Brishti Basu
@brish_ti Brishti Basu is a Victoria-based journalist primarily covering social issues and the COVID-19 pandemic. Her work has appeared in VICE, National Geographic, The Tyee and several other publications.
Stories by Brishti Basu
From Delta to Hope, 85% of B.C.’s lower Fraser salmon habitat no longer accessible to declining fish populations
Aug. 11, 2021
8 min. read
8 min. readUsing field manuals from 170 years ago, scientists have identified the monumental impact human development...
7 years after Mount Polley disaster, B.C. faces another mining boom — and regulations still fall short
Aug. 4, 2021
6 min. read
On Aug. 4, 2014, a dam holding contaminated waste failed, causing one of the worst...
‘It’s blown me away’: Sheryl Lightfoot becomes first Indigenous woman from Canada appointed to UN expert body
April 11, 2021
13 min. read
Canada is ‘behind on almost everything’ when it comes to implementing the historic UN Declaration...
