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One of the great joys of this work is connecting with the community around The Tyee. It’s a diverse, courageous and feisty bunch. The kind of people who step in when it counts, and who are unafraid to act on their values.

The Tyee is powered by a committed community of such people who we call Tyee Builders. They support The Tyee by providing a monthly, annual or one-time donation in an amount that works for them. Often it’s in the range of the price of an afternoon treat for two friends. Tyee Builders keep The Tyee’s independent journalism freely accessible to everyone.

Tyee Builders are why our pages are free of paywalls or walls of ads. Builders are special people whose contributions are powering an innovative, critically-minded news organization that swims against the current, speaks truth to power and sparks the careers of the next generation of journalists.

The Tyee is proudly reader-funded. And we’re always looking to expand our community. We need more people to sign up with monthly or annual commitments to help us sustain our work and plan for the future.

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Matthew Norris

Matthew Norris is a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Northern Saskatchewan, the president of the Urban Native Youth Association and a PhD student at UBC studying the implementation of the UNDRIP and other international Indigenous rights frameworks. Matthew has been previously an Indigenous Peoples' Representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and sits on the BC Climate Action Secretariat’s Indigenous Climate Action Working Group, UBC’s Indigenous Peoples Expert Advisory Committee and the Steering Committee for the BC Office of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Matthew Norris is also a OneCity candidate for Vancouver city council in the fall election.

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