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
Controversial B.C. gold and silver mine in Tahltan territory faces make-or-break vote
13 min. readB.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...
B.C.’s Mount Polley mine is poised to expand, over First Nation’s objections. Here’s what you need to know
B.C. has greenlit Mount Polley mine expansion, which could extend operations until 2033
This long weekend, famous B.C. park Joffre Lakes is open. At what cost?
First Nations are disappointed B.C. left the Instagram-famous provincial park open without their buy-in, calling...
Drought is a big problem in Canada — and it’s getting worse
A rush of water-hungry AI data centres is just one reason to rethink industrial water...
The climate is in chaos. Housing is unattainable. This First Nation is building homes to face turbulent times
Heiltsuk Nation is just one Indigenous community in B.C. working to build homes that are...
