What will I learn?

Renowned energy reporter Andrew Nikiforuk will conduct this immersion in the practicalities of analyzing and reporting on the energy sector, with a special focus on British Columbia’s shale industry and export plans. Drawing on case studies from his own award winning reporting, Andrew will identify key sources and methods of investigation, connect the dots among the sector’s political and industry players, and discuss where to find hard data without spin. Transparency is not an industry hallmark.

Who's it for?

A fantastic skills builder for journalists, analysts, political pros and more.

What should I bring?

A laptop.

Who is Andrew?

Andrew Nikiforuk has been writing about the oil and gas industry for nearly 20 years and cares deeply about accuracy, government accountability, and cumulative impacts. He has won seven National Magazine Awards for his journalism since 1989 and top honours for investigative writing from the Association of Canadian Journalists.

Andrew has also published several books. The dramatic, Alberta-based Saboteurs: Wiebo Ludwig’s War Against Big Oil, won the Governor General's Award for Non-Fiction in 2002.Pandemonium, which examines the impact of global trade on disease exchanges, received widespread national acclaim. The Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of the Continent, which considers the world’s largest energy project, was a national bestseller and won the 2009 Rachel Carson Environment Book Award and was listed as a finalist for the Grantham Prize for Excellence In Reporting on the Environment. Andrew's latest book, Empire of the Beetle, a startling look at pine beetles and the world’s most powerful landscape changer, was nominated for the Governor General’s award for Non-Fiction in 2011.