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Michelle Cyca

Vancouver

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Indigenous-Led Conservation Editor at The Narwhal

it's "see-sa" | nêhiyaw | journalist | senior editor @thenarwhalca | writer @thewalrus | contributing editor @macleans | she/her. ✌️

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  • In Moose Factory, water is complicated

    1 day ago | thenarwhal.ca | Michelle Cyca

    Hi Narwhals,I have a very special story to share with you today, but first: I’m thrilled to say that 289 readers have stepped up this month to become the newest members of The Narwhal!That’s huge, and it’s an honour every time someone steps up to say this work is worth supporting. And yet, we still need to add 111 new members to make our budget work. Will you be one?

  • Canada’s Sovereignty Crisis Feels All Too Familiar to First Nations

    1 week ago | thewalrus.ca | Michelle Cyca

    Even before he took office, United States president Donald Trump was talking about annexing Canada, posting on Truth Social in mid-December, “I think it’s a great idea. 51st state!!!” Trump is funny, but only unintentionally, and as his statements have grown more threatening and frequent, even the most optimistic pundits have stopped dismissing them as jokes. The issue of sovereignty has become a unifying cause for Canadians—and the most urgent existential issue of the election.

  • Chantal Braganza’s debut essay collection examines stories we tell about where we come from

    2 weeks ago | theglobeandmail.com | Michelle Cyca

  • How we tracked down the owners of delinquent Alberta oil and gas companies

    1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Drew Anderson |Michelle Cyca

    Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. Across Alberta, hundreds of thousands of relics of old oil and gas activity — wells, pipelines, mines and more — are left sitting idle on the landscape. They can leach pollution, cause problems for farmers or pose health and safety risks to nearby residents. To clean them all up will cost tens of billions of dollars and take decades.

  • 44 ‘serious’ leaks reported at B.C. oil and gas sites in past year

    1 month ago | thenarwhal.ca | Zak Vescera |Matt Simmons |Michelle Cyca

    Get the inside scoop on The Narwhal’s environment and climate reporting by signing up for our free newsletter. This investigation is a collaboration between The Narwhal and the Investigative Journalism Foundation. Oil and gas companies operating in British Columbia have reported 44 “serious” leaks at wellsites over the past year, according to publicly available BC Energy Regulator records.

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4 Nov 24

RT @_joyscm: Writing about Former Senator Murray Sinclair and realized I have the immense privilege to say that the first interview I ever…

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Michelle Cyca @michellecyca
3 Nov 24

RT @Pacinthe: "I’m painfully aware that every time I talk about our shortcomings when covering Palestine...I lose 'credibility.' I silently…

Michelle Cyca
Michelle Cyca @michellecyca
2 Nov 24

gorgeous feature by @jsrutgers if you’re looking for an uplifting weekend read ❤️

The Narwhal
The Narwhal @thenarwhalca

Five First Nations separated, flooded and pushed out by hydroelectricity are uniting to defend their homelands. @jsrutgers and 📸@othertimsmith went to northern Manitoba for the launch of Kitaskeenan, an Indigenous-led plan to preserve the northeast coast. https://t.co/LmZeRQE1IM