Global Affairs Canada Grants $6-Million to Guatemala SRHR Program
Global Affairs Canada is contributing CAN $6-million to support TulaHealth’s Empowering Indigenous Adolescents and Women for Equitable Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) project. See the feature article “Something So Crucial” in this issue of the Tula Quarterly.
OceanConnect Now Gives Boaters Data from Alaska to Northern California
OceanConnect is a free service that gives ocean enthusiasts data on wind, waves, currents, and other ocean conditions. A collaboration between the Tula Foundation, the Canadian government, and several universities, it was originally launched in November 2023 with coverage of the Salish Sea in British Columbia and Washington.
In its latest release (Version 1.1), OceanConnect has expanded its forecast coverage tenfold—offering users a heads up on conditions from Southeast Alaska to Northern California—and doubled its live data coverage. These expansions are thanks to the addition of new regional forecast models, and the inclusion of data from hundreds of new live data sources, including buoys, weather stations, tide stations, and webcams.
Reconciliation Through Science
The Nanwakolas Council and the Tlowitsis, We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, Mamalilikulla and K’ómoks First Nations have begun work with the Hakai Institute and other expert advisers on the Nanwakolas 50 Watersheds Project. This science partnership will develop tools to address the threats posed by climate change and forest management on salmon populations and their habitat in the territories of these Nanwakolas member First Nations.
Awards, Awards, Awards
In early June, Hakai Magazine came away from the National Magazine Awards (NMAs) and sister Digital Publishing Awards (DPAs) with four wins—three gold and one silver! Serena Renner’s feature “A River Runs Above Us” took home gold in two categories: Best Topical Reporting: Climate Change at the DPAs and Long-Form Feature Writing at the NMAs. The magazine’s other gold win was for “Banking on the Seaweed Rush” by Nicola Jones, which was named Best Feature Article at the DPAs. Former Tula Foundation journalism fellow Spoorthy Raman won silver in the DPA’s Best Science and Technology Storytelling category for “Shining the Light on Baby Crabs” about the Hakai Institute’s Sentinels of Change light trap project, while Devon Bidal, J. B. MacKinnon, and Moira Donovan all earned honorable mentions.