Rita Wong

A poet-scholar who has written several books of poetry (monkeypuzzle, forage, sybil unrest, undercurrent, perpetual), Rita Wong has also co-edited, with Dorothy Christian, an anthology entitled Downstream: Reimagining Water (Wilfrid Laurier University Press). She lives, works and strives for water justice on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. She hopes to see justice for the Peace River Valley in her lifetime and has dedicated much time to support northern river guardians: https://witnessforthepeace.ca/