NEPTUNE Canada and its sister project VENUS are cabled ocean observatories operating under the administrative umbrella of Ocean Networks Canada (ONC).
ONC is a not-for-profit society created by the University of Victoria to build and sustain Canada's world leadership in ocean science and technology through the two observatories. ONC supports the core research programs and the applications of the results of the research in at least three major areas: public policy, economic development and commercialization, and public education and outreach.
The following Canadian universities comprise a consortium, led by the University of Victoria, which received funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation and British Columbia Knowledge Development Fund for the NEPTUNE Canada Project. Funding requirements designate the University of Victoria as the owner and operator.
NEPTUNE Canada has signed memoranda of understanding for cooporation with:
NEPTUNE Canada decision making benefits from the advice of several key committees with external representation:
Chris Barnes, project director
Mairi Best, associate director
Position Vacant, associate director
The following external consultants work closely with NEPTUNE Canada.
Benoît Pirenne, associate director
Fern Johnson, associate director
NEPTUNE Canada staff photo, September 2008. From left: Mairi Best, Chris Barnes, Yingsong Zheng, Dmytro Draga, Darryl Bidulock, Yigal Rachman (no longer with NEPTUNE Canada), Tim Lavallee, BenoƮt Pirenne, Nic Scott, Eric Kolb, Fern Johnson, Daisy Qi, Jason Rush, Tim Boesenkool, Murray Leslie, Eric Guillemot, Dwight Owens, Leslie Elliot, Elizabeth Redpath, Karen Tang, Martin Hofmann, Natalia Gartley, Tony Lin.