Roxanne Charles-George is a mixed media artist, activist, curator, storyteller, and cultural historian of Strait Salish and European descent.
She previously was a councilor,[1][2] and continues to be an active band member of Semiahmoo First Nation in Surrey, British Columbia, promoting art, language, and culture.
She directly responds to the problems of colonialism, and documents issues that reflect her life experiences such as spirituality, identity, urbanization, food security, resource extraction, trauma, and various forms of systemic violence.
Her work employs traditional Semiahma forms of knowledge such as visual representation, oral history, and ceremony.
[22] Charles-George has been vocal and influential in addressing issues related to water quality and infrastructure, to the Semiahmoo First Nations.