Brenna Owen
Reporter | Vancouver
About Brenna Owen
Brenna Owen is a community-driven multimedia journalist and a guest on Coast Salish territory, where she’s completing a Master of Journalism at UBC. She’s also a member of the National Student Investigative Reporting Network. Brenna has travelled to three United Nations climate conferences as a civil society delegate and got her start in journalism at CFRC, the community radio station in Kingston, Ontario.
Saving endangered orcas is personal for Coast Salish communities
For many, declining southern resident killer whales represent an age of human-caused climate change and extinction. For Coast Salish communities, it’s personal.
Smoke from B.C. wildfire supports expert's conclusions for nuclear winter
Unprecedented smoke from British Columbia's wildfires in 2017 is helping scientists model the potential impacts of nuclear war on the Earth's climate, says a study from Rutgers University.
Three federal leaders march together at Vancouver Pride
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled on the importance of unity as he marched in Vancouver's annual Pride parade with two of his political rivals on Sunday, August 4, 2019.
Vancouver-designed generators empower film sets to go green
VOLTstack mobile generators are silent, emission-free and poised to disrupt more than one industry.
Canadian high school science courses behind on climate change, says UBC study
High school students in Canada may not be getting the full story about climate change, according to a new study by researchers from the University of British Columbia and Lund University in Sweden.
The petrol-lobby just crashed a global clean energy summit
Visitors to last month's Clean Energy Ministerial in Vancouver may have been surprised at the sight of "I love Canadian oil" souvenirs, courtesy of the oilpatch's public outreach arm.
Ottawa adds $10 million to investments in women-owned businesses
The Trudeau government has added $10 million in direct investment for companies owned and led by women, after receiving a flood of applications for funding last year.
Canada announces new funding model to support women's equality globally
Canada's minister of gender equality has announced a new initiative aimed at creating a sustainable model to fund women's rights organizations in developing countries and at home.
Canada is first country to sign Drive to Zero Pledge
Canada has become the first country to sign on to the Drive to Zero Pledge, an international initiative aimed at increasing the number of zero and low emission vehicles in the medium- and heavy-duty transportation sector.
Postmedia lobbies to get involved in Jason Kenney 'war room'
Postmedia has hired a lobbying firm with close ties to Alberta Premier Jason Kenney in order to participate in the United Conservative Party government's new $30 million public relations war room" in support of oil and gas companies.