Kate Fitzherbert

Kate Fitzherbert works for Birds Australia as a fundraiser. Her major interests are in working for habitat protection through purchase of habitat reserves, encouraging community involvement in conservation and monitoring, and growing environmental awareness in rural communities.

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Harriet Nahanee

Pacheedaht activist Harriet Nahanee made headlines in 2006 when the septuagenarian was arrested by Vancouver police protesting a highway expansion that would damage Eagleridge Bluffs land and ecosystems, in preparation for the 2010 Olympics.

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Lillian Moyer

Tahltan elder Lillian Moyer was 67 when she was arrested in 2006 in northern British Columbia and a First Nations blockade that had been preventing a mining company from exploring the Todagin Plateau for copper and gold.

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