I live along the Highway of Tears, where rural connectivity has a hardened impact on the lives of Indigenous women:
Land defenders and their allies are advocating for a better sociopolitical climate for Indigenous women in the North:
Cold climates create beautiful landscapes.
But the cold results in pain for many.
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According to the most recent point-in-count (2023), over 70% of Smithers' homeless population is Indigenous.
Protecting our planet means protecting our people.
"Journalism can never be silent: that is its greatest virtue and its greatest fault. It must speak, and speak immediately, while the echoes of wonder, the claims of triumph and the signs of horror are still in the air." - Henry Anatole Grunwald
MORGAN POWELL, M.J.
Smithers, B.C.
I have a Master's degree in journalism from UBC with over five years of experience working in environmental communications and media.
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I am skilled at breaking news within five minutes of receiving information and have worked with all digital mediums: text, photo, video and audio.