Joy SpearChief-Morris
Joy SpearChief-Morris is an Indigenous Black Canadian journalist and former athlete. Joy specializes in print news and long-form feature writing. From Lethbridge, Alta., she is a proud member of the Kainai Blood Tribe, who reports on the toughest Indigenous issues in our country and telling Indigenous stories through Indigenous voices. Joy has bylines in The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, The Narwhal, The Walrus, CBC and Sportsnet, focusing particularly on the environment, healthcare and Indigenous affairs as well several op-eds. Through her reporting, Joy hopes to give a voice to those who feel underrepresented in the media because of their gender, race, ability or privilege.
Stories by Joy SpearChief-Morris
Kainai Nation ignites the first Indigenous fire guardians program in Canada
15 min. readA new partnership with Natural Resources Canada recognizes the importance of cultural burns in restoring...
Bears aren’t as deadly as you’ve been taught
In Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains, Parks Canada is hiring Indigenous employees...
War for the Woods: behind the scenes of a new CBC documentary based on Narwhal reporting
Nuu-chah-nulth people have famously defended their territory from old-growth logging for decades. Their story of...
Ottawa’s Greenbelt is federally owned but not federally protected
The horseshoe of wetlands, forests and farms dividing Ottawa’s downtown from its suburbs is managed...
Chiefs of Ontario want development-friendly More Homes Built Faster Act repealed
The Chiefs of Ontario are calling on the Ford government to repeal the More Homes...
