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February 5th 2010,
Unique design sculpture benefits food bank while celebrating Vancouver’s Olympic emblem and the culture of Canada’s Arctic
Today the Vancouver Aquarium revealed an enormous Inukshuk sculpture made entirely of cans of Ocean Wise recommended seafood in a display of Olympic spirit. Created by an Aquarium design team, the Ocean Wise Canstruction project will be available for viewing from now through the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. The seafood was generously donated by Raincoast Trading. Following the exhibit the canned fish will be donated to the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society.
Above: Beebop and Founding Ocean Wise Executive Chef Rob Clark unveil the CANstruction Inukshuk
The canned seafood was supplied by Raincoast Trading, the first retail product to have the Ocean Wise recommended logo on their labels. Mike Wick, owner, commented, “Raincoast is delighted to be part of this unique initiative. If we can help a good cause while letting consumers know how easy it is now to make sustainable seafood choices when shopping, then we’ve accomplished two really important things with this terrific project.”
The Ocean Wise Canstruction Inukshuk will remain on public display during the Olympic Winter Games from today through February 28th. Vancouver Aquarium visitors will find it on the outdoor beluga habitat at the entrance to the Canada’s Arctic exhibit.
It took many hands and a lot of cans to build the Ocean Wise Canstruction Inukshuk. So many cans, in fact, that the Aquarium is giving the public the chance to guess the total number used in the “CAN You Guess?” contest open now through February 13. The winner will receive two tickets to an Olympic speed skating event at the Richmond Oval courtesy of BC Hydro. Anyone can enter the contest by dropping off the ballot in person at the Vancouver Aquarium or online at www.visitvanaqua.org.
Canada’s leading sustainable seafood program wins 2009 Pinnacle Award
Ocean Wise partners across Canada are celebrating after Canada’s leading sustainable seafood program was awarded Supplier of the Year at the 2009 Pinnacle Awards ceremony yesterday in Toronto, ON at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel.
The annual awards recognize achievements of excellence in Canada’s restaurant, foodservice and hotel industries and are bestowed by Kostuch Publications, publishers of the industry magazines Foodservice and Hospitality and Hotelier. View Press Release
Oceans for Tomorrow
On September 11, 2010, chefs, cooks, apprentices and culinary students from across Canada will converge on Providence Farm in the heart of the beautiful Cowichan Valley for two days of conversation and deliberation on the state of our water ways, our effect on marine life and what constructive steps that the culinary industry can build to help improve the health of our oceans.
The Canadian Chefs’ Congress 2010 on Vancouver Island will focus on chefs and their relationship to the ocean and its current fragile state. We will look at sustainable practices as well as the impact of our actions of today on the oceans of tomorrow.
Please visit the CCC 2010 website for Further Information
Interested in providing the freshest, highest quality, sustainable seafood to your patrons, but not sure where to start? Join the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program!
Participation is open to any Canadian business that regularly serves, provides or sells seafood.
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