Rita Wong

Rita Wong lives on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ lands. She is a poet-scholar who has written several books of poetry and co-edited an anthology with Dorothy Christian entitled Downstream: Reimagining Water (Wilfred Laurier University Press, 2017). Wong works to support Indigenous communities' efforts towards justice and health for water and land.