Diane Selkirk

Vancouver

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Writer, traveller, world sailor and circumnavigator. Asker of questions.

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Articles

Tapping the Power of Personal Journalism

2 weeks ago | bluedotliving.com | Diane Selkirk

By May 2019, journalism professor Sean Holman knew that something was missing from climate change reporting. The previous summer, British Columbia had endured its worst wildfire season on record — 2,115 fires had burned 1.35 million hectares (almost 3.5 million acres), choking cities with smoke and triggering frequent health advisories. Yet, despite the clear warning signs, the media rarely connected these local events to the larger climate crisis.
Ancient, massive and magical icebergs: Where to see one of Canada’s most spectacular natural attractions

3 weeks ago | ourwindsor.ca | Diane Selkirk

From a distance, the ghostly white shape of an iceberg on the horizon might not seem that striking. But for Mo Hyduk, a boat captain with Dark Tickle Expeditions, everything changes when you get up close. “The big ones are massive. They can be as tall as a 20-story building,” she says. And what you see doesn’t even include 90 per cent of their bulk, hidden beneath the waves.
Ancient, massive and magical icebergs: Where to see one of Canada’s most spectacular natural attractions

3 weeks ago | thespec.com | Diane Selkirk

From a distance, the ghostly white shape of an iceberg on the horizon might not seem that striking. But for Mo Hyduk, a boat captain with Dark Tickle Expeditions, everything changes when you get up close. “The big ones are massive. They can be as tall as a 20-story building,” she says. And what you see doesn’t even include 90 per cent of their bulk, hidden beneath the waves.
Essential trips for a safe and successful road trip as the climate changes

1 month ago | theglobeandmail.com | Diane Selkirk
Following a Tragic Fire, Telegraph Cove’s Whale Interpretive Centre Looks Ahead

2 months ago | montecristomagazine.com | Diane Selkirk

A few hours before dawn on December 31, 2024, Mary Borrowman and her husband, Jim, were startled awake by their dog’s relentless barking. Borrowman tried to ignore it. Then the phone began to ring. “I got up and went down to one of the guest rooms that faces the cove,” she recalls. Pulling back the curtain, she saw an orange glow flickering at the north end of the village’s heritage boardwalk.
Update your Upholstery

Dec 18, 2024 | pacificyachting.com | Diane Selkirk

When my husband Evan and I were buying our first boat, a then 20-year-old Fortune 30, we sat down at the settee to sign the documents and quickly realized something wasn’t going to work. For me, it was the ugly colour of the scratchy fabric. For Evan it was the fact he was bottoming out on the—who-knows-how-old and I think they might smell a bit funky—cushions. Happily, Evan’s parents are generous people and as a fantastic boat-warming gift we were given new settee cushions.
How a European River Journey Won Over a Cruise Skeptic

Dec 11, 2024 | montecristomagazine.com | Diane Selkirk

Sunlight streamed through my window, waking me to a postcard-perfect view: gabled, timber-framed houses and terraced vineyards in Bernkastel-Kues, Germany. I’d overslept, so instead of lingering over a leisurely breakfast, I grabbed a quick coffee, laced up my hiking shoes, and snagged a couple of pastries to go. Minutes later, I joined a small tour group led by Karl, a local guide whose infectious love for his hometown was evident from the start.
Indian Arm Adventure

Oct 8, 2024 | pacificyachting.com | Diane Selkirk

As we steered out of Reed Point Marina and into Burrard Inlet a gentle wind began to fill in. I encouraged my new-to-sailing crew to talk to each other as they readied the boat and set the sails, making sure no step was missed and that everyone knew what was happening. Eight of us had organized a woman’s sailing weekend aboard two of Barnett Sailing Coop’s six Catalina 27s.
Sen̓áḵw’s Blueprint for Vancouver’s Indigenous Development Future

Sep 18, 2024 | montecristomagazine.com | Diane Selkirk

Flanking the southern end of the Burrard Street Bridge, an ambitious new housing development of glass and copper glimmers in the sunshine. Over the next few years, this neighbourhood of 11 towers and 6,027 rental homes—including more than 1,200 below-market units—will rise with slope-sided buildings evoking mountains and taller skyscrapers suggesting vertical longhouses.
Drive from the U.S. to France Using St. Pierre and Miquelon’s Ferries

Sep 6, 2024 | thrillist.com | Diane Selkirk

As our ferry sliced through the early summer mist, St. Pierre played a game of hide-and-seek. One moment the island’s brightly painted buildings splashed a pop of color against the grey Atlantic—then the whole thing vanished like a mirage into the chilly Grand Banks fog.