Mona HardyMONA HARDY was born in Biinjitiwaabik Zaaging Anishinaabek (Rocky Bay First Nation) and left home at a young age. She has lived across Canada and the world. Mona is an artist, dancer, craftsperson, and knowledge keeper in her community. She is also apatient advocacy leader for Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and beyond, working with patients in the renal department, where she has been one of the most successful dialysis patients ever seen. Mona leads a support group for trans and two-spirit people thru the Northwest Community Health Centre and is a part of the Ontario Native Women's Association's provincial advisory board, Anti-Human Trafficking Liason Programme, and an advocate for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women. In 2021, she was awarded the Sovereign's Medal for Volunteers, the highest award for civilian volunteers in Canada. SHAEMICHELLE WATSON is a Settler Canadian born in Deshkan Ziibi (London, Ontario) and raised on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg of Anemki Wajiw and the Kaministiqueg Anishinaabek, also known as Thunder Bay, Ontario. ShaeMichelle is a dear friend of Mona and a novelist who is deeply proud to have helped tell Mona's important story.. Read More Read Less