Tracy Sherlock
Vancouver
About 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.
In BC, schools need to stop sending children like Joshua home
The bottom line is that it's going to take more resources in British Columbia schools and school districts to ensure all kids have access to in-school educational programs.
The trail of dirty money in Vancouver linking housing prices, drugs, gambling
Last week’s column about B.C.’s housing affordability crisis didn’t mention the role of dirty money in the dramatic rise in real estate prices.
Solving B.C.'s housing crisis will take courage, big moves
Metro Vancouver is facing a housing crisis on every level – house prices are ridiculously high, the rental market is expensive and scarce, and the number of homeless people has exploded.
B.C.'s new gov't must protect foster kids from the fate that befell Santanna Scott-Huntinghawk
Santanna Huntinghawk-Scott died last November, just months after she aged out of foster care, alone in a tent in a small wooded area just off a busy street in Surrey. She was only 19 and homeless.
Andrew Weaver 'absolutely thrilled' by new budget for B.C.
B.C. Green Party leader Andrew Weaver says things are going "exceptionally well" as the Greens and NDP work together.
Power on a razor's edge in British Columbia
Weekly columnist Tracy Sherlock sets the stage to chronicle the new B.C. government's achievements and challenges as legislators prepare for a new session.
Cindy Blackstock says Trudeau government's "making excuses" for neglecting Indigenous children
In an interview, the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada discusses the state of Indigenous child welfare and matters of reconciliation.
Canada falling short on Trudeau’s pledge to help Indigenous children, advocates say
Several of Canada’s top children’s advocates say services for Aboriginal children are falling short and change is slow to come.