Emilee Gilpin
Advisor, First Nations Forward | Victoria, B.C. |
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About Emilee Gilpin
Emilee Gilpin is a key advisor for National Observer's 'First Nations Forward' special report. Emilee produced most of the reporting on the first two years of the series from 2017-2019. With a keen focus on inspirational stories of leadership and success, she traveled through British Columbia, building relationships and documenting stories of governance, self-determination and alternative ways forward. For the past year, she served as Managing Director.
Her stunning visual, verbal and written journalism for First Nations Forward twice earned her the Canadian Association of Journalists nomination for "Emerging Indigenous Journalism."
A Michif nomad, she worked in the first 9 months of 2020 from Bahia, Brazil. She is Métis, Filipina, European (3rd & 4th gen. settler). She now resides in the traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples.
COVID-19 not the first pandemic Indigenous Peoples have quarantined from
Just a few generations ago, Tlaook, a Nuu-Chah-Nulth ancestor of the Tla-o-qui-aht nation led families to a safe place of refuge in their territory to wait out fatal diseases European settlers brought to the coast of B.C. When the people returned, many had died, but the story of the importance of preserving the land during times of pandemics lived on and continues to shape the nation's work.
COVID-19 crisis tells world what Indigenous Peoples have been saying for thousands of years
Deforestation, loss of biodiversity and expansion of large-scale industrial development are related to pandemics, Indigenous leaders say.
B.C. pipeline threatens healing centre in unceded Wet'suwet'en territory
The B.C government is considering whether to let the project proceed without looking at how it would affect the $2-million Unist'ot'en Healing Centre.
'The Amazon stays, Bolsonaro goes'
Last Friday, in the streets outside the government buildings in Brazil’s capital city, Emilee Gilpin walked with nearly a thousand people in desperate concern over the relentless and unprecedented burning of one of the most important ecosystems in the world.
What you need to know about the fight against Thirty Meter Telescope in Hawaiʻi
In the latest act of Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) sovereignty, thousands have gathered on the grounds of a sacred volcano under threat.
Fine for company is 'just the beginning' of justice for Heiltsuk Nation
The Kirby Corporation was fined nearly $3 million Tuesday for violating the Fisheries Act, Pacific Pilotage Act and the Migratory Birds Act. The Heiltsuk Nation, who has for two years been dealing with the devastation to their food harvesting area at Gale Creek, say no amount of money can pay off the damage done. It's time for change, chief Marilyn Slett says.
We asked 12 Canadian premiers about Quebec's controversial Bill 21
Only four premiers responded to National Observer's inquiries about Quebec's Bill 21 — a controversial new law that would prohibit any public service employee in a position of authority who deals with the public from wearing religious symbols like turbans, kippas, crosses and more.
Culture in a bottle: Inside the first Indigenous-owned winery in North America
Nk'Mip Cellars is located on the Osoyoos Indian Band's reservation, in the heart of mountains, hills and orchards of the Okanagan Valley, B.C.
Tŝilhqot'in sends mining company home
The Tŝilhqot’in Nation has been fighting to protect Teẑtan Biny (Fish Lake) for decades. While Taseko Mines' proposed open-pit copper and gold mine has been rejected twice at the federal level, the Liberal government granted permits for an exploratory drilling program — slated to start today — but the nation organized a peaceful protest and sent the construction team home.
First Nations share story of strength and survival with caribou herd saved from extinction
The Saulteau and West Moberly First Nations have been working to bring back the Klinse Za caribou herd from the brink of extinction. Five years after they started a maternal pen for pregnant mothers to raise their calves in a protected area, the mountain herd has gone from 16 animals to nearly 100. Caribou guardian Julian Napoleon said his people share the herd's story of strength and survival .