2024 Marine Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area Reporting Grants

In 2024, IJNR awarded a total of $95,800 (USD) in grants to three journalists and five news outlets to expand their reporting on marine Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Canada. The grants are intended to increase coverage and awareness of the growing momentum behind Indigenous-led conservation and resource management in the marine environment. Funding was provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.


Serena Renner (Hakai Magazine)

Story: Partners in Protection? The Path to Indigenous Co-Management in the Northern Shelf


Jimmy Thomson (Freelance)

Story: Protecting Pikialasorsuaq, the North Water


Monica Kidd (Freelance)

Story: Coastal erosion in Canada's north




IndigiNews

Project: Indigenous Water Stories, Year Two



The Tyee

Story: Meet the Musqueam Leaders Revitalizing Their Waterways: A Documentary



Canadian Geographic

Story: The Mushkegowuk NMCA