SHE IS was created by artists, Maria Campbell, of European settler descent, and Patricia Bourque, a Mi’kmaq First Nation member of Lennox Island, with support provided from the PEI Arts Grants program through Innovation PEI.
This project highlights the relationship between Indigenous and settler peoples, and artists, Patricia and Maria. It demonstrates the importance of shared involvement in the action-oriented recommendations put forward by the final report for the NIMMIWG. As Tuma Young, Justice of the Peace and first Mi’kmaq speaking Nova Scotia lawyer states in the final report: “An issue has to be looked at from two different perspectives: The Western perspective and the Indigenous perspective, so that this provides the whole picture for whoever is trying to understand the particular issue.” 

Call to PEI settlers:
As you stand here on the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq people consider what you might not know. Seek knowledge about this land’s history and the burdens that continue to be felt by the widespread human rights violations that occurred here. Read the report at mmiwg-ffada.ca. Support others and activate to break down the barriers that continue to exist today. Accept that, as Lorraine Clements said in the report, there is a “A Mountain of learning” ahead. Let’s get climbing.