Michelle Woodhouse is the water program manager at Environmental Defence and a Métis-British Canadian water protector. Her Métis roots come from a place called manitou sakhahigan (Lac Ste. Anne, Alta.). Michelle leads a campaign to shut down the Line 5 pipeline and works alongside Indigenous nations and settler allies to protect the Great Lakes for the seven generations to come. Michelle sees water as a living relation and is passionate about environmental justice and climate justice.