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Yara Younis

Yara Younis Yara is a Palestinian/Gazan refugee, born and raised in West Asia. Now, having spent years unlearning colonial narratives, she considers the meaning of statelessness, as well as how…

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Madeleine Bégin

Madeleine Bégin Madeleine Bégin is a woman of mixed ancestry with ancestral ties to the Mi’kmaq Nation, who is passionate about Indigenous and Social Justice issues. She was a participant…

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Lucero Gonzalez Ruiz

Lucero Gonzalez Ruiz Lucero is a young Mexican immigrant of ñha-ñhú ancestry who currently resides as an uninvited guest on the continuously occupied territories of the q̓ic̓əy̓ and Kwantlen First…

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Adriana Laurent

Adriana Laurent Adriana Laurent (she/her) is originally from Honduras, and is a queer, mixed race immigrant who is passionate about the intersections of climate change, race, gender and migration and…

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Njoki Mbũrũ

Njoki Mbũrũ Among multiple intersections of identity, Njoki Mbũrũ is a storyteller, poet, and immigrant from Kenya. Having completed the LEVEL Youth Public Policy Program in 2020, she continues to…

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Trisha Barbarona

Trisha Barbarona Trisha is a 1.5 generation non-binary immigrant settler from the Philippines. Having spent 13 years on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh nations, they…

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Savannah Wells

Savannah Wells Tanisi, my name is Savannah Wells and I’m a queer woman of mixed Cree and German heritage. My home community is Montreal Lake Cree Nation and I was…

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