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News and voices from Ocean Wise’s Ocean Bridge program.

Sunset on North Beach, Haida Gwaii

Sunset on North Beach, Haida Gwaii. (Photo: Jordan Bertagnolli)

Photo: Jordan Bertagnolli
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jordan Bertagnolli
As I think about all that we managed to pack into those 10 days, the memories that stand out all share a common thread: North Beach
Barnacles cling to a plastic bottle washed up on a beach in Haida Gwaii

Barnacles cling to a plastic bottle washed up on a beach in Haida Gwaii. (Photo: Hannah Kosick)

Photo: Hannah Kosick
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Hannah Kosick
Before joining Ocean Bridge, I was completely unaware of the extent of the problem of single-use plastic consumerism 

The Haida believe that we came from the ocean and that we will one day return to the waters, and this became evident in my short time on the archipelago. (Photo: Chúk Odenigbo)

Photo: Chúk Odenigbo
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Chúk Odenigbo
We are the ocean, yet we know not who we are, so we went to people who did
Youth expedition members haul a large fishing net off North Beach during a plastic debris cleanup.

Youth expedition members haul a large fishing net off North Beach during a plastic debris cleanup. (Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic)

Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Alex Ritz
This experience was key to developing our understanding of what citizen science is

Sunlight shining through the trees on Haida Gwaii. (Photo: Jasveen Brar)

Photo: Jasveen Brar
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jasveen Brar
I’ve read statistics about the amount of plastic in our oceans, but to face the “elephant in the water” is a feeling I cannot name
The 2018 Ocean Bridge cohort gets to know each other during their first steps on a Haida Gwaii beach.

The 2018 Ocean Bridge cohort gets to know each other while taking their first steps on a Haida Gwaii beach. (Photo: Matthew Miller)

Photo: Matthew Miller
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Matthew Miller
Bridging the gap between conservation and culture
Haida Gwaii

Haida Gwaii is often called “The Edge of the World.” That phrase came to take on new meaning for Ocean Bridge participant Jay Matsushiba. (Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic)

Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Jay Matsushiba
“The Edge of the World” became a meeting place, where the edges of my world collided with another
Ocean Bridge participants in Haida Gwaii

Ocean Bridge participants in Haida Gwaii. (Photo: Danielle Moore)

Photo: Danielle Moore
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Danielle Moore
The plastic problem on Haida Gwaii felt like witnessing a second wave of colonization
Ocean microplastic in hands

Ocean Bridge participant Hannah Kosick holds colourful microplastics picked up on T’aalan Stl’ang. (Photo: Conner McDowell)

Photo: Conner McDowell
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Vanessa Fladmark
T’aalan Stl’ang: The beach that has everything
We are the oceans descendents

One photo among the hundreds in Haida carver Reg Davidson’s workshop speaks to the relationship between the Haida and the sea. (Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic)

Photo: Dax Justin/Canadian Geographic
Ocean Bridge Diaries: Dax Justin
The people and landscapes of Haida Gwaii opened my eyes to the fact that we all rely on the ocean
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