In the Canadian Arctic, two ambitious research initiatives try to strengthen climate data through community engagement.
An introductory prospecting course aims to help Inuit and other Nunavummiut lead as the territory’s critical minerals gain interest
Stories as an Indigenous Law reporter with IndigiNews
Man who caused ‘profound and long lasting harm’ by defrauding Indigenous Youth granted full parole, July 2024.
Secwépemc family launches human rights complaint about Correctional Service Canada, March 2024.
Haíɫzaqv takes legal action against ‘Canada’ after DFO shut down nation’s herring fishery, March 2024.
Police discrimination probe builds on Indigenous families’ calls for justice, February 2024.
Mother of Gill twins pleads guilty to fraud in Inuit identity case, charges against sisters withdrawn, February 2024.
Report details ‘intimidation and harassment’ of Wet’suwet’en people by RCMP protecting pipeline company, December 2023.
Pressure builds on ‘B.C.’ to review mine expansion that syilx communities say threatens the Similkameen River, October 2023.
T’Sou-ke woman, who sat in a tree for nearly a month, says protest was about more than a single development, September 2023.
In the Canadian Arctic, two ambitious research initiatives try to strengthen climate data through community engagement.
Other stories through the 2023 Persephone Miel fellowship through the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
How an Arctic snow school aims to respond to climate crisis with Inuit help
The Guardian, April 2023.
How drones, video games, and virtual reality strengthen Arctic research
The Weather Network, April 2023.
Canadian Arctic Snow School hopes to boost climate fight
Al Jazeera, April 2023.
Meet the students studying the fate of Arctic snow
The Weather Network, April 2023.
Hopes for the first field school for Arctic snow
Canadian Geographic, March 2023.
In Greenland, the local climate stewardship program finds some success but still faces several hurdles too
Other stories through the 2022 Nordic-Canadian fellowship in Environmental Journalism
Chasing the Atlantic cod with PISUNA
Nunatsiaq News, December 2022.
Integrating traditional knowledge into economic policy in the Arctic Nunatsiaq News, December 2022.
Stories through the Emerging Reporter Fund from the Future of Journalism Initiative at Carleton University’s School of Journalism
Refugee resettlement in the North: Yukon group looks to sponsor 1st family since pandemic began
CBC North, January 2022.
International student enrolment at Yukon University bouncing back from COVID-19
CBC North, November 2021.
Winner of the 2019 Northern Writing Prize
Winner of the 2020 Emerge Media Award in the feature story category
Diversifying Canada’s Oldest Journalism School
This Magazine, September-October 2022
(Funded through the 2021 OCUFA Fellowship in Higher Education Journalism.
Why COVID lies spread in refugee and newcomer communities
Canada’s National Observer, November 2021
(Funded through the Misinformation project through Journalists for Human Rights Canada).
Education for Reconciliation
The Pigeon, November 2020.
In Canada, Extinction Rebellion is overshadowed by international critiques, The Pigeon, October 2020.
Canada’s first Indigenized art therapy program is supporting cultural healing in Indigenous communities
The Pigeon, September 2020.