
Kanahus Manuel, a Secwépemc and Ktunaxa land defender who co-founded the Tiny House Warriors with her twin sister Mayuk in 2017, sits in front of a tiny home located in the group’s village in Blue River, B.C., Canada, on April 14, 2022. Located beside a camp that houses 550 Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project workers, the Tiny House Warriors are in opposition to the construction of the project on their unceded homelands. Nearly half of the pipeline expansion’s proposed route lies within the territory of the Secwépemc Nation. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for HuffPost)

Ella Lamoureux (born Dustin Dufault), a Kaska Dena Two-Spirit drag artist, prepares her makeup at her Kelowna, B.C., home before a performance at the Friends of Dorothy Lounge on Jan. 28, 2022. While one may wear more makeup and don a colourful wig, Ella and Dustin are not two different people; they’re one and the same. “When I tried to put on an act with Ella, it was inauthentic because Ella was not an act, she’s a part of me and part of who I was.” (Photo by Aaron Hemens for IndigiNews)

Ella Lamoureux (born Dustin Dufault), a Kaska Dena Two-Spirit drag artist, performs at the Friends of Dorothy Lounge in Kelowna, B.C., on Oct. 1, 2021. While one may wear more makeup and don a colourful wig, Ella and Dustin are not two different people; they’re one and the same. “When I tried to put on an act with Ella, it was inauthentic because Ella was not an act, she’s a part of me and part of who I was.” (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Kelowna Capital News)

Ella Lamoureux (born Dustin Dufault), a Kaska Dena Two-Spirit drag artist, does one final makeup check at her Kelowna, B.C., home before leaving for a performance at the Friends of Dorothy Lounge on Oct. 1, 2021. While one may wear more makeup and don a colourful wig, Ella and Dustin are not two different people; they’re one and the same. “When I tried to put on an act with Ella, it was inauthentic because Ella was not an act, she’s a part of me and part of who I was.” (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Kelowna Capital News)

A person examines the cross country skiing trails at the Telemark Nordic Club in West Kelowna, B.C., during the clubÕs first day of the season on Nov. 12, 2022. The club is traditionally open for cross country skiing and snowshoeing in early or mid December, but after receiving more than 80 cm of snow since Nov. 4, this year is the earliest that the site has opened in nearly 30 years, said club manager Mike Edwards. (Aaron Hemens for the Globe and Mail)

Red dresses and cloth to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, placed by members of the Tiny House Warriors, line the perimeter of a camp that houses 550 Trans Mountain Pipeline workers in Blue River, B.C., Canada, on April 14, 2022. A 2020 report by CanadaÕs National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls found Òsubstantial evidenceÓ that temporary worker camps increase violence against women in nearby communities. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for HuffPost)

Secwépemc Hereditary Chief Saw-ses stands outside of Tkʼemlúps (Kamloops) courthouse in Secwepemcúl’ecw during the first day of his sentencing on Feb. 23, 2023. Saw-ses, a survivor of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, was sentenced to 28 days in jail for resisting Trans Mountain’s construction in his homelands. Photo by Aaron Hemens for IndigiNews

A Kelowna General Hospital patient watches a protest against COVID-19 health measures unfold outside of the hospital on Sept. 1, 2021. After the announcement of a provincial vaccine passport, at least 1,000 people took to the streets in front of the hospital to protest the program. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Kelowna Capital News)

A woman wipes her eye as she raises her fist in the air during Ottawa’s second annual Women’s March at Parliament Hill on Jan. 20, 2018. Ottawa was one of the hundreds of cities around the world to host a women’s march that day, which began in 2017 following Donald Trump’s inauguration as U.S. president. (Photo by Aaron Hemens for Centretown News)