Julia is a queer, cis settler who writes stories about people and the land. She has written for Canadian Geographic; Yukon, North of Ordinary magazine; the National Observer; and The Eyeopener. A CGS-SSHRC master of journalism student at Ryerson University, she was previously the outreach and communications director for the Yukon Conservation Society. Julia has an MSc in environmental change and management from the University of Oxford and a BAH in biology and the history of science and technology from the University of King’s College in Halifax. She loves reading, gardening, walking in the mountains, and swimming in cold lakes.