The launch!
June 7, 2019
We are so excited to launch Dive In: The Blue Whale Project to inspire future generations to save blue whales and our oceans! Join us and become an advocate for blue whales today!
Vision
The majestic blue whale is the largest animal to have ever existed. It can grow to be more than 100 feet long and weigh as much as 200 tons. Blue whales are at the top of the food pyramid and are essential to maintaining the overall health of the ocean.
Yet, despite their size and significance, the blue whale is an endangered species. Protecting this extraordinary marine mammal requires research and public education to guide policy and practice in order to reduce threats.
That’s why, when a blue whale washed up on the shores of Liverpool in 2017, two Dalhousie professors seized the opportunity to turn this tragic loss into a meaningful research and learning experience for students and a stunning public display.
Dive In: The Blue Whale Project is raising funds to support the time and resources dedicated to the restoration, articulation and presentation of the bones. The vision is to have the entire skeleton assembles and suspended in the atrium of the Steele Ocean Sciences Building. Dalhousie will join the ranks of the Royal Ontario Museum and the Natural History Museum in London in displaying blue whale skeletons as an educational tool and a poignant reminder of the care we must all take to protect the ocean and its creatures.
With a total project cost of $335,200.00, this fundraising campaign offers you a chance to name a bone of the blue whale. Funds raised will support the efforts, time and materials required to execute this project.
Interested in naming the blue whale or the skull? Please contact Clare MacDermott at Clare.MacDermott@Dal.Ca.
IN THE NEWS:
Our campaign has been featured! Check out these past articles:
“Dalhousie scientists wrangle blue whale bones to create 3D model” as featured in The Chronicle Herald on June 13, 2019
Updates
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I am doing my best
Alan Sutherland
Great to see all the work being done to preserve and inform about ocean creatures. Keep swimming.!!
Dale Levandier
Significant advances in knowledge happen occasionally through chance, unanticipated events: the recovery of a Copper Age "glacier mummy" or the discovery of a blue whale carcass on the beach. It is a credit to the researchers who recognize these opportunities.
Jennifer Feenstra
Lillian Pothier
Great idea. Excited to see the exhibit.
Nancy Hayter
What a great science project. Looking forward to seeing the final exhibit next year.
Sarah E Stevenson
David Barclay
In honour of Danielle Moore, from the faculty and students in the Department of Oceanography.
Anne Timmins
Laurena MacAdam
Hon. Wilfred P. Moore
To repeat my statement in the Senate of Canada in January 2016 as sponsor of Bill S-203 (end captivity of whales and dolphins): "Whales and dolphins do not belong in swimming pools."
Jane Ritcey
Donald Maynard
Dal Biology of the 70's and 80's was the fuel for the curiosity that opened the world of science to me.
Graham Doyle
This will enable faculty and students to learn more about this large whale.
Isabelle Aube
"As a teacher, I am always learning. The Blue Whale Project is a great example of this."
Laura Wood Jacoby
Ian&Caroline Wood
Jill Hayden
Donated on behalf of the Dalhousie BACK Program, a Dal Med team doing research on back pain. We support this initiative to raise awareness about the connection between environmental sustainability and human health. And yes, we named a BACK bone!
Owen Sherwood
What an honour to support this amazing educational opportunity for the Dal community.
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