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The First First Responders
When disaster strikes along British Columbia’s coast, Indigenous rescuers are often the first on the scene. Government-led initiatives are now formally recognizing that work.
The Canoe in the Forest
An unfinished boat hidden on a remote island in Alaska illuminates a missing chapter in the history of traditional Haida and Tlingit canoe building
The Personal Toll of Canada’s Broken Fishing Promises
Indigenous fishermen on the Atlantic Coast have spent centuries—and millions of dollars—trying to get the government to uphold treaties made in the 1700s. And younger generations aren’t giving up.
This site archives ten years of award-winning journalism from Hakai Magazine, which ceased publishing at the end of 2024. The team behind the publication is continuing to publish new stories about oceans and coasts around the world at bioGraphic.
At the Hakai Institute
Hakai Magazine and Hakai Institute are both part of the Tula Foundation. The Institute advances long-term environmental research from icefields to oceans on the coastal margin of British Columbia.
Deep Learning on the Rocky Shore
Artificial intelligence is offering a quantum leap in image processing, allowing researchers to monitor mussels from the sky.
Ancient Canoes, New Connections
Hakai Institute videographer Grant Callegari is part of a new film project about Indigenous canoe building.
