Angela Sterritt

Angela Sterritt

Vancouver, British Columbia
Award-Winning Investigative Journalist and Bestselling Author Advocating for Indigenous Rights
Angela Sterritt is a national bestselling author and award-winning investigative journalist from the Wilp Wiik’aax of the Gitanmaax community within the Gitxsan Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell Island Newfoundland on her maternal side. Sterritt has worked as a television, radio, and digital journalist for more than a decade. Her CBC podcast Land Back won the best podcast award from the Radio Television Digital News Association in 2023. That same year, her book 'Unbroken' became an instant national bestseller. In 2021, she won the Canadian Screen Award for best reporter for her story about an Indigenous man and his granddaughter who were arrested at a BMO bank. Named one of Vancouver's top 50 most influential people in 2020, Angela's work continues to make a significant impact to drive actionable and meaningful change to restore justice and hope for Indigenous populations.
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ANGELA STERRITT BIOGRAPHY

Angela Sterritt is a national bestselling author and award-winning investigative journalist from the Wilp Wiik’aax of the Gitanmaax community within the Gitxsan Nation on her dad’s side and from Bell Island Newfoundland on her maternal side. Sterritt has worked as a television, radio, and digital journalist for more than a decade.

Through the education, community background and career in investigative Journalism, Angela shares a unique perspective with a strong commitment to restoring community and uplifting individuals for meaningful and actionable change. Through her reporting on the systemic issues affecting Indigenous people, particularly the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Her powerful narratives aim to effect meaningful change by shedding light on the enduring impacts of colonialism and racism, while advocating for a more equitable society.

She is the host of the CBC original podcast Land Back, which won a Radio Television Digital News Association award for best podcast in 2023. Her book Unbroken, a work that is part memoir and part investigation into the murders and disappearances of Indigenous women published by Greystone Books became a national instant bestseller in May of 2023. Unbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.

In 2021, Sterritt won an Academy Award (Canadian Screen Award) for best reporter of the year in Canada for her coverage of an Indigenous man and his then 12-year-old granddaughter who were arrested while trying to open a bank account at BMO. In 2020, Sterritt was named in Vancouver Magazine’s Power 50 list of the city’s top 50 most influential people. In 2020, she was nominated for best local reporter by the Canadian Screen Awards for her reporting on Indigenous babies apprehended by the Ministry of Children and Family Development.

In 2019, Sterritt’s documentary on the complexity of Indigenous support for and challenges against the TransMountain Pipeline expansion project won an RTDNA award for best long feature. In 2017, Sterritt accepted the Investigative Award of the Year from Canadian Journalists for Free Expression for coverage of missing and murdered Indigenous women.

She was awarded a prestigious William Southam Journalism Fellowship at Massey College in Toronto and was the first known First Nations person in Canada ever to receive the award in the school’s 60-year history. As a sessional instructor she has taught journalism at the University of British Columbia, Simon Fraser University and Western University.

Drawing from her own transformative journey, detailed in her memoir “Unbroken,” she explores how she moved from life on the streets to becoming an award-winning journalist. Angela is committed to restoring community and uplifting individuals through her reporting on the systemic issues affecting Indigenous people, particularly the cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada. Her powerful narratives aim to effect meaningful change by shedding light on the enduring impacts of colonialism and racism, while advocating for a more equitable society.

Blending lived experience, powerful storytelling and messages from her research and connections to the Indigenous communities across Turtle Island, Angela Sterritt brings awareness to the Truth of our shared history, the challenges that still exist today for Indigenous populations and actions we can take towards reconciliation. Drawing from her remarkable journey, captured in her memoir “Unbroken,” Angela Sterritt discusses her transition from life on the streets to her rise as an award-winning journalist. “Unbroken” serves as a testament to her courage, resilience and determination- against all odds and defying each obstacle along the way.

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TELUS Talks

Tamara Taggart

On the frontlines of decolonization: Angela Sterritt
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Matriarch Movement

Holliston Logan

Angela Sterritt: More than a Reporter
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This is VANCOUVER

Mo Amir

#68 - Angela Sterritt (CBC Vancouver)

Angela Sterritt Topic Presentations

truth and reconciliation

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  • In, 2021, Canada revealed the hundreds of graves on the grounds of residential schools across the country. Canadians came face to face with how colonial violence harmed Indigenous people for hundreds of years and were eager to learn more, and how they could participate in creating decolonial spaces in their communities. This keynote looks at how colonial views and actions have seeped into the public psyche, how to counter those narratives, how to be in reciprocal relationships, and how we can be trauma-informed in a variety of spaces.

overcoming adversity

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  • From a homeless street kid to a scrappy radio journalist, to a high-profile TV personality, to an author, Angela shares her inspiring personal story of strength and resilience.  By discovering her own internal gifts and finding her purpose enables her to move past any obstacle.  And how being of service to others, even in the most difficult times can teach us about community, love, and never giving up on ourselves. Angela’s focus on raising Indigenous voices through her writing and reporting taught her the power of healing through storytelling.

inspiring teachers

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  • In Angela’s rise to become a significant storyteller and educator, she reflects on what got her here. From a homeless teen to a high-profile journalist, she recognizes the teachers who encouraged her to become a journalist, challenged herself in her educational journey, and were a place of safety and comfort in times of need.  As a mother, she speaks about the elevated importance of teachers during the global pandemic, in building community, safety, and peace. Angela shares how important the role of teachers is to better support and impart knowledge about Indigenous people, cultures, and communities.

the canadian diversity and inclusion deficit

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  • Over the last few years Canada were called on to recognize a massive deficit when it comes to Black, Indigenous, and people of colour meaningfully participating in their institutions. Many companies and organizations have shifted to address the imbalance by hiring new diverse employees. Yet many leaders still struggle with how to change the culture in offices and spaces and ensure everyone feels safe.  Through her experience as a university professor, an investigative journalist, and an Indigenous author, Angela illuminates how to create spaces that reflect and honour real diversity and show dedication, in particular, to including Indigenous voices.

Angela Sterritt travels from Vancouver, British Columbia & delivers customized and tailored keynote speeches, presentations, workshops and training sessions. on the topics enlisted below. These services are designed for a variety of audiences, industries, and event types and event formats.

Testimonials

A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate.

Cherie Dimaline

Author
The Marrow Thieves

Sterritt’s story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are.

Tanya Talaga

Author
Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations

Articles & Media

Angela Sterritt mixes memoir and journalism in Unbroken

Vancouver Sun

Unbroken offers a deeply personal story as an anchor for the larger story of missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. In her new book Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls, reporter Angela Sterritt has stepped away from the journalistic norms and...
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‘I Had to Break the Rules’

The Tyee

Angela Sterritt on ‘Unbroken,’ and seeking justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. A Tyee Q&A. ngela Sterritt’s new book Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls blends the narrative of her early life living homeless in...
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How journalist Angela Sterritt cares for her spirit while exposing ugly truths

IndigiNews

‘Your ancestors always have your back,’ says the celebrated Gitxsan reporter. Every day after she gets off work, Angela Sterritt goes for a walk. “It’s not for anything other than just to release. A release from screens, a release from the work, and a way to touch base with myself,”...
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Once homeless, Angela Sterritt’s now a journalist whose debut memoir ‘Unbroken’ is a story of disappearance and survival

Toronto Star

Sterritt would often conceal her past with blazers and blush and the “emotionless flair” of being a reporter. Slowly, she started to share parts of her story CBC journalist Angela Sterritt remembers first learning about British Columbia’s infamous Highway of Tears around 2003. The...
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CBC News Vancouver

CBC

Land Back host Angela Sterritt on her personal connection to the Delgamuukw case
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Breakfast Television

Sid and Tammie

Author of ‘Unbroken’ sheds light on ongoing Indigenous struggles in new book
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CTV Your Morning

Anne-Marie Mediwake

Hope and Justice for Indigenous women and girls | Your Morning
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Books

Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
Unbroken: My Fight for Survival, Hope, and Justice for Indigenous Women and Girls
As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her...
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