Visitor Information
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| The OSC will provide facilities and support services to qualified researchers who wish to collaborate with OSC personnel or conduct independent research. Visiting researchers must contact the Director for further information. Click here for the location of the OSC.
Facility & Services may be charged for:
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Marine Public Education |
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Public Education ProgramThe Marine Public Education Program will open June 1st, 2013 until Labour Day Operation time: 10am-5pm daily No cost but a donation box is available. There are no indoor tours of the Ocean Sciences Centre facilities. Contact Danielle Nichols at (709) 864-2459 for further information. Since 1988 the Ocean Sciences Centre has organized and played a continuous role in public awareness in marine sciences through its Marine Public Education Program. Each summer we invite visitors of all ages to our outside touch tank and Seal Facility where student interpreters discuss research conducted at the OSC, marine mammal and sealing issues, and introduce the curious to a variety of native sea creatures. |
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Weekend (Sept 2nd, 2013). Our current public education program (PEP) is a complimentary interactive and interpretive outdoors activity for tourists, school children and local visitors. Features of the program include an outdoor touch tank, where visitors can experience a never - ending variety of local marine life; an out - door observation platform for viewing our captive population of harp seals; and marine interpreters (MUN summer students) to answer questions and explain current research initiatives at the facility. 