Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee

Ta7talíya Michelle Nahanee belongs to Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation). She is a decolonial creative & educator living and working in her ancestral homelands on the shared territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples also known as the City of Vancouver. She is the author, illustrator and designer of decolonial workbooks, board games, workshops and a children's book. She earned the 2019 City of Vancouver Award of Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion. Ta7talíya is a 2024 Dialogue Associate with the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University where she is also working towards a PhD in Languages, Cultures and Literacies within the Faculty of Education.