Monthly Archives: June 2019

Angela Sterritt

Angela Sterritt Angela is an award-winning journalist, writer, and artist from British Columbia. Her reports have appeared in the Globe and Mail, The National, CBC’s The Current, and various other…

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Byron Cruz

Byron Cruz Byron arrived in Canada twenty-six years ago, fleeing persecution for resisting inequity and State violence in Guatemala.  Currently he is the organizer and outreach coordinator for the BC…

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Charlene Aleck

Charlene Aleck Charlene is a Granddaughter of Chief Dan George. She's a former elected Councilor for the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (TWN) and a spokesperson for the TWN Sacred Trust Initiative. She…

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Cherise Seucharan

Cherise Seucharan Cherise is a journalist at the Star Vancouver where she covers a range of topics including health, civil liberties, policing and youth issues, with an emphasis on in-depth…

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Dr. David Milward

Dr. David Milward Dr. Milward is a law professor with the University of Victoria, and a member of the Beardy's & Okemasis First Nation in Saskatchewan. His first book, Aboriginal…

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Dylan Cohen

Dylan Cohen Dylan is a community organizer and change maker from the Red River Métis, based on unceded Coast Salish territories in Vancouver, BC. Dylan's background in social justice work…

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Jay Chalke

Jay Chalke Appointed as Ombudsperson in July 2015, Jay Chalke has an extensive background in public sector leadership, independence and collaboration. From 2011 to 2015 Jay led the Justice Services…

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Jessica Wood

Jessica Wood Assistant Deputy Minister, Reconciliation Transformation and Strategies Division, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation Province of British Columbia Known as Si Sityaawks – (Woman who creates change) Jessica…

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Dr. June Francis

Dr. June Francis June is the Director of the Institute for Diaspora Research and Engagement at Simon Fraser University, Canada, where she is an Associate Professor in the Beedie School…

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