Lauren Casey

Haala ḵaats’ii, I am Haida and Cree-Metis. My paternal family is registered with Skidegate of the Haida Nation, of the Juus Clan from the Youngs and Collinsons. My maternal family are of mixed settler and Red River Metis descent. Our family names include Desmarais, Clermont, and Delorme. I lived on the lands of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Stz’uminus, and Stolo until 17, then moved to MST territory. My involvement in the MMIWG movement has forged deep connections with urban Indigenous community particularly in the DTES. I am a strong advocate for liberatory justice that centers harm reduction, intersectional feminism and abolitionist teachings.

I have over a decade of experience in public relations, not-for-profit governance, and front-line response specializing in sexual and gender-based violence response and prevention education.

I am surrounded by my large and boisterous family in Vancouver, with parents, four siblings, their partners, and 7 niblings in the city. Haawa.