Photo by Mychaylo Prystupa

Elizabeth McSheffrey has a diverse network of contacts in Canada and Africa, and a knack for unearthing stories in unlikely places. She has covered municipal, provincial and federal politics, and filed breaking news, investigations, and human interest features for publications all over the world.

Her written work has often landed her on radio talk shows, and been cited in other national current affairs coverage.

SKILLS: Social media, photography, news gathering, Google Analytics, web writing, simplifying complex stories for wide audiences, repurposing wire copy to optimize readership

GOVERNMENT

• How Tory MP Marilyn Gladu could change her party and Parliament – National Observer, July 2017
• Less than 20 per cent of Health Canada staff receive mandatory ethics training – National Observer, May 2017
• Will Kevin O’Leary ride the ‘Trump Bump’ to victory in Canada? – National Observer, January 2017
• Canadian permanent residents exempt from New American travel ban – National Observer, January 2017
• Tory leadership hopeful calls colleagues to task for bad behaviour – National Observer, January 2017
• Trudeau government denies conflict after appointing former Kinder Morgan partner to review pipeline – National Observer, July 2016
• Violence at Canadian-owned mines turns up heat on Trudeau to create new standards – National Observer, October 2016
• Trudeau gives B.C.’s Christy Clark a transit boost after train ride – National Observer, June 2016
• After Stephen Harper swan song, Tories flirt with progressive ideas – National Observer, May 2016
• Minutes before meeting Trudeau, premiers divided on carbon pricing – National Observer, March 2016
• Mulcair targets key B.C. ridings in final campaign push – National Observer, October 2015
• Stephen Harper no longer head of Conservative Party – National Observer, October 2015

INVESTIGATIONS

• How ‘voices of industry’ nearly drowned out Trudeau government’s talks with First Nations – National Observer, May 2017
• Are the billionaire American Koch brothers playing climate politics in Alberta? – National Observer, January 2017
• EXCLUSIVE: New photos show Husky likely could have prevented oil spill, say experts – National Observer, November 2016
• Furry fiasco: Investigation finds canine fur at Kit and Ace – National Observer, November 2015
• Behind bars: Canada’s fur-farmed mink and fox – National Observer, November 2015
• Alberta oil and gas millions fuel BC Liberal machine – Vancouver Observer, July 2015
• Indigenous leaders shocked by exclusion from climate change meeting – National Observer, March 2015

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

• Violence at Canadian-owned mines turns up heat on Trudeau to create new standards – National Observer, October 2016
• The scary truth about bomb trains moving through your town – National Observer, July 2016
• Canadian mining giant Barrick Gold fired a whistleblower. Then it spilled cyanide into five rivers – National Observer, June 2016.
• Over crackling fire, Tsleil-Waututh pray to block oilsands expansion – National Observer, June 2016
• The shocking story of the Ajax mine – National Observer, May 2016
• Filthy Rio waters create terrifying choice for Olympic swimmers, says Canadian athlete – July 2016

FEATURES 

• Meet the superstar Kenyan activist who’s leading a climate change battle in Africa – National Observer, March 2017
• Meet the vegan Saudi prince who’s turning the lights on in Jordan – National Observer, February 2017
• The rainforest negotiator – National Observer, February 2016
• How are Alberta’s “entitled millennials” dealing with the oil crash? – March 2016
• Everybody in Uganda is kung-fu fighting – Roads and Kingdoms & Slate, January 2015
• From Kitsilano to Kenya: Somali fears persecution after Al-Shebaab attack – Vancouver Observer, April 2015
• Grande Prairie Rugby Team touched by Kenyan friends  – CBC Edmonton, March 2015
• Lights, camera, action: Uganda’s film scene – High Life magazine, June 2015
• In one Uganda slum, gambling is a prudent financial investment – VICE, February 2015
• The Golden Ladies of Chuka – Daily Nation, October 2014
• Assault on the uterus: The scourge of unsafe abortions – Daily Nation, September 2014

LOCAL NEWS 

• A trailblazing entrepreneur is opening an awesome zero-waste store in Ottawa – National Observer, March 2017
• Fort McMurray fire: A snap decision saved this man’s life – National Observer, May 2016
• Childcare dilemma heats up in pricey Vancouver – Vancouver Observer, June 2015
• Local science project finds high levels of radiation in seaweed – Daily Herald-Tribune, March 2014
• Power of dance drives teen – Daily Herald-Tribune, July 2013
• Peace Wapiti bus drivers to fight mandatory retirement – Daily Herald-Tribune, June 2013
• City says ‘no’ to downtown church – Daily Herald-Tribune, September 2013