Erin Blondeau is a Métis mom, currently living + working in the Quw'utsun Valley 🌊 .
JOURNALIST / WRITER / STORYTELLER
Erin has a special interest in writing about social and climate justice.
Erin has mentored with the CAJ Journalism Mentorship program, participated in multiple journalism workshops (The Breach; Centre for Investigative Journalism; and Institute for Journalism & Natural Resources), and has published stories in the Canadian Anti-Hate Network, Rabble, The Breach, The Globe and Mail, The Discourse, The Tyee, and Best Health Magazine, among others.
On November 19 2024, Erin spoke at UBC’s Centre for Climate Justice’s panel, “Feelings Don’t Care About Your Facts” with Naomi Klein, Dr. Kendra Jewell, and Dr. Chris Russell. Watch the recap here & learn more.
SELECT ARTICLES
〰️ BC Conservative candidate’s anti-Indigenous rhetoric must not be treated like an isolated incident, Rabble, October 2024
〰️ Will the BC NDP ever return to its socialist roots?, Rabble, September 2024
〰️ ‘Canada’ Day reflections: Our complicity in genocide, Rabble, July 2024
〰️ A renewed SOS for survival: Earth Day 2024, Rabble, April 2024
〰️ Fascist movements are growing strong in Canada, Rabble, February 2024
〰️ Learning to Plan for the Next 500 Years, The Tyee, January 2024
〰️ We need a climate corps, not more military missions, Rabble, November 2023
〰️ B.C.’s far right is turning the public against a conservation project, The Breach, September 2023
〰️ Fight against coal mine expansion to be brought to UN climate change conference, CBC Indigenous, November 2022
〰️ A ‘Walk Together’ or an ‘Erasure Tour’?, The Tyee, July 2022
〰️ Mental Health Resources for Indigenous Peoples, Best Health Magazine, September 20 2021
acknowledgements
The Journey of a Story: Indigenous Storytelling
Erin was featured in an exhibit of Indigenous journalists in Chicago on October 19, 2023. Learn more here.
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Ekphrastic Reversed
Erin’s poem, Not Enough, was featured in Ekphrastic Reversed, a poetry exhibit by the Cowichan Valley Arts Council in April 2023. The poem, along with the works of other poets and artists in Cowichan, was published in an anthology after the exhibit.
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