Abel Bosum

Heather House studies full-time through McGill University’s distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books, she is raising her eight children with her husband in Chisasibi, the northernmost community in Quebec that is accessible by road.

As Indigenous-led, anti-pipeline protests have shut down rail service across much of the country, Quebec and Cree leaders announced on Monday, February 17, 2020, the first steps of a wide-ranging 30-year plan to further develop the province's northern territory together.