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A photo of freelance journalist Ainslie Cruickshank wearing a blue top and a hiking backpack

Hi! I'm an freelance journalist covering conservation issues in the Pacific Northwest. Over the past 15 years, my work has taken me everywhere from sit down interviews with Canadian premiers and the United Nations biodiversity conference to receding glaciers in the Yukon and snorkelling in kelp forests in the Salish Sea. My writing has been published by Canadian Geographic, The Narwhal, Scientific American, The Toronto Star and The Walrus. 

Honours and Awards:

2025 Canadian Association of Journalists Awards, Environment and Climate Change (nomination)

2023 Jack Webster Awards, Excellence in Environment Reporting

2023 Digital Publishing Awards, Long Feature category (silver)

2023 Seal Environmental Journalism Award

2020 Michener Award for meritorious public service journalism (team nomination)

2020 Canadian Journalism Foundation, Jackman Award for Excellence in Journalism (two team nominations)

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