Vera Wabegijig is a writer, media artist, and a mother from the Odawa/Ojibway Nations in Ontario. She has graduated from the En'owkin Centre's Creative Writing Program and studied at the University of Victoria. Her published poetry and creative non-fiction can be found in "Breaking the Surface"; "Foundation of English 9"; "Surviving in the hour of darkness: the Health and Wellness of Women of Colour and Indigenous Women"; "Our Words, Our Revolutions: Di/Verse Voices of Black Women, First Nations, and Women of Colour in Canada"; "Reclaiming the Future: Women’s Strategies for the 21stCentury"; and "Sweetgrass Grows All Around Her". She has been invited to read poetry at the prestigious Talking Stick Festival in Vancouver, BC and at various events hosted by Redwire Magazine and by Uts'am/Witness, a multi-cultural gathering.