With more than 100 researchers and academics across nine faculties at Dalhousie University and one of the highest concentrations of ocean-related PhDs in the world (est. 480), we are Canada's Ocean Educators.
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Feature Stories
Jean-Francois Bousquet
- Dalhousie University
Electrical Engineer Ocean Scientist - "Waveform Geek"
Dive In. Make Waves.
The mystery of the seas called to Callum from an early age. Now he's working with underwater camera systems to explore the depths.
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NSCC FIRST TO MAP THE UNDERWATER FOREST
Tim Webster and his team at NSCC’s Applied Geomatics Research Group are unlocking the near-shore mysteries with their leading egde topobathymetric LiDAR system.
Ocean students dive into the mysteries of the red sea
Nestled between Africa and Asia sits the Red Sea, known for the algal blooms that turn its water a reddish hue. Here, amidst a coastal desert, the sea’s Gulf of Eilat (also known as the Gulf of Aqaba) is home to unparalleled marine systems of great interest to ocean scientists all over the world.
GLOBAL CONNECTIONS, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP
In high school in Medicine Hat, Alberta, this first generation Indian-Canadian (and the only female child in three generations of her family) began working part-time in a microbiology lab testing water for parasites. She then used this experience to develop a method for early detection of parasitic outbreaks in water supplies.