Below are some examples of my journalism work.
CBC Iqaluit
Amazon Prime does more for northern food security than federal subsidies, say Iqaluit residents
The consensus in Iqaluit seems to be that everyone with a credit card has an Amazon Prime membership…
The consensus in Iqaluit seems to be that everyone with a credit card has an Amazon Prime membership…
Nunavik beluga hunt quota gets bump, but it’s complicated
A new beluga whale hunting season has opened in Nunavik, and with it comes a new quota…
A new beluga whale hunting season has opened in Nunavik, and with it comes a new quota…
Great-grandmother from Northern Quebec graduates at 71 with childcare diploma
At 71, Elisapee Weetaluktuk has three children, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren and as of Friday a diploma in Inuit Childcare Services…
At 71, Elisapee Weetaluktuk has three children, six grandchildren, three great grandchildren and as of Friday a diploma in Inuit Childcare Services…
Nunavut community posts bounty on 2 dogs on ‘murderous caribou serial killing spree’
World this Weekend piece here
Wanted: Two wild dogs on caribou killing spree.Bounty: $250 a head.Last spotted: Outside Coral Harbour, Nunavut…
World this Weekend piece here
Wanted: Two wild dogs on caribou killing spree.Bounty: $250 a head.Last spotted: Outside Coral Harbour, Nunavut…
Fighting tuberculosis in Nunavut means addressing much more than just the disease
Two part series, read first part here
When Cindy Paniaq was diagnosed with tuberculosis in December, she was asked to quarantine herself for two weeks in her Igloolik home…
Two part series, read first part here
When Cindy Paniaq was diagnosed with tuberculosis in December, she was asked to quarantine herself for two weeks in her Igloolik home…
Majority of Iqalummiut can’t afford burial expenses, says funeral director
Iqaluit’s only funeral director says he has $350,000 in unpaid invoices for burials dating back to 2013…
Iqaluit’s only funeral director says he has $350,000 in unpaid invoices for burials dating back to 2013…
Iqaluit mayor faces backlash after calling out some male Inuit leaders as sexual predators
Watch TV story here
Listen to World at Six radio here
Sexual harassment in the workplace remains a challenge for women in Nunavut, according to Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine Redfern…
Watch TV story here
Listen to World at Six radio here
Sexual harassment in the workplace remains a challenge for women in Nunavut, according to Iqaluit Mayor Madeleine Redfern…
Inuk Greenlandic actress plays lead female in new AMC horror show about Franklin’s expedition
…If these are the facts of the real-life Arctic mystery, perhaps it’s not surprising that the story is getting a fictional horror treatment in an upcoming television series….
…If these are the facts of the real-life Arctic mystery, perhaps it’s not surprising that the story is getting a fictional horror treatment in an upcoming television series….
Banff Centre Articles
Indigenous Kids Finding Their Own Voice with Storyteller Angela Loft
In the middle of an empty room at Banff Centre, kids from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation built a fortress out of cardboard. Paper scraps swept up from the floor were artfully glued over rectangular tables to make the base…
In the middle of an empty room at Banff Centre, kids from the Stoney Nakoda First Nation built a fortress out of cardboard. Paper scraps swept up from the floor were artfully glued over rectangular tables to make the base…
11 Takeaways from Musician Tom Wilson’s Wild Career
When talking about musician and artist Tom Wilson, it’s best to let him talk for himself: “I didn’t realize how interesting I was.”…
When talking about musician and artist Tom Wilson, it’s best to let him talk for himself: “I didn’t realize how interesting I was.”…
Developing the First World: Exploring the Other Side of Good Intentions
The cooking hut, one of a cluster in a village in Benin, West Africa, was small and windowless, hot and choked with smoke. Yet women spent hours a day toiling inside. A Peace Corps volunteer saw a solution…
The cooking hut, one of a cluster in a village in Benin, West Africa, was small and windowless, hot and choked with smoke. Yet women spent hours a day toiling inside. A Peace Corps volunteer saw a solution…
This Sound Artist Makes Music without Notes
Jess Rowland wants you to really think about the sound of nails on a chalkboard. “For me, and I think for a lot of people, that makes us want to run screaming.”…
Jess Rowland wants you to really think about the sound of nails on a chalkboard. “For me, and I think for a lot of people, that makes us want to run screaming.”…
Banff Centre Multimedia
Environmental Reportage: Facing a problem ‘Too Big To Be Seen’
Video (Researcher, operated boom mic)
When the effects of what we do today won’t be seen for hundreds of years, how do you make people care? Three environmental writers discuss how they translate complex, complicated topics in a way that audiences can understand…
Video (Researcher, operated boom mic)
When the effects of what we do today won’t be seen for hundreds of years, how do you make people care? Three environmental writers discuss how they translate complex, complicated topics in a way that audiences can understand…
From Page to Stage: Costume Design for ‘The Rape of Lucretia’
Photo Essay
Actors playing soldiers on stage look terrible if you get the details of their costumes wrong—they look, well, costumed instead of authentic.
Photo Essay
Actors playing soldiers on stage look terrible if you get the details of their costumes wrong—they look, well, costumed instead of authentic.
Podcast: Best of the Mountain Film Festival – Kelly Cordes
Writer and climber Kelly Cordes talks about his book, The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre…
Writer and climber Kelly Cordes talks about his book, The Tower: A Chronicle of Climbing and Controversy on Cerro Torre…
Photographer Cory Richards: Vulnerability is the Key to Great Art
Video (Story Editor)
Listen to adventure photographer, Cory Richards, recount the harrowing journey that took him to his first National Geographic cover photo.
Video (Story Editor)
Listen to adventure photographer, Cory Richards, recount the harrowing journey that took him to his first National Geographic cover photo.
Inside the Dance Residency: The Creative Gesture
Photo Essay
We captured intimate moments from the dance residency The Creative Gesture over its five weeks in session…
Photo Essay
We captured intimate moments from the dance residency The Creative Gesture over its five weeks in session…
Artists Ackroyd & Harvey Grow Giant Photographs On Living Walls of Grass
Video (Camera person, story editing, researcher)
Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey have developed a process that allows them to grow massive, and breathtaking, photographs out of living grass…
Video (Camera person, story editing, researcher)
Artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey have developed a process that allows them to grow massive, and breathtaking, photographs out of living grass…
Freelance
Review: The Time to Make it Shorter
Ottawa International Writer’s Festival
In just over an hour last Saturday night, four Canadian short story writers tackled some big literary questions. What draws us to the short story and how do we define it?…
Ottawa International Writer’s Festival
In just over an hour last Saturday night, four Canadian short story writers tackled some big literary questions. What draws us to the short story and how do we define it?…
How to Create your Personal Website
Career Options Magazine
There’s a better way to market yourself to employers than that black-and-white resumé you’ve sent out over and over again. With a personal website you can show employers why you’re a great candidate for your dream job—and if you keep it updated, employers might even start to seek YOU out.
Career Options Magazine
There’s a better way to market yourself to employers than that black-and-white resumé you’ve sent out over and over again. With a personal website you can show employers why you’re a great candidate for your dream job—and if you keep it updated, employers might even start to seek YOU out.
The Power of Image
Career Options Magazine
In a job interview, what you don’t say counts. How you presented yourself on paper may have got you in the door; but now, your manners, gestures and wardrobe choices could help get you the job…
Career Options Magazine
In a job interview, what you don’t say counts. How you presented yourself on paper may have got you in the door; but now, your manners, gestures and wardrobe choices could help get you the job…
Audio Review: There is no word for depression in Chichewa
Farm Radio
This training was part of the multi-pronged approach taken in our latest project in Malawi, which includes an entertaining radio program, an interactive call-in line, and training for teachers and youth leaders in order to improve mental health literacy and remove the strong stigma attached to mental illness in the country.
Farm Radio
This training was part of the multi-pronged approach taken in our latest project in Malawi, which includes an entertaining radio program, an interactive call-in line, and training for teachers and youth leaders in order to improve mental health literacy and remove the strong stigma attached to mental illness in the country.
The Future isn’t Scary
Metro News
Hollywood imagines this generation’s future as a science experiment with apocalyptic results, but author Mark Stevenson insists it doesn’t have to be that scary.
Metro News
Hollywood imagines this generation’s future as a science experiment with apocalyptic results, but author Mark Stevenson insists it doesn’t have to be that scary.