Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood is a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh journalist living and writing in North Vancouver. In 2022 she won the Canadian Association of Journalists' Emerging Indigenous Journalist award. She writes stories about Indigenous Rights, the arts, sustainability and social justice. She has worked with The Tyee, Media Indigena, CBC, CiTR 101.9 FM, and National Observer. She earned her Master of Journalism degree at the University of British Columbia. Her best days are spent wandering through the North Shore mountains.
Stories by Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood
Why are you mostly being sold Alaska-caught salmon in British Columbia?
13 min. readB.C. catches a fraction of the salmon caught by Alaska — but none of the...
As grocery prices climb, one farmer bets on growing African staples in B.C.
People said he was crazy to start a farm based in African foods. ‘It’s good...
‘It is possible’: this tiny First Nation’s big renewable energy strategy
On the tip of Vancouver Island, the sun, wind and tides will power Quatsino First...
Why aren’t there more Indigenous foods in Canadian grocery stores?
Indigenous foods are varied, delicious and plentiful — but getting them to customers can be...
Controversial B.C. gold and silver mine in Tahltan territory faces make-or-break vote
B.C. is fast-tracking Eskay Creek mine, though it won’t provide critical minerals — and some...
Deer are destroying B.C. island ecosystems. Indigenous hunting could be the solution
A new study finds hyperabundant deer are pushing rare ecosystems to collapse, and Indigenous hunting...
Tiny birds, and their tiny superfood, could decline due to ‘irreversible’ effects of Vancouver port expansion
The Fraser estuary is a major recharging stop for western sandpipers flying up the Pacific...
‘Nature needs a rest’: One of B.C.’s best-loved parks takes a vacation
A month-long closure ends Oct. 3. Here’s what Instagram-famous Joffre Lakes Park looks like when...
How do you build a house that could get grandma through the apocalypse?
In wildfire-vulnerable Tsilhqot’in territory, former Yunesit’in chief Russell Myers Ross has co-designed a house made...
