Mali Bain is a former high school teacher with a background working in various university, non-profit, and philanthropic settings. She grew up on northern Vancouver Island and currently lives, works, and plays on Snuneymuxw territory. She holds degrees in International Relations (BA), Education (BEd), and Adult Learning and Education (MA). What began as a chapter in her master’s thesis ended up being a five-year journey to extensively research her own family history and connections to colonization in Canada.