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
How the Wet’suwet’en crisis could have played out differently
10 min. readAmid escalating tensions and armed RCMP responses, leaders say Canada must abide by the ‘rule...
RCMP backtracks, says officers won’t stop journalists from reporting on Wet’suwet’en raid
Faced with widespread criticism, police back off on threats to arrest media reporting along the...
How a resurgence in Indigenous governance is leading to better conservation
Far from the old mentality of ‘fortress conservation’ that deemed only empty landscapes as adequately...
