In this inaugural episode of Surfacing Secrets, Balad’EAU and How to Protect the Ocean team up to tell the origin story of a world-leading ocean observatory network: Ocean Networks Canada (ONC).
Host Lyne Morissette takes us back to the late 1990s, when a group of bold ocean scientists dreamed the impossible—real-time seafloor observatories that could transform how we understand our planet. Through captivating narration and exclusive interview excerpts conducted by Andrew Lewin, we meet the visionary pioneers behind this movement:
- Kate Moran, President & CEO of ONC and ocean engineer with a mission to illuminate the deep;
- John Delaney, oceanographer and early architect of cabled observatories;
- Benoit Pirenne, ONC’s Corporate Innovation and Technology Officer, who helped turn bold ideas into technical reality.
This episode explores the roots of ONC, the early scientific breakthroughs, and the data-driven legacy that continues to protect communities, support global science, and spark ocean innovation.
🎧 Featuring archival audio, powerful testimony, and a poetic close inspired by T.S. Eliot.
🎙️ A special production by Balad’EAU, in collaboration with How to Protect the Ocean and Ocean Networks Canada.
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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.
These are the conversations that deserve to be heard—at the right time, with the right perspective.
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