Growing up in a small, remote First Nations community in northwestern British Columbia, Jarett Quock found he faced racism and stereotypes from non-Indigenous people whenever he left the reserve.
The treatment took a toll on him, damaging his pride in his Tahltan Nation roots. It was only after he began work as an Indigenous guardian – monitoring the effects of climate change on his territory – that he recovered his confidence.
“Being a guardian has helped me so much on a personal level,” Quock,