Anya Zoledziowski
Reporter
anya.zoledziowski@vice.comAnya Zoledziowski is an award-winning staff reporter at VICE World News. Her reporting focuses on a wide-range of social justice issues, including Indigenous affairs, race, politics, sex worker rights, and the disproportionate harm experienced by racialized communities as the climate crisis worsens. She graduated top of her class from the University of British Columbia Master of Journalism program in 2018, and has since won multiple awards for her investigative reporting delving into hate crimes targeting Indigenous women at the hands of transient workers who move into “man camps,” temporary housing units near resource extraction sites. She also won the CAJ Reconciliation Award in 2021 for her Indigenous affairs reporting. Prior to working at VICE, she was with CBC, now defunct StarMetro Calgary, and freelanced all over.
An Anti-Vax Conspiracy Theory Video Went Viral. An Indigenous Community Paid the Price.
A viral video making outlandish claims has strained a First Nation’s resources as it rushes to debunk them.
Indigenous Nation Stopped BC Social Workers From Apprehending Child, 6, on Their Land
The BC Ministry of Children and Family Development is in talks with Indigenous and federal leaders. “Never again will Canada steal our future generations,” Gitxsan people said.
The Water in the Arctic City of Iqaluit Is Undrinkable Because It Smells Like Fuel
Iqaluit, Nunavut, is currently under a “do not drink” water order as the city waits for results that'll confirm whether the water supply is contaminated.
The Worst of the Fourth Wave Is Over in Canada. The Prairies Are Still a Mess.
Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the Northwest Territories, still have frighteningly high rates of active COVID-19 infections.
New Program Lets Settler Canadians Pay ‘Rent’ to Indigenous Communities
A nonprofit agency set up the program encouraging average homeowners to pay about $400 annually to First Nations on whose territory they live or work.
Fairy Creek Loggers Amped Up Security After Activist Shook His Genitals at Them
But land defenders claim loggers have become more aggressive since a B.C. judge decided last month not to renew an injunction against those protesting old-growth logging.
Half a Million Canadians Have No Idea Their Property Is in a Flood Zone
A new study has found that flood damage to Canadian homes could increase fivefold in the next few decades and tenfold by 2100.
Kids’ Graves Exposed the Horror of Canada’s Residential Schools. Outrage Isn’t Enough.
“Thousands of graves” are left to search before the true scale of missing Indigenous children is understood. In the meantime, Canadians have a lot of work to do.
Jason Kenney's Job Is in Danger. So He's Firing People
The Alberta premier replaced his minister of health amid calls for Kenney, himself, to resign. It's all happening as the province sinks deeper into the fourth COVID wave.
A Sex Worker Group Unionized for the First Time in Canada
Staff at Maggie’s in Toronto have successfully unionized and sex workers across Canada say they hope it’ll result in a trend that’ll address racism and wage theft in their industries.
People's Party Candidate Compares Vaccine Passport to Canadian Residential Schools
Indigenous leaders want Renate Siekmann, a People’s Party of Canada candidate, to step down after she compared vaccine passports to the genocidal residential school system.
Jason Kenney Sorta Admits His ‘Mistake’ Led to Alberta's Health System Falling Apart
The Albertan premier famously declared COVID essentially over and promised the #bestsummerever back in July. Now, predictably, hospitals are overflowing and the system is on the verge of crashing.