What is Harsha Walia?
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2022}} '''Harsha Walia''' is a Canadian activist and writer based in [[Vancouver]]. She has been involved with [[No one is illegal]], the February 14 [[Women's Memorial March]] Committee, the [[Downtown Eastside]] Women's Centre, and several Downtown Eastside housing justice coalitions.<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Winter We Danced: Voices from the Past, the Future, and the Idle No More Movement|url=https://archive.org/details/winterwedancedvo0000unse|last=Collective|first=Kino-nda-niimi|publisher=Arbeiter Ring Publishing|year=2014|isbn=9781894037518|location=Winnipeg|pages=[https://archive.org/details/winterwedancedvo0000unse/page/436 436]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.ok.ubc.ca/fccs/2014/09/24/author-activist-harsha-walia-to-speak-on-migrant-justice/|title=Author, activist Harsha Walia to speak on migrant justice|website=news.ok.ubc.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-16}}</ref> Walia has been active in migrant justice, [[Indigenous peoples|Indigenous]] solidarity, [[Feminism|feminist]], [[Anti-racism|anti-racist]], and [[Anti-capitalism|anti-capitalist]] movements for over a decade.{{sfnp|Walia|2013|p=315}} ==Early life== Walia was born in [[Bahrain]] to parents of [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.darpanmagazine.com/people/spotlights/celebrating-womanhood-harsha-walia/|title=Celebrating Womanhood: Harsha Walia|website=www.darpanmagazine.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/13/09/2022/we-need-world-without-borders-our-increasingly-warming-planet|title=We Need a World Without Borders on Our Increasingly Warming Planet|website=Global Policy Journal}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/news/hashtag-istandwithharsha-shows-support-for-former-bc-civil-liberties-association-executive|title=Hashtag #IStandWithHarsha shows support for former B.C. Civil Liberties Association executive director Harsha Walia|date=18 July 2021|website=The Georgia Straight}}</