Participant

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…

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…

Kristen Walkus

Kristen Walkus Hello, my name is Kristen Walkus, I am from the Gwa’sala-‘Nakwaxda’xw Nation. I was born and raised in Port Hardy, BC. I currently work as my nation's Lands…

Kimbaya Carriere

Kimbaya Carriere Kimbaya Carriere (She/Her) is of Franco-Metis and Mestiza Mexican background. She grew up in Treaty 1, traditionally known in Cree as win-nipi, ᐑᓂᐯᐠ (murky waters) now referred to…

Jimmy Ho

Jimmy Ho Born in Taiwan, Jimmy moved to Canada more than 20 years ago at around eight years old. As a resident of Richmond, BC, which is situated on the…

Jenna Duncan

Jenna Duncan Jenna is of mixed Indigenous and Scottish ancestry and is a member of the Ta’an Kwäch’än Council and part of the Crow clan. She was born and raised…

Fernanda Diaz Osorio

Fernanda Diaz Osorio Fernanda is an uninvited guest in Coast Salish lands where she moved from her dear city of Oaxaca, Mexico. Fernanda graduated from the University of British Columbia…

Eyvette Elliott Eyvette Elliott (Qwuy'um'aat) is a member of the Cowichan Tribes, located on Vancouver Island. She excels in three areas: people, policy, and communications. Her passion for community has…

Emily WY Tsang 泳伃

Emily WY Tsang 泳伃 WY (they/she) has an unquenchable curiosity about people who have journeyed oceans and mountains away from their origins and the stories they have brought with them.…

Élie Lubendo

Élie Lubendo Élie is a former refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who fled the Second Congo War in 1998, and has called Canada home ever since. His…