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Lauren Kaljur

Lauren Kaljur is an Estonian settler and journalist who writes local, in-depth stories. She’s passionate about innovation and collaboration in storytelling and her solutions reporting can be found in The Discourse, Reasons To Be Cheerful, Hakai Magazine, Maisonneuve, and many others. She works with Discourse Community Publishing, IndigiNews’ sister company, from the homelands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Lauren's Latest Articles

A young man in a wetsuit holds up a herring he found floating along the shore and a hemlock sprig laden with herring eggs

In Átl’ḵa7tsem, a new generation of stewards are welcoming herring home

By Lauren Kaljur ● Features ● November 21, 2022 January 31, 2023

Indigenous citizen scientists in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh homelands are keeping careful tabs on the comeback efforts of these tiny fish with big cultural value

A group of people sit on the ground surrounded by police vehicles near the Caycuse camp of Fairy Creek.

Are the Fairy Creek blockaders protesting legally?

By Lauren Kaljur ● Vancouver Island ● June 24, 2021 March 16, 2023

The Discourse answers community members’ questions about Fairy Creek.