Kerrie Blaise is an accomplished environmental and Indigenous rights lawyer. She is one of only a handful of public-interest environmental lawyers serving Northern Ontario and in 2023, she founded the environmental law non-profit, Legal Advocates for Nature’s Defence. At LAND, she works to advance the protection of Indigenous rights and nature in response to urgent threats to lands and waters and amplify community voices – whether in the courts, before lawmakers or in public forums – to precipitate change.