Lorna Williams

Lorna Williams,, also known as Wánosts’a7, is an educator, scholar, filmmaker, and Indigenous elder known for her contributions to Indigenous language revitalization and Indigenous education. She is a member of Lilʼwat First Nation of Mount Currie, British Columbia and a Ucwalmícwts speaker. She is professor emerita at the University of Victoria where she was Canada Research Chair in Indigenous knowledge and learning in the faculties of Education and Linguistics. She is past chair of First Peoples' Cultural Council. She sits as an observer on UNESCO's Global Task Force for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages.