Co-hosted by:
Shorefast Foundation
Simon Fraser
University
• Centre for Coastal
Studies
• Continuing
Studies in Science
Sponsored by:
Canadian Healthy
Oceans Network
(CHONe)
Exploring the Ocean Frontiers—
We Have More to Learn
Free public lecture by Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe
Tuesday, November 2, 2010, 7 pm
Asia Pacific Hall, Morris J Wosk Centre for Dialogue. SFU Vancouver, 580 West Hastings Street
Fisheries and Oceans
Canada
Memorial University
of Newfoundland and
Labrador
Ocean Management
Research Network
(OMRN)
Oceanworks
International
Province of
Newfoundland and
Labrador
Simon Fraser
University
•Faculty of
Environment
•Faculty of Science
Shorefast Foundation
Vancouver Aquarium
Marine Science
Centre
RESERVATIONS
Reservations are
recommended as
seating is limited. To
reserve a seat, visit
www.sfu.ca/reserve
The human species is limited by terrestrial adaptations
and dependence on a few senses to understand our
interactions with the environment. Penetration of the
oceans by humans is difficult. Lack of visual connectivity
beneath the sea surface usually means “out of sight, out
of mind.”
This presentation will explore some of the deep
places in our ocean to reveal some unknown wonders. It
will use pictures and film clips from expeditions to hot
vents, subsea volcanoes, and deep into Canadian oceans
to illustrate the beauty and the extraordinary dynamics of
ecosystems that we never see.
Canada is also a leader in development of subsea
technologies that allow us to undertake such exploration:
submersible, remotely operated vehicles and subsea
observatories are world leading. We will also look to the
role of new young scientists in dealing with the growing
threats to the ocean.
Communication and education is possibly the best
approach to ensuring better stewardship of the oceans.
Dr. Verena Tunnicliffe is the Director of the
VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under
the Sea) project, Subsea Observatory and Professor
and Canada Research Chair in Deep Sea Oceans at
the University of Victoria. Her research focuses on
the ecology and evolution of hot-vent animals and
marine community history. She collaborates widely
across many disciplines from geophysics to molecular
biology and submersible missions have predominated
her field work.
Dr. Tunnicliffe is a member of the Scientific
Advisory Committee of the Canadian Healthy
Oceans Network and the Governing Council of
the Northwest Association of Networked Ocean
Observing Systems, which is part of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Association.
RESPONDENTS TO THE LECTURE:
Dr. Paul Snelgrove, Memorial University of
Newfoundland and Labrador
Dr. John Nightingale, President and CEO, Vancouver
Aquarium Marine Science Centre
Canada Ocean Lecture Series
Initiated in 2007, the Canada Ocean Lecture series
is a joint initiative between Shorefast Foundation
and Simon Fraser University and other partners. The
aim of the series is to create awareness of Canada’s
vast marine environment and its importance to
Canadians. Lectures to date have been held on the
Atlantic and Pacific coasts and in central Canada. For
more information visit
(http://www.sfu.ca/cstudies/science/canadaoceanlecture.php)