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Andrea Landry

Freelance contributor

Andrea Landry is a mother, an Indigenous rights defender, a freelance writer and a life skills coach. She teaches in the Indigenous social work program at the First Nations University of Canada. She is originally from Pays Plat First Nation in northern Ontario and resides on Treaty 6 territory on Poundmaker Cree Nation in Saskatchewan.

    Latest from Andrea Landry

    First Person

    I'm a proud Anishinaabe who asserts my Indigenous sovereignty. That's why I won't vote

    Andrea Landry's mother often reminded her that she was Anishinaabe and not Canadian. While she advocates for her people and speaks out for treaty rights, she says she has not and will not participate in the colonial political system by voting in federal elections.
    Canada Saskatchewan
    First Person

    I hate alcohol, but it never made me stop loving my dad

    Andrea Landry says her dad did the best he could in life, but he had his struggles. Those struggles taught her a powerful lesson after he left.
    Canada Saskatchewan
    Opinion

    Meeting the world's Indigenous peoples changed how I saw colonialism — and Canada

    'We can come together collectively, as Indigenous nations, and bring revolution to our own peoples.'
    Canada 2017
    Opinion

    Coerced sterilizations are more than an attack on mothers; they're an attack on Indigenous nationhood

    Reports to supposedly safeguard the wellbeing of Indigenous peoples — and more specifically, the wellbeing of Indigenous women — have been constructed for decades, with little progress. Columnist Andrea Landry worries that this one, on coerced tubal ligations at Saskatoon hospitals, will be no different.
    Opinion