Amy Romer

Vancouver

Writer and Photographer at Freelance

✍️ @indiginewsmedia @thewalrus @thetyee. 📸 nonprofits, @insidenatgeo. Mostly done here and migrating over to @amyromer.bsky.social.

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Amid a climate crisis, ‘Vital Signs’ documents the ‘relentless force’ of changing landscapes

1 month ago | thespec.com | Amy Romer

Tucked into a quiet corner of the Bill Reid Gallery is a nine-minute film by Nlaka’pamux artist Jade Baxter about the wildfire that devastated her homelands. Through a series of raw, handheld clips, Why Would I Leave? documents the months leading up to the June 2021 blaze that tore through “Lytton.”Baxter’s footage captures not only the fire itself, but the simmering tension of a community living under intensifying climate pressure.
Squamish Nations celebrates herring harvest

1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Amy Romer

Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Laughter echoes through Totem Hall in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh as Charlene Williams weaves between nieces and nephews, delivering ice and buckets for fish guts across a long, plastic-covered table.
‘It sure feels better to be fighting than to be doing nothing’

1 month ago | thespec.com | Amy Romer

Garth Mullins has spent years telling other people’s stories — amplifying voices of drug users through his award-winning podcast Crackdown and organizing with the Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU). Now, he’s turned the lens on himself. His memoir, Crackdown: Surviving and Resisting the War on Drugs, is not a victory lap or redemption tale, it’s something rarer: a grounded, unvarnished account of a life shaped by addiction, criminalization and collective resistance.
‘Auntie, look!’: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh rekindles herring tradition as slhawt’ make a joyful return

2 months ago | thespec.com | Amy Romer

Laughter echoes through Totem Hall in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh as Charlene Williams weaves between nieces and nephews, delivering ice and buckets for fish guts across a long, plastic-covered table. “Auntie, auntie, look!” a child yells out as she proudly holds up her first cleanly gutted slhawt’ (herring) for Williams to see. On April 10, members of Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and friends leaned in to learn how to clean and prepare slhawt’ — many for the first time.
The Shift Sounds Off: Tariff war woes

2 months ago | thespec.com | Amy Romer

Editor’s note: Megaphone’s peer newsroom, The Shift, meets monthly with Megaphone Editor Paula Carlson and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Amy Romer to brainstorm story ideas and take on assignments. As with any vibrant community newsroom, there is conversation — sometimes spirited — about a variety of topics and current events. This dialogue includes valuable insights that may or may not make it into a news story.
Is This Me?

2 months ago | thespec.com | Amy Romer

When was the last time you saw a picture of yourself and thought, “Is that really what I look like?” Likewise, when was the last time you sat down and really thought about if how you present yourself to the world matches who you truly are?
From ‘blind photographer’ to award-winning journalist: Cathy Browne’s unlikely journey

Mar 28, 2025 | thespec.com | Amy Romer |Lance Lim

Award-winning CBC journalist Cathy Browne began her journalism career at age 65 — just five years ago. But her connection to the CBC runs much deeper. A self-proclaimed “lifelong CBC Radio fan,” Browne has been tuning in for 60 years, keeping the radio on as much as possible. “Radio has my soul,” she told Megaphone magazine, sipping a cup of tea in one of 312 Main’s cozy meeting rooms.
‘B.C.’s’ expected rent supplements for Youth from child welfare system not paid in more than a year, sources say

Mar 21, 2025 | thespec.com | Amy Romer

A provincial program meant to support young adults from the foster care system has not provided any of its expected rent supplements in more than a year, IndigiNews has learned. Sources say the Strengthening Abilities and Journeys of Empowerment (SAJE) program has not provided any of the anticipated rent payments since February 2024 — two months before the program was enacted into “B.C.” law — raising concerns about the initiative’s future.
'B.C.'s' expected rent supplements for Youth from child welfare system not paid in more than a year, sources say

Mar 21, 2025 | indiginews.com | Amy Romer

A provincial program meant to support young adults from the foster care system has not provided any of its expected rent supplements in more than a year, IndigiNews has learned. Sources say the Strengthening Abilities and Journeys of Empowerment (SAJE) program has not provided any of the anticipated rent payments since February 2024 — two months before the program was enacted into “B.C.” law — raising concerns about the initiative’s future.
The Shift sounds off: Little pink houses for you and me

Mar 14, 2025 | thespec.com | Amy Romer

Editor’s note: Megaphone’s peer newsroom, The Shift meets monthly with Megaphone Editor Paula Carlson and Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Amy Romer to brainstorm story ideas and take on assignments. As with any vibrant community newsroom, there is conversation — sometimes spirited — about a variety of topics and current events. This dialogue includes valuable insights that may or may not make it into a news story.

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Articles

Amid a climate crisis, ‘Vital Signs’ documents the ‘relentless force’ of changing landscapes

Squamish Nations celebrates herring harvest

‘It sure feels better to be fighting than to be doing nothing’

‘Auntie, look!’: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh rekindles herring tradition as slhawt’ make a joyful return

The Shift Sounds Off: Tariff war woes

Is This Me?

From ‘blind photographer’ to award-winning journalist: Cathy Browne’s unlikely journey

‘B.C.’s’ expected rent supplements for Youth from child welfare system not paid in more than a year, sources say

'B.C.'s' expected rent supplements for Youth from child welfare system not paid in more than a year, sources say

The Shift sounds off: Little pink houses for you and me

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