Please join us in welcoming our new Writer & Content Specialist, Sarah Moore!

I bring many years of writing and communications experience to the Oldman Watershed Council. Born and raised in Calgary, I grew up playing outside and in the mountains. Too curious about the world to stick to one subject, I pursued a Bachelor of Journalism (Honours) from the University of King’s College in Halifax so that I could learn and tell stories about a wide range of topics — from sports and the arts to science and politics.

Since then, I’ve been, among other things, a teaching assistant, reporter in a daily newsroom, and research assistant for a public policy institute. In my spare time, I’ve freelanced for various online and print publications. I’m also the co-author of Seized by Uncertainty: The Markets, Media, and Special Interests That Shaped Canada's Response to Covid-19 (McGill-Queen’s University Press 2024), which won the 2024 Donner Prize for the best public policy book by a Canadian.

a man in a suit and three women on a stage with a screen behind them showing a book they wrote — I’m second from left, with co-authors (L-R) Kevin Quigley, Brianna Wolfe, and Kaitlynne Lowe.

I’m endlessly interested in the natural world and how we can develop and maintain good relationships with the ecosystems that sustain us and our more-than-human kin. With this deep care for the environment in place, I most recently worked on the communications team at the Ecology Action Centre, a charity in Mi'kma'ki (Nova Scotia) that focuses on various issues, from climate change to biodiversity loss to environmental justice. One of my favourite parts of this role was contributing to collective action and community resilience.

I’m excited to join OWC and bring my writing and storytelling skills to the management of the Oldman watershed. I’m particularly interested in how OWC brings diverse partners and stakeholders to work together on the stewardship of a resource that is critical to life, and how competing uses can be balanced in a drought-prone landscape.

When I’m not writing and learning more about the Oldman watershed and the issues that affect it, I can usually be found exploring Nova Scotia or anywhere else I find myself: I spend much of my time running long distances, on trails whenever possible. I also enjoy searching for good books at the library, tending to my balcony garden, learning to mend my clothes, and planning my next tattoo or outdoor adventure.