Bryanna R. Brown

Youth

Bryanna Brown is Inuk and Mi’kmaq from Nunatsiavut, Labrador. She is the originator of the “Land Back Movement” to advocate for sovereignty in Indigenous peoples, as well as Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) communities, and to promote land ownership and reclamation as a means of environmental protection, and self-determination. Bryanna is a traditional story teller and knowledge keeper.

Bryanna is a professional public speaker who has held speaking engagements across Canada and internationally. She is on Indigenous Climate Action’s National Steering Committee and Climate Policy Advisory Council. Bryanna has completed the Indigenous Community Support Worker diploma program with Willis College and works as a support to communities in various capacities.

Bryanna is honoured to currently be working with the Climate Justice Organizing HUB based in Montreal and the Climate Emergency Unit with the David Suzuki Foundation to establish a Just Transition campaign in Newfoundland and Labrador. She is a business consultant working in anti-human trafficking as well as climate regeneration to protect the land and Indigenous communities with previous and present experience working with universities across Canada, healthcare facilities, Indigenous NGOs, Black and Indigenous grassroots organizations, and international climate and policy organizations.

She advocates for the rights of women, Indigenous Peoples, Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG), environmental injustice in relation to MMIWG and persons with disabilities (as someone with lived experience), with efforts to change public policy in order to reduce harm to Indigenous, BIPOC communities and the land.