News & Media

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We are excited to be featured in media that showcase our messages of youth empowerment and ocean conservation! Below is a selection of media segments that star our founder Dr. Elaine Leung and Sea Smart’s work to power waves of change.

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Sea Smart media features

Sea Smart press kit

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Who is behind Sea Smart?

Dr. Elaine Leung giving a young girl a high five.
Dr. Elaine Leung holding a pup.

Dr. Elaine Leung, marine biologist and founder of Sea Smart, along with her team of ocean educators, advisors and volunteers, create ripples of awareness to make big waves of change. 

Through practical solutions and the latest information, kids get to see how even their smallest actions can make a huge impact on the world around them.

Dr. Leung has over 15 years of experience as a marine biologist, working with various governments, universities, and non-profits. Her research on threatened marine animals has taken her around the world, including places like Alaska, Antarctica, BC, Hawaii, and New Zealand. Dr. Leung knows first-hand that our environment is facing many threats; over 30 of the species she has studied or interacted with will go extinct within her lifetime. 

Dr. Leung believes so strongly in the power of individual action to create positive change that she founded Sea Smart to inspire youth to love and respect our ocean and understand the roles they can play in protecting our planet. 

Our highlights

  • We have taught over 40,000 people in person about plastic pollution and what they can do to help.

  • Our online education resources have been accessed by over 1,000,000 people globally.

  • Dr. Elaine Leung has spoken at events around the world, including WE Day Vancouver to over 20,000 people.

  • In June 2018, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau launched the international Ocean Plastics Charter and made ocean health and plastic pollution a priority for its 2018 G7 Presidency. In partnership with the Government of Canada, Oceanwise, Students on Ice and WE, we launched an Ocean Plastics Education Kit for students!

  • We offer hands-on, inquiry-based school programs, after-school programs, online programs, and summer camps at the beach.