Hakai Institute
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Tula Quarterly
Tula Foundation P.O. Box 25039 Campbell River, BC V9W 0B7 Canada
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The new TQ is here! Do killer whales & dolphins really hunt together? How are health workers healing distrust in rural Guatemala? What is BC doing about massive projected aquaculture losses due to ocean acidification & hypoxia? Check out the stories: tula.org/tula-quarterly
Now entering its sixth year, a research partnership between the Mamalilikulla First Nation Guardians has documented centuries-old red tree corals, glass sponges, basket stars, and endangered sunflower sea stars in the Gwa̲xdlala/Nala̲xdlala Marine Refuge: tula.org/tula-quarter...
January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Now entering its sixth year, a research partnership between the Mamalilikulla First Nation Guardians has documented centuries-old red tree corals, glass sponges, basket stars, and endangered sunflower sea stars in the Gwa̲xdlala/Nala̲xdlala Marine Refuge: tula.org/tula-quarter...
In March 2026, Tula will host Climate Ready BC Seafood (CRBS) partners at a forum in Nanaimo, bringing policymakers, researchers, and champions of ocean and climate resilience together to chart next steps. Learn more here: www.oceanacidification.ca/bc-oah-forum...
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December 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In March 2026, Tula will host Climate Ready BC Seafood (CRBS) partners at a forum in Nanaimo, bringing policymakers, researchers, and champions of ocean and climate resilience together to chart next steps. Learn more here: www.oceanacidification.ca/bc-oah-forum...
The new TQ is here! Do killer whales & dolphins really hunt together? How are health workers healing distrust in rural Guatemala? What is BC doing about massive projected aquaculture losses due to ocean acidification & hypoxia? Check out the stories: tula.org/tula-quarterly
Tula Quarterly
Tula Foundation P.O. Box 25039 Campbell River, BC V9W 0B7 Canada
tula.org
December 12, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The new TQ is here! Do killer whales & dolphins really hunt together? How are health workers healing distrust in rural Guatemala? What is BC doing about massive projected aquaculture losses due to ocean acidification & hypoxia? Check out the stories: tula.org/tula-quarterly
New research led by Dalhousie, with help from Hakai, reveals that killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins may be cooperatively foraging off northern Vancouver Island. Using drones and underwater tags, researchers captured whales following dolphins on deep dives.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
December 11, 2025 at 10:07 PM
New research led by Dalhousie, with help from Hakai, reveals that killer whales and Pacific white-sided dolphins may be cooperatively foraging off northern Vancouver Island. Using drones and underwater tags, researchers captured whales following dolphins on deep dives.
Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
Paper: tinyurl.com/yu3r4b3c
Calvert Island became an underwater classroom this fall as stewardship divers from six First Nations trained at the Hakai Institute. Participants sharpened species ID and scientific diving skills to boost kelp monitoring along B.C.’s coast.
Full story: tinyurl.com/52d82v4f
Full story: tinyurl.com/52d82v4f
December 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Calvert Island became an underwater classroom this fall as stewardship divers from six First Nations trained at the Hakai Institute. Participants sharpened species ID and scientific diving skills to boost kelp monitoring along B.C.’s coast.
Full story: tinyurl.com/52d82v4f
Full story: tinyurl.com/52d82v4f
Pod alert: UBC's Chris Harley and Colleen Kellogg of the Hakai Institute discuss ways to conceive of different levels of biodiversity, the features of False Creek, how False Creek could become a Living lab, and the 2022 BioBlitz. Check it out:
falsecreekfriends.org/podcast#ep-5
falsecreekfriends.org/podcast#ep-5
Waterbodies Podcast — False Creek Friends Society
From a centrepiece of Vancouver’s waterways, to a world-class icon of urban marine renewal
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December 2, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Pod alert: UBC's Chris Harley and Colleen Kellogg of the Hakai Institute discuss ways to conceive of different levels of biodiversity, the features of False Creek, how False Creek could become a Living lab, and the 2022 BioBlitz. Check it out:
falsecreekfriends.org/podcast#ep-5
falsecreekfriends.org/podcast#ep-5
Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, is working with the Hakai Institute on laboratory tests to look at the effects of ocean acidification on several species, notes a new feature article in Business in Vancouver.
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B.C.'s oceans are turning acidic faster than once thought, finds study
Coral records reveal B.C. ocean acidity amplified 50 per cent more than previously thought, threatening a $452-million shellfish fishery
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December 1, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Chris Harley, a marine biologist at the University of British Columbia, is working with the Hakai Institute on laboratory tests to look at the effects of ocean acidification on several species, notes a new feature article in Business in Vancouver.
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Bull kelp can stretch 30+ meters, but it starts as tiny life stages vulnerable to warming seas and acidification. Hakai researchers are testing where those vulnerabilities—and pockets of resilience—lie to help guide future restoration.
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bull kelp can stretch 30+ meters, but it starts as tiny life stages vulnerable to warming seas and acidification. Hakai researchers are testing where those vulnerabilities—and pockets of resilience—lie to help guide future restoration.
Students from Bella Coola took on Calvert Island—paddling, learning marine biology, and completing a 24-hour solo on wild beaches alongside Hakai staff and Coastal Guardians. A big step toward future coastal stewardship.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/52xfxv54
Read more here: tinyurl.com/52xfxv54
Bella Coola Outdoor Ed Students Find Adventure on Calvert Island
November 26th, 2025
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November 27, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Students from Bella Coola took on Calvert Island—paddling, learning marine biology, and completing a 24-hour solo on wild beaches alongside Hakai staff and Coastal Guardians. A big step toward future coastal stewardship.
Read more here: tinyurl.com/52xfxv54
Read more here: tinyurl.com/52xfxv54
HIRING: Hospitality Support – Calvert Island
This seasonal role (spring–fall) supports kitchen service, housekeeping, guest services, and day-to-day operations that keeps the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory running smoothly. Job Description & Application: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...
This seasonal role (spring–fall) supports kitchen service, housekeeping, guest services, and day-to-day operations that keeps the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory running smoothly. Job Description & Application: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...
November 25, 2025 at 7:20 PM
HIRING: Hospitality Support – Calvert Island
This seasonal role (spring–fall) supports kitchen service, housekeeping, guest services, and day-to-day operations that keeps the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory running smoothly. Job Description & Application: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...
This seasonal role (spring–fall) supports kitchen service, housekeeping, guest services, and day-to-day operations that keeps the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory running smoothly. Job Description & Application: ca.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=f...
Parasitic barnacles that turn hermit crabs into near-zombies? New UBC/Hakai research that surveyed 4,200 crabs at 65 sites shows these parasites are widespread across B.C., vulnerable to heat waves, and may be multiple cryptic species.
Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4tfb5fjj
Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4tfb5fjj
November 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Parasitic barnacles that turn hermit crabs into near-zombies? New UBC/Hakai research that surveyed 4,200 crabs at 65 sites shows these parasites are widespread across B.C., vulnerable to heat waves, and may be multiple cryptic species.
Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4tfb5fjj
Read more 🔗 tinyurl.com/4tfb5fjj
In Nunatsiavut, Labrador, changing rivers and shorter winters are reshaping how Inuit communities connect to the land. The Nunatsiavut Rivers Project—supported by Hakai—braids Inuit knowledge with geospatial science to map these shifts.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4fxu87zx
Read more: tinyurl.com/4fxu87zx
November 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
In Nunatsiavut, Labrador, changing rivers and shorter winters are reshaping how Inuit communities connect to the land. The Nunatsiavut Rivers Project—supported by Hakai—braids Inuit knowledge with geospatial science to map these shifts.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4fxu87zx
Read more: tinyurl.com/4fxu87zx
When the ocean heats up, urchin love life cools down. New Hakai-linked study shows that even modest, non-lethal warming can suppress purple sea urchin reproduction — a twist that could temporarily help kelp forests recover. But both kelp and urchins feel the heat.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8
November 3, 2025 at 7:09 PM
When the ocean heats up, urchin love life cools down. New Hakai-linked study shows that even modest, non-lethal warming can suppress purple sea urchin reproduction — a twist that could temporarily help kelp forests recover. But both kelp and urchins feel the heat.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8
🔗 tinyurl.com/2s46j5v8
Can some sunflower stars resist disease? Hakai researchers, with DFO, are testing stars from Calvert Island for Vibrio pectenicida resistance and how warmer waters affect infection. A step toward protecting these vital marine predators!
October 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Can some sunflower stars resist disease? Hakai researchers, with DFO, are testing stars from Calvert Island for Vibrio pectenicida resistance and how warmer waters affect infection. A step toward protecting these vital marine predators!
What did Vancouver Island’s forests look like after the last ice age?
New research from northern Vancouver Island shows forests didn’t all respond the same way as the climate warmed—each landscape told its own story.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bddr9fuw
New research from northern Vancouver Island shows forests didn’t all respond the same way as the climate warmed—each landscape told its own story.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bddr9fuw
October 17, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What did Vancouver Island’s forests look like after the last ice age?
New research from northern Vancouver Island shows forests didn’t all respond the same way as the climate warmed—each landscape told its own story.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bddr9fuw
New research from northern Vancouver Island shows forests didn’t all respond the same way as the climate warmed—each landscape told its own story.
🔗 tinyurl.com/bddr9fuw
13 years of seaweed work around Calvert Island led to 67 brown algae species – and two new to science! Meet Protohalopteris petersonii & Petrospongium munckiae, named for Hakai founders Eric Peterson & Christina Munck.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2784tas5
🔗 tinyurl.com/2784tas5
October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
13 years of seaweed work around Calvert Island led to 67 brown algae species – and two new to science! Meet Protohalopteris petersonii & Petrospongium munckiae, named for Hakai founders Eric Peterson & Christina Munck.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2784tas5
🔗 tinyurl.com/2784tas5
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com involving Hakai Institute researchers finds that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs—slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and impacting the ocean’s ability to shield the Earth from climate change.
Full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/222nk2k8
Full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/222nk2k8
October 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
A new study in @natcomms.nature.com involving Hakai Institute researchers finds that marine heatwaves can reshape ocean food webs—slowing the transport of carbon to the deep sea and impacting the ocean’s ability to shield the Earth from climate change.
Full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/222nk2k8
Full paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/222nk2k8
On Calvert Island, nearly 370 diverse species of seaweed flourish where ocean currents and climate zones converge. Scientists are documenting this kaleidoscope of green, brown, and red algae using pressed specimens and DNA barcoding. Full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/e9yzacrx
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 PM
On Calvert Island, nearly 370 diverse species of seaweed flourish where ocean currents and climate zones converge. Scientists are documenting this kaleidoscope of green, brown, and red algae using pressed specimens and DNA barcoding. Full story 🔗 tinyurl.com/e9yzacrx
Reposted by Hakai Institute
After 12 years of scientific dead ends searching for a cause of #seastar wasting disease, “it’s just shocking that we took that long to find Vibrio pectenicida,” said Dr. Alyssa Gehman. @rhizalyssa.bsky.social @hakai.org
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The Long Quest to Uncover a Sea Star Killing Bacteria
Scientists say they’ve found the cause of a marine epidemic more than 10 years after it started. What took so long?
undark.org
October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
After 12 years of scientific dead ends searching for a cause of #seastar wasting disease, “it’s just shocking that we took that long to find Vibrio pectenicida,” said Dr. Alyssa Gehman. @rhizalyssa.bsky.social @hakai.org
undark.org/2025/09/29/s... via @undark.org
undark.org/2025/09/29/s... via @undark.org
A workshop on Calvert Island brought together divers from 6 First Nations to expand scientific diving skills and kelp habitat surveys. Supported by the Hakai Institute, @wwfcanada.org, @psfca.bsky.social, ECCC, and DFO, the program is building capacity for stewardship diving on BC's coast.
September 22, 2025 at 5:03 PM
A workshop on Calvert Island brought together divers from 6 First Nations to expand scientific diving skills and kelp habitat surveys. Supported by the Hakai Institute, @wwfcanada.org, @psfca.bsky.social, ECCC, and DFO, the program is building capacity for stewardship diving on BC's coast.
A new multimethod study involving Hakai Institute researchers uses samples from 6400 BCE to 1500 CE to provide the most complete picture of parasite infections in past populations to date—revealing a major shift during the Roman and Medieval periods 🔗 tinyurl.com/9shazh42
September 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
A new multimethod study involving Hakai Institute researchers uses samples from 6400 BCE to 1500 CE to provide the most complete picture of parasite infections in past populations to date—revealing a major shift during the Roman and Medieval periods 🔗 tinyurl.com/9shazh42
Reposted by Hakai Institute
Strengthening Indigenous stewardship from the seafloor up! Last week, guardians from six coastal B.C. Nations joined a 5-day diving workshop at Calvert Island to build kelp survey + ID skills. Hosted by @hakai.org with support from WWF-Canada, @psfca.bsky.social, DFO & ECCC.
September 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Strengthening Indigenous stewardship from the seafloor up! Last week, guardians from six coastal B.C. Nations joined a 5-day diving workshop at Calvert Island to build kelp survey + ID skills. Hosted by @hakai.org with support from WWF-Canada, @psfca.bsky.social, DFO & ECCC.
Reposted by Hakai Institute
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
Table of Contents — August 19, 2025, 122 (33) | PNAS
View the Table of Contents for Volume 122, Issue 33
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September 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Two covers for papers published on the same day www.pnas.org/toc/pnas/122... & www.nature.com/natecolevol/.... Proud of the team, especially #MelaniePrentice & @kevinzhong2006.bsky.social with @ubcbiodiversity.bsky.social, @eoas.ubc.ca, @ubcoceans.bsky.social, @hakai.org and @science.ubc.ca
Archaeological research at the Tsalwadi site on Vancouver Island reveals that people were fishing and making stone tools along the Woss River up to 14,000 years ago—offering one of the earliest records of human activity on the island's coastline. 🔗 tinyurl.com/59rzrn8y
September 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Archaeological research at the Tsalwadi site on Vancouver Island reveals that people were fishing and making stone tools along the Woss River up to 14,000 years ago—offering one of the earliest records of human activity on the island's coastline. 🔗 tinyurl.com/59rzrn8y
Fieldwork on BC’s coast is giving more than technical skills to ocean scholars from the Philippines, Egypt, Kenya, and beyond. The @pogo-ocean.bsky.social program immerses the next generation in Canada's coastal ecosystems—sparking fresh passion for ocean science. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47r9zryw
September 11, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Fieldwork on BC’s coast is giving more than technical skills to ocean scholars from the Philippines, Egypt, Kenya, and beyond. The @pogo-ocean.bsky.social program immerses the next generation in Canada's coastal ecosystems—sparking fresh passion for ocean science. 🔗 tinyurl.com/47r9zryw