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
The promise and peril of Canada’s approach to Indigenous protected areas
16 min. readCanada needs to protect more land. There’s 500,000 square kilometres in proposed Indigenous Protected and...
Documents raise concerns feds backing off commitment to phase out fish farms in B.C. by 2025
Critics say they fear an ongoing public consultation about open-net pen fish farms has a...
Indigenous guardians connected by new national network in Canada — the first of its kind in the world
The First Nations Guardians Network will streamline funding and capacity-building opportunities for guardians — the...
How can Canada stop the biodiversity crisis? Step back and centre Indigenous Peoples
Against the backdrop of the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history, Canada is hosting COP15,...
9 things that could have been done to prevent the Sunshine Coast’s state of emergency
The severe drought on the Sunshine Coast is no surprise to many who have been...
Meet Elder Joe Martin, a logger turned renowned canoe carver fighting for old-growth forests
Tla-o-qui-aht Elder Joe Martin has been an advocate for old-growth since the 1980s, when he...
‘It took a long time to get here, it’s going to take a long time to heal’
As we mark the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, reporter Steph Wood reflects on...
The Mamalilikulla’s long journey home
A coastal B.C. First Nation dispossessed from its land for decades by colonialism is part...
Inside a 50-year journey to reopen the ‘lungs’ of the Squamish River
A company built a spit that blocked salmon from accessing crucial habitat — then it...
