Tracy Sherlock

Tracy Sherlock writes a weekly column about B.C. politics. She also writes about education and social issues. She worked at the Vancouver Sun for ten years and community papers before that. She has received a Michener Award Citation of Merit for her work about child welfare, she has won a Jack Webster Award for feature writing, and she has been nominated for other awards.

82 Articles

'No act of reconciliation is too small,' says BC advanced education minister

Verukah Poirier, a young Indigenous woman, is one of 800 former foster children whose post-secondary tuition fees were waived as part of a provincial program launched in 2017. Education at residential schools destroyed families but now can lift families up, says one advocate.

By Tracy Sherlock in Features | May 1st 2019

Province-wide tuition waiver gives former foster kids a fighting chance

More than 800 young adults who grew up in care are studying for free in British Columbia. It’s a significant feat. Just a third of children from foster homes and other care graduate from high school by the time they turn 19, compared with 84.6 per cent of the general population.

By Tracy Sherlock in Features | April 30th 2019

Bill McKibben likens climate change to Second World War

“Not very many people in any given moment of history get to say they are doing the most important thing they could be doing right now in the world,” said McKibben

Race Against Climate Change

By Tracy Sherlock in Features, Energy, Politics | April 3rd 2019

Indigenous guardians, leaders hope to build a national watchman program

Shaunna Morgan Siegers was first called by the land and water when she was 18, halfway through her first year at university.

First Nations Forward

By Tracy Sherlock in News | March 14th 2019

First Nations, partners launch consultation for development of Vancouver's Jericho Lands

Centuries ago, the Jericho Lands were home to large cedar plank longhouses, where thousands of people from up and down the Pacific Coast would gather. Today, their descendants are gathering to decide what to build there now.

First Nations Forward

By Tracy Sherlock in Features | March 6th 2019

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip shown Oct. 23, 2018. Photo by Michael Ruffolo

NEB ruling sparks new vows to stop the Trans Mountain pipeline

Indigenous leaders and environmental groups vowed the Trans Mountain pipeline would never be built after the National Energy Board issued a second go-ahead on Friday.

Trans Mountain

By Tracy Sherlock in News, Energy, Politics | February 22nd 2019

For a second time, NEB recommends approval of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion

For a second time, the NEB has recommended that the federal government should approve the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Trans Mountain

By Tracy Sherlock in News, Business, Energy, Politics | February 22nd 2019

Author Sheila Watt-Cloutier speakers to bankers in Vancouver.

Sheila Watt-Cloutier urges bankers to take bold risks to fight climate change

Banking leaders from around the world were told if they want to slow climate change, they must imagine a bold new economic system that works with Indigenous communities, scales up and takes risks.

Race Against Climate Change

By Tracy Sherlock in News, Energy | February 21st 2019

Finance Minister Carole James, budget speech,

B.C. provincial budget funds nearly $1 billion for climate action

B.C.’s Finance Minister Carole James says that there are two large risks to her three-year financial plan. One of them is the possibility of a global economic slowdown, while the other is the risk of not having enough people in B.C. to fill all of the available jobs.

By Tracy Sherlock in News, Politics | February 19th 2019