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/bioGraphic Magazine)

Story: Welcome to the Great Bear Sea, bioGraphic


Jimmy Thomson (Freelance)

Story: Protecting Pikialasorsuaq, the North Water


Monica Kidd (Freelance)

Story: Coastal erosion in Canada's north





The Tyee

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