Program faculty Denise Balkissoon and Stephanie Kwetásel’wet Wood 

Join us for an evening of compelling storytelling and insight with acclaimed journalists Denise Balkissoon and Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood, faculty of the Literary Journalism Environmental Writing residency.

Denise Balkissoon, Ontario bureau chief at The Narwhal, is an award-winning journalist and editor whose work has appeared in Chatelaine, The Globe and Mail, and The Ethnic Aisle. Her narratives explore race, identity, and the natural world, bringing depth and urgency to contemporary journalism.

Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood, a Sḵwx̱wú7mesh journalist and recipient of the Canadian Association of Journalists' Emerging Indigenous Journalist award, illuminates stories of land and people. A journalist with The Narwhal, she has earned national recognition, including the 2023 Canadian Journalism Foundation Award for Climate Solutions Reporting. She will also discuss her recent book, tiná7 cht ti temíxw (We Come From This Land), co-written with Sḵwx̱wú7mesh community members.

This free event offers an opportunity to explore journalism, identity, and environmental storytelling in the stunning mountain setting of Banff Centre. Books by the featured authors will be available for purchase.

The Literary Journalism: Environmental Writing program is supported by the Rogers Communications Chair in Literary Journalism Endowment Fund.