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
Kootenay conservation project aims to connect habitat for species at risk
5 min. readRoads, fences and industry stop animals, from grizzlies to frogs, as they migrate. Federal funding...
Meet the people saving Canada’s native grasslands
Grasslands sequester billions of tonnes of carbon and support hundreds of plant species and over...
Heiltsuk’s decision to close fishery on B.C. coast amid COVID-19 earns international attention
Nation’s willingness to shut down lucrative spawn-on-kelp fishery stands in ‘stark contrast’ to other government...
Who owns Northern Pulp? The B.C. company embroiled in Nova Scotia’s Boat Harbour controversy
Northern Pulp, the mill that turned an estuary into a series of polluted ponds, closed...
Flood infrastructure: ‘the biggest salmon habitat issue you’ve never heard of’
Along B.C.’s Fraser River, concrete obstructions block 1,500 kilometres of fish habitat and ‘meat grinder’...
Roberts Bank Terminal 2 would make Fraser River estuary a ‘giant parking lot,’ observers warn
A review panel has concluded the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 project threatens salmon, southern resident...
How a salt marsh could be a secret weapon against sea level rise in B.C.’s Fraser delta
An often-underrated ecosystem supports millions of migratory birds, provides critical habitat for young salmon, absorbs...
B.C.’s forestry watchdog needs greater independence, ‘new path forward’: former board members
The 25-year-old institution must better address Indigenous Rights, climate change and the public interest, critics...
B.C. old-growth data ‘misleading’ public on remaining ancient forest: independent report
Government touts 13 million hectares of province's forests are old growth, but ecologists found only...
