America. The Around the Americas Expedition is a 14-month voyage, that ...
Wop-wop-wop-wop-wop-wop-wop… What was that noise?!? A distant helicopter? A woodpecker? Or…a Columbia spotted frog! Listening and looking for amphibians is one way to monitor ecosystem health. Join Parks Canada LIVE from Kootenay National Park as we pull up our waders and explore a wetland. Help us search for frogs, toads, salamanders, and their unique egg ...
You’ve heard about this place for years, and now the big adventure begins! First, you ride the bus, then a boat, your excitement growing with every bump and wave. Finally, after hiking 14 kilometres through forests and fields, you spot it—the tall, strong fences of Sweetgrass Station, standing proudly in the middle of the wild, ...
What do your clothes have to do with nature? Everything! Fashion might seem far removed from forests, oceans, water, or wildlife, but the journey of our clothing is deeply connected to the natural world—from the natural resources they come from, to the finished pieces in our closets. You'll also learn how WWF is helping the ...
What does it take to explore the ocean? Join a live broadcast from the research vessel Marcus G. Langseth as it travels across the Pacific Ocean. In this session, students will learn about the Seven Principles of Ocean Literacy and how they connect to real ocean research happening at sea right now. Through shipboard stories, images ...
Welcome aboard, ocean stewards! During this May class, join the Around the Americas crew from sailing vessel One Ocean on the vast blue Pacific, with over 18,000 nautical miles accomplished along our 27,000 nautical mile journey, carving our way north toward one of the most extraordinary ecosystems on earth - the Galapagos Islands. The session ...
Lucas Meers serves as the Director of the Jacksonville University Sea Turtle Program at the Marine Science Research Institute in Jacksonville, Florida. For over 15 years, he has monitored sea turtle nesting trends and distribution in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida with Mickler's Landing Turtle Patrol. Come join this program to learn about their work helping ...
Where can you find the oldest animals on earth? The deepest, darkest forests? Giant worms and single-celled organisms the size of your fist? Join Diane Esson, science manager of deep-sea research capacity-building at MARE-Madeira to learn about these cool critters and more!"
Dr. Tanya Harrison is a "Professional Martian" who worked on rocks and robots on the Red Planet. She specialises in the geology of Mars, using cameras onboard rovers and satellites as her tools. Tanya will discuss what all of the missions at Mars right now are up to, what cool missions are planned for the ...
Port au Choix National Historic Site, located on the west coast of the island portion of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, lies on a small peninsula along the much larger Great Northern Peninsula. In addition to having 6000 years of known human history, this peninsula was once part of an ancient seafloor and today ...
In celebration of and in the spirit of the recently launched Jane Goodall Institute of Canada's Hike for Hope - we are thrilled to welcome one of Canada's most extraordinary visual storytellers to Pioneers of the Possible. Join us Tuesday, April 29th at 11am PST / 2pm EST for a conversation with Michelle Valberg, C.M. ...
What can one historic place reveal about the making of Canada? Bellevue House National Historic Site is a place where many voices come together to explore the story of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister. Guided by Parks Canada, this engaging presentation introduces who Macdonald was and explores how his ideas and decisions ...
