Rachel Small & Joanne Jefferson

Rachel is a community builder, organizer, artist, performer, wordsmith, and facilitator. She spends much of her time working within environmental justice movements, and, more specifically, has been engaged for a number of years in activism that opposes the harmful effects and practices of the Canadian extractive industry.

Joanne is a writer and facilitator from the Maritimes now living in Toronto. Her fiction, poetry, and non-fiction work has been included in a variety of national and regional publications and on-line projects.

Author Articles

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Authors Blog

Chief Arlen Dumas, Mathias Colomb Cree Nation at a Hudbay Minerals protest.
The scene was absurd: four activists, each with a bundle of 75 black and gold helium-filled balloons, riding an escalator. As we reached the top, we clipped our banner to...