What happens when creativity and science share the same current of curiosity?
In this episode, three extraordinary voices from around the world — Parvin Hassani (Iran), Dennis Guppa (Philippines), and Dwight Owens (Canada/Colorado) — come together at Ocean Networks Canada on Vancouver Island. Through sculpture, theatre, and scientific collaboration, they explore how art and science can merge to understand the ocean in new ways.
- Parvin, an interdisciplinary sculptor, transforms neural networks and deep-sea hydrothermal vents into living forms of memory.
- Dennis, a theatre director and scholar, turns the trauma of Typhoon Haiyan into a performance of resilience and empathy in his creation Gossip with Whales.
- And Dwight, ONC’s Manager of Impact and Capacity Development, builds bridges between disciplines through the Art–Science Fellowship, connecting artists with researchers across the Pacific.
This episode also pays tribute to Dr. Kim Juniper, ONC’s visionary Chief Scientist and Professor at the University of Victoria, whose leadership and imagination helped shape this fellowship and inspired a generation of scientists and artists to see the ocean — and each other — through new eyes.
Together, these voices remind us that curiosity flows like water — connecting minds, cultures, and ideas — and that connection itself can become a work of art.
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In loving memory of Dr. Kim Juniper, whose vision continues to inspire Ocean Networks Canada and the Art–Science Fellowship.
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The momentum of ideas.
There are stories that change the way we see the world, and there are people who give those stories a direction. Tide Talks is a space for the thinkers, the explorers, and the quiet visionaries who operate where the known meets the horizon.
Hosted by Lyne Morissette, this series captures the inevitable pull of discovery. It’s an intellectual journey across borders and disciplines, seeking out the narratives that carry the weight of truth and the spark of inspiration. From deep-field conservation to the human resilience found in the world’s most remote corners, we follow the currents of change that define our era.
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