Features + Explainers

Here’s a handful of stories I produced and edited for the BBC.

‘Six years old, I was imprisoned here’

Isadore Poorman returns to the Saskatchewan residential school he attended in the 1970s.

Have US police departments become too militarized?

This program helps local law enforcement acquire surplus equipment from the US Department of Defense.

How do you untangle a 70-tonne whale?

A rescuer explains how he saves North Atlantic right whales from deadly entanglements.

‘I thought I was too old for TikTok’

Spencer West has garnered legions of fans and millions of views sharing his perspective as a disability advocate.

The battle over what kids learn about American history

Some teachers say students aren’t being taught the whole story in US history classrooms.

Art poisons the artist

Gillian Genser worked on a sculpture for 15 years. Little did she know, she was being slowly poisoned by it.