Priya “Pree” Rehal
As someone who lives with cancer in remission and is multiply disabled, the pandemic brings about so many questions. “When will all this be over?,” when will it be over for disabled and/or chronically ill folks who are multiply marginalized? What will happen to disabled folks that are also racialized, and trans/gender non-conforming/Two-Spirit, and belong to 2SLGBTQ+ communities. I’ve been thinking about the power of mutual aid and the fact that disabled 2SQTBIPOC (2 Spirit, Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour of the 2SLGBTQ+ communities) must be protected at at all costs.
Pree was raised in Tiohtiá:ke/Montreal and went to school in Tkaronto/Toronto. They are a child of immigrant settlers from Punjab. As an artist educator, Pree's work centres the experiences of individuals who are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour). They have an inter-discliplinary arts practice under the name: @StickyMangos, they co-founded the Non-Binary Colour Collective, and are an emerging artist maintaining their arts practice during the pandemic.
