Kerrie Blaise
Kerrie Blaise is an accomplished environmental and Indigenous rights lawyer. She is one of only a handful of public-interest environmental lawyers serving Northern Ontario and in 2023, she founded the environmental law non-profit, . At LAND, she works to advance the protection of Indigenous rights and nature in response to urgent threats to lands and waters and amplify community voices – whether in the courts, before lawmakers or in public forums – to precipitate change.