HALLO formed and began research efforts in 2019. Since then, we’ve been working on several objectives that work towards developing the real-time whale forecasting system in the Salish Sea.

Researchers
Dr Ruth Joy, Principal Investigator
- School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Dr Mike Dowd
- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Dalhousie University
Fabio Frazao
- Department of Computer Science, Dalhousie University
Dr Bruno Padovese
- School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Teng-Wei Lin
- School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Dr Peter Thompson
- School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Dr Farid Jedari-Eyvazi
- Dalhousie University
Dr Oliver Kirsebom
- Open Ocean Robotics
Dr Kait Palmer
- Ocean Associates with NOAA Fisheries
Dr Bret Nestor
- University of British Columbia
Dr Nadege Fonvieille
- School of Environmental Science, Simon Fraser University
Dr Scott Viers
- OrcaSound Collective, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School
Dr Val Viers
- OrcaSound Collective, Beam Reach Marine Science and Sustainability School
Dr Harald Yurk
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Collaborators
OceanWise
- Alex Mitchell
Raincoast Conservation Foundation
- Janine McNeilly, Valeria Vergara
OrcaSound and Acartia
- Dr Valentina Staneva, Dr Scott Veirs, Dr Val Veirs
WSANEC / QENTOL,YEN Marine Guardians
- Shelly Kemp, Rachel Fairfield Checko
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Dr Harald Yurk, Lucy Quayle, Dr Sheila Thornton, Dr John Ford
SMRU Consulting
- Dr Jason Wood
JASCO Applied Sciences
- Dr Jennifer Wladichuk, April Houweling, David Hannay
Ocean Networks Canada
- Dr Benoit Pirenne, Dr Lanfranco Muzi, Lynn Rannankari
Saturna Island Marine Research and Education Society (SIMRES)
- Dr. Martin Wale, Maureen Welton, Susie Washington-Smyth
Royal Canadian Navy
- Dugald Thompson
- Carolyn Binder
Digital Research Alliance of Canada (SFU’s Research Computing Group)
- Andrei Vassilenko, Dr. Alireza Ensan, Ishan Sahay, Chloe Zhu, Junbin Zhang, Jillian Anderson