Katharine Lake Berz
Class of 2022
Katharine Lake Berz is an independent consultant and writer who lives in North Saanich, B.C., and Toronto. Katharine was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company for 10 years and has since advised a number of not-for-profit organizations. She recently helped establish a centre for launching new social enterprises and supported research and communications for a public policy institute. Katharine has served on the boards of directors of five community organizations, including one that helped settle 20 Syrian refugee families. Katharine holds a bachelor of commerce degree from Queen’s University in Kingston and a master of philosophy degree in international relations from Cambridge University. Follow Katharine on Twitter at: @lakeberz
The West Coast may not be ready for Canada’s next giant earthquake. But this First Nation is.
Stuck in limbo. Preyed on by kidnappers. In shadow of Trump’s wall, Biden’s plan creates danger zone for migrants at Mexican border
Decoder: What does it mean to be German?
Why residents of ‘the most beautiful city in the world’ are struggling to survive — and say they feel abandoned by authorities
On the Hollywood picket line: With kids in tow, striking actors describe ‘feast or famine’ in harsh industry
30 years in jail for a murder they say they didn’t commit. These sisters’ first trip together was harder than either could have imagined
‘How can I complain about heroes?’: A trans woman fights the Russians — and the misogyny of her Ukrainian comrades
Hot shots: Are laced drugs being used to murder people?
Fully investigating overdose deaths could be key to uncovering ‘hot shot’ murders
Their village was destroyed by Russians. Yet these Ukrainians live in its ruins — awaiting Moscow’s liberation
Russians accused of shooting at Ukrainian residents being evacuated from flooded homes
These seniors stayed in Ukraine’s war zone as thousands fled. Here’s how they’ve survived — and why they won’t leave
His death was ruled an accidental overdose. Friends say he was targeted
‘Not Thailand anymore’: Russians are flocking to this resort island — but not all is well in paradise
Have fentanyl ‘hot shots’ become a murder weapon of choice for some criminals?
LGBTQ soldiers are fighting for Ukraine. Will Ukraine fight for them when the war is over?
‘We are free’: Two sisters are starting anew — after decades in prison for a murder they say they didn’t commit
My visit with Odelia Quewezance — jailed for a murder she says she didn’t commit — stirs up hope but opens old wounds
Ukraine diary: A narrow escape, a double tragedy and a child’s kidnapping — one family’s year of war
Among ordinary Russians, regret over war with Ukraine mixed with suspicion of West
‘I didn’t expect to survive’: One Ukrainian soldier reflects on a year of triumph, loss and horror
Comment: For women, still a long way to go, despite our progress
Russia is struggling to find new ‘homes’ for the thousands of Ukrainian children it’s taken
When desperate and terrified Ukrainians flee the war’s front, this is the city that helps them mourn and heal
‘It is clearly a strategy’: The truth is emerging about Russia’s use of rape in the war on Ukraine
Caring for the dogs of war: Ukraine’s front-line soldiers take time to shelter pets caught up in invasion
Stories of deliverance for Ukrainian soldiers after months of Russian PoW camp hell
‘She doesn’t like to speak.’ The children who fled war-torn parts of Ukraine face long recovery
‘There are no moral rules’: Russia’s treatment of female PoWs shows a systemic pattern of abuse
‘A wound that will stay with us forever.’ Inside a traumatized Ukraine
Three weeks of hope for the unbreakable mothers of Ukraine war
No end in sight to war for overwhelmed Ukraine psychologists dealing with the mental health fallout
Once the pride of Canada’s Afghanistan mission, Kandahar’s decaying Sarpoza prison throws its legacy into doubt
Finding a Father on Facebook Marketplace
Should diplomats stay in place during war — or evacuate?
‘Our people are so alone:’ Iranian women express hope and despair amid violent protests
After the Taliban: Leading Afghan women now struggle to survive as refugees
Is Canada ready for a menopause revolution?
Sexual violence against women in Afghanistan on the rise under Taliban
The Haida’s fight to save their centuries-old ‘trees of life’
From Conflict Zones to Classrooms
Coast Salish sweat-lodge keeper welcomes all to share in healing
A year after Taliban takeover, Afghan women fear ‘the world has forgotten us’
Mélanie Joly invites the committee to investigate whether Ottawa knew about the Russian threat against the Ukrainian embassy staff
Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly says she didn’t know Kyiv embassy staff faced threats from Russia
Canada abandoned Ukrainian embassy employees despite their likelihood of being on Russian hit list
Afghan women, children grappling with opioid addiction live in fear of being imprisoned by the Taliban
Afghanistan’s opium trade thriving under local Taliban officials despite narcotics ban
She’s gone from house arrest to Green Party deputy leader. How I met Rainbow Eyes
Are sea lions and seals eating too much of B.C.’s salmon? The answer may lead to a cull
Amid Victoria’s drug crisis, the angel of Pandora Street helps keep homeless people alive
For Logan Staats, defending Wet’suwet’en territory is the fire that fuels his music
In Ukraine war, Red Cross defends neutrality against critics
B.C. conservation group moves thousands of salmon — by hand — so fish can produce millions of eggs
Black Canadians’ chances of getting kidney transplant hurt by race-based adjustment
B.C. conservation group moves thousands of salmon that will produce millions of eggs
‘Here comes another madman’: Ukraine’s painful echo for Polish Canadians who fled Soviets
Should Canada forgive the Taliban? Afghan voices from both sides of a divided and desperate land
‘This is a place of healing’: The power of a sweat-lodge ceremony
As reports of rape by Russian soldiers pour in, a famous Ukrainian appeals to victims: come forward and ‘let us punish these scum’
Ukrainian Canadian Congress tells Justin Trudeau it has concerns about Red Cross
The diabetes cure: A century after Banting and Best’s ‘message of hope,’ science is actually close
Can Canadian business help Ukrainians? Some say immigration rules are in the way
Canada opened doors fast for Syrians and Lebanese fleeing war. Ukrainian Canadians wonder: why not now?
Why female executives are reluctant to talk about menopause
She was once left for dead in a dumpster. Now ‘Grandma Losah’ is leading a major protest movement
Will limiting alcohol make a difference in a small Nunavut town?
Florida condo collapse settlement leaves survivors, including Canadians, furious: ‘There are grown men crying today’
My friend joined the vaccine exodus, but I still can’t wait to welcome her back
B.C. logging protester lives to tell the tale of 72-day odyssey in the wilderness
Missing B.C. logging protester Bear Henry found after 10 weeks
Fairy Creek lawyers asking BC court to throw out charges based on RCMP conduct
No choice but to toil for Syrian refugee children in Lebanon
TALKING TABOO
Search for missing Indigenous logging protester grows tense in B.C.
Psychiatrist burnout: Why COVID-weary doctors are taking a mental-health break
On the front lines to save an old-growth forest in B.C.
The long row home: Athletes call for more post-Olympic support
Refugees-No-Sponsors
Canadians help Surfside Florida condo collapse survivors rebuild their lives
Wartorn: Five years after happily settling in Canada, a Syrian family is heartbroken as refugee siblings struggle around the world
Swimming upstream: For B.C.’s Cowichan Tribes, life by the river fraught by climate change and a fight for return of their chinook salmon tradition
‘My hope was taken away’: For some, like Katie Dudtschak, pandemic delays in gender affirmation surgeries made the pain even worse
Afghan women desperate to escape Taliban rule: ‘We don’t know how long we can hide’
Trouble in paradise: For struggling Caribbean islands, a prayer for return of Canadian tourists
