The Richmond, BC-based Ocean Legacy Foundation, or OLF has announced it is partnering with telecom giant Telus on a public awareness campaign about plastic pollution in oceans.

Founded in 2013 and helmed by Executive Director Chloe Dubois, the OLF funds research on reducing ocean plastics, as well as advocacy work, research and development for waste management systems and cleanup projects to mitigate existing plastic pollution.

The organization also offers online training materials for both educational settings and industry players under a program dubbed the EPIC Academy — short for education, policy, infrastructure and cleanup.

Under the new partnership, Telus will help fund the OLF’s efforts to promote the EPIC Academy, although in a statement, neither party clarified the monetary value of the deal.

“The Ocean Legacy Foundation believes worldwide change occurs with dedicated and well-informed individual, government, and corporate action," said Dubois in a statement.

"When we all understand the problem and potential solutions, that knowledge combined with action will help drive the innovation and changes needed to combat the global plastic pollution crisis."

So far, the OLF said more than 200 people and 40 schools have enrolled in the EPIC Academy.

The OLF describes the purpose of the Academy as being to create a “global community working together to advance plastic pollution cleanup efforts, evidence-based policy expansion and infrastructure development to better manage plastic resources.”