Hakai Institute

The Hakai Institute, part of the Tula Foundation, is a British Columbia-based scientific institution dedicated to advancing science on the coastal margin. The Hakai Institute partners with government agencies, universities,First Nations, NGOs, businesses, and local communities to move the needle on advancing long-term coastal research.

Hakai pursues its mission from ice fields to oceans, leveraging its ecological observatories and other strategic locations on the province’s coast. Launched in 2002, it encompasses the Quadra Island Ecological Observatory, the Calvert Island Ecological Observatory, and offices and facilities in Campbell River, Victoria, and Vancouver.