About the Author
Joanna Burris is a second year Climate Action Leadership masters student at Royal Roads University. She grew up and has lived most of her life in Mi'kma'ki, the ancestral and unceded home of the Mi'kmaq. Joanna feels blessed to live in this beautiful place and is grateful to the Mi'kmaq, and particularly the grassroots grandmothers and water protectors, for their stewardship of the land and water and for their unceasing advocacy to protect Mother Earth for future generations. Water is life. Msit No'kmaq (all my relations).
Joanna works for municipal government and enjoys playing tennis and singing in choirs in her hometown of Truro, NS.
I feel inspired. Thank you for highlighting some of the ways we can transform our mindset. It is also a great visual that there is a giant plant leaf at the top of your head. :).