water protection, environmentalist, Indigenous rights, grandmothers, activism, Great Lakes, Ojibwe
Joanne Robertson is Anishinaabe kwe and a member of Atikameksheng Anishnawbek. She graduated from Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig. Joanne is an award-winning children's book author and illustrator. As a baby, she was adopted and grew up in Southern Ontario. Joanne lives north of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
