Janice is a journalist who writes about Indigenous and environmental issues. As a Fulbright-National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow, she spent a year living in the Central Pacific island nation of Kiribati where she covered the ways communities are adapting to extreme sea level rise. She is a graduate of Medill Graduate School of Journalism at Northwestern University and is passionate about sharing stories from underrepresented communities, especially those affected by environmental issues.
Indigenous Women Built These Tiny Houses to Block a Pipeline—and Reclaim Nomadic Traditions
Since the fall, indigenous women of the Secwepemc Nation—calling themselves the Tiny House Warriors—have been constructing tiny houses that they plan to strategically place in the pathway of the proposed Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
June 8, 2018