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  • Using drones to study killer whale health
    Notes from the field

    Using drones to study killer whale health

    2024 July 82024 December 13

    Every summer our Cetacean Scientists use innovative drone technology to study whales.

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  • Group of youth sitting on the front of sailboat, Achiever.
    Notes from the field

    Exploring the Salish Sea with youth aboard Achiever 

    2024 May 102024 December 13

    With the Red Fox Healthy Living Society, we spent five days aboard our research vessel, Achiever, exploring the Salish Sea.

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  • A person in a yellow jacket looking through binoculars at the ocean.
    Notes from the field

    Learning from the two lives of grad school

    2024 April 162024 July 8

    Sharon Kay, graduate student in the Raincoast Applied Conservation Science Lab, shares about her experience in grad school.

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  • Achiever in the sunset on a calm ocean.
    Tracking Raincoast

    SV Achiever: 20 years of research, conservation, and outreach

    2023 December 312024 October 23

    A timeline of everything our research vessel has achieved over the last 20 years.

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  • The sailboat Achiever on the ocean with whales surfacing nearby.
    Tracking Raincoast

    Science and education on the water

    2023 December 302024 July 8

    Achiever is Raincoast’s magic carpet to remote working environments.

    Read More Science and education on the waterContinue

  • Sailing vessel, Achiever, seen through the trees at sunset.
    Conservation updates

    Job Posting: Summer Deckhand / Research Assistant

    2023 July 72025 February 4

    Applications close July 21, 2023.

    Read More Job Posting: Summer Deckhand / Research AssistantContinue

  • Boat on a vast forested coastline at sunset.
    Conservation updates

    Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever 

    2023 May 102024 October 8

    Right now, we are raising funds to purchase the 18,239 km2 Southern Great Bear Rainforest tenure, more than a quarter of the Great Bear Rainforest.

    Read More Exploring the Southern Great Bear Rainforest aboard SV Achiever Continue

  • People in canoes in a river on a foggy day.
    Notes from the field

    New adventures, old relationships

    2023 January 112024 July 8

    Education Coordinator, Pascale, recounts a week of whales, bears, and camp games at QQS Projects Society’s Koeye River Camp.

    Read More New adventures, old relationshipsContinue

  • Birds eye view of SV Achiever on a dark ocean.
    Tracking Raincoast

    SV Achiever’s busiest year yet

    2022 December 262024 July 8

    Achiever went back to its roots, supporting Raincoast scientists doing in-house marine mammal research, facilitating government scientists surveying marine birds, and hosting youth trips.

    Read More SV Achiever’s busiest year yetContinue

  • Pascale driving a zodiac boat on a sunny day.
    Raincoast updates

    Meet Pascale Campagna-Slater, Education Program Coordinator

    2022 August 112024 July 8

    We are excited that Pascale Campagna-Slater joined our team this spring!

    Read More Meet Pascale Campagna-Slater, Education Program CoordinatorContinue

  • Humpback whale tale out of the water.
    Notes from the field

    Field notes from the Salish Sea aboard Achiever

    2022 June 72025 December 15

    Early morning, mid-October, I wake to the scent of coffee on Raincoast’s research and education vessel, Achiever.

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  • Three women on the beach with a boat in the background.
    Events

    Expedition with Indigenous women in the Salish Sea – request for applications

    2022 May 262024 July 8

    We are currently accepting applications from Indigenous people (specifically women, two-spirit and femme-identifying) to join us on board Raincoast’s education and research vessel, Achiever for a five-day expedition.

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