Vancouver Aquarium bringing the ocean to Medicine Hat for a five-day visit

By Medicine Hat News on September 9, 2017.

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The Canada 150 AquaVan program (which is free of charge) will be visiting Medicine Hat between Sept. 10-14.Part of thattime they will be delivering the AquaVan program to schools inMedicine Hat.

This Sunday, the AquaVan will be at the Interpretive Centre in Police Point Park so the public can see and hear their ocean educators, abunch of sea stars, urchins, anemones, crabs and marine artifacts. During this time, they may also also recruit and help lead a shorelinecleanup.Shoreline cleanups provides Canadians the opportunity totake action in their communities wherever water meets land, one bitof trash at a time.

The AquaVan program started in 1994 as an innovative way to takethe Vancouver Aquarium experience to locations around B.C. and western Canada.Programming is now offered in bothofficial languages, facilitates personal connections to the oceansby allowing people to touch marine artifacts and live marineinvertebrates and, engage with our ocean educators.

The AquaVan150 transcontinental tour was initiated to helpcelebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation, includingparticipation in the Canada Day celebrations on Parliament Hill.

AquaVan150 is visiting schools, camps, museums and community eventsfrom coast to coast to coast. The program includes information onCanada’s waterways and highlight region-specific informationincluding local history, indigenous peoples content, marineprotected areas, current environmental challenges and science insupport of ocean literacy. This project fosters civic appreciationand enhanced stewardship of our environment, increases collectiveunderstanding of our oceans and watersheds by connecting Canadiansto their local aquatic habitats.

For those wishing to learn more here is a link to the AquaVan community site that gives you a bit more information about the mobile program and other Ocean WiseEducation initiatives.