As the Research Director at the University of Victoria’s Indigenous Law Research Unit, Tara Williamson acts as project lead and researcher and also presents and co-facilitates workshops about the ILRU’s research in the law school and broader community. Tara is also a research fellow for the Yellowhead Institute, as well as a writer and musician. Tara is a member of the Opaskwayak Cree Nation and was raised in Gaabishkigamaag (Swan Lake, Manitoba). She is fortunate and grateful to live on the unceded territories of the Lkwungen-speaking peoples and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.