August 5, 2025
Reflecting on 15 years of MERS
July marked 15 years since MERS first incorporated as a Society. What started as five friends who were compelled to learn…
Ocular (BCX1705) breaching ©MERS, MML-42
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News & Blog 
July 10, 2025
New Whale-Safe Boating Course Launched
On July 2, the Marine Education and Research Society (MERS) launched the Whale-Safe Boating course. This free, online, comprehensive resource fulfills…
May 1, 2025
How Wild! Contest Results
Here are the results of the inaugural “How Wild!” contest. We partnered with the Canadian Conservation Photographers Collective in this contest…