ABOUT 

Kaitlyn Van De Woestyne is a filmmaker, photographer, and science communicator based in Saskatchewan. She has told stories across the globe and worked extensively in the Canadian Arctic, collaborating with communities, researchers, and organizations including the Arctic Research Foundation, National Geographic Society, Canadian Geographic, and CBC’s The Nature of Things. Her work centres on people-led storytelling that bridges science, culture, and lived experience.

With over a decade of experience in Canada’s media industry, Kaitlyn has worked across national television, print, and digital platforms. She is a National Geographic–published photographer and videographer, and has worked closely with the National Geographic Perpetual Planet team on their Arctic Ocean expeditions, as well as National Geographic Photo Camp, supporting youth-led storytelling and visual literacy in northern communities.

Her work has also appeared through outlets such as the National Post and CTV News, and she has partnered with organizations including the Canadian Space Agency, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on video and photography projects.

Kaitlyn is the co-founder of Impact Creative, a marketing and storytelling agency that helps teams tell their own stories through thoughtful, strategic content, while also serving as a platform for her independent film and photography work.

She is a Trebek Initiative grantee and recently completed her latest short documentary, which explores the importance of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit in Arctic research and centres Indigenous knowledge systems and community-led perspectives.

For nearly seven years, Kaitlyn worked with the Arctic Research Foundation, spending time in Arctic communities and aboard research vessels across Northern Canada. During this time, she collaborated closely with researchers, non-profits, and local knowledge holders to produce visual and written stories that made Arctic science more accessible to broader audiences.

Throughout her career, Kaitlyn has held both editorial and production-based roles, including producer, director, videographer and editor. She previously served as Supervising News Producer at CTV Winnipeg, producing Manitoba’s leading evening newscast, and as Production Manager at Zoot Pictures, contributing to internationally broadcast documentaries for CBC's The Nature of Things, History and PBS Nova.

Whether working on a documentary, a community research project, or a brand story, Kaitlyn’s approach is grounded in care, collaboration, and long-term relationship building, creating stories that are accurate, human, and meaningful.