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Kimberley and Warren welcomed a baby girl, Tia Sophie, on July 20, 2021, in Edmonton, Alta.

In April 2020, I became one of the founding directors of Future Ancestors Services, an Indigenous- and Black-owned, youth-led professional services social enterprise that advances climate justice and systemic barrier removal with lenses of anti-racism and ancestral accountability. While centring decolonized and Indigenized practices, we support our clients and community in addressing systemic issues that disadvantage certain groups of people; our connections to land and others; and the well-being of Earth. As an organization that defines our team members as future ancestors, we carry the burden that comes with that title: the responsibility of reimagining and remodelling our societies to welcome people of various identities and ways of being. Our services integrate the notions and values of accessibility, anti-ageism, and anti-racism in both English and French (while we also collectively increase our capacity in Michif-Cree).

Holly unveiled her first large-scale public art piece in August 2021. Sown stands for the unnamed heroes who shape our community; an ode to the underrepresented who are vital to the fabric of our history but remain largely anonymous. The piece acknowledges a flawed past, and yet from this imperfect past there is new growth. The seeds we plant today, the community we build, the opportunities we make for one another will determine our future. The Sown team was composed of Holly Archer and Montreal-born artist Camille Myles, Lafontaine Iron Werks, and fellow Queen’s alum Jonathan Killing (Sc’05) of Toque Innovations.

After a few years teaching and working at Munich International School, and a bit of a break for raising a family and brushing up on my skills, I began to run a private classical teaching atelier in Kingston thanks to my patron Jane Taite Springer. Before the pandemic, I relocated to Guelph, where I have continued to run a private teaching atelier, but with the closures, I have had a lot more time to paint. Consequently, over the past year I have completed four major pieces and multiple minor works and have several major works on the go. I am also very proud to announce that two of my pieces were accepted for the 2021 Newmarket Juried Art Show: Bella In and Out and My Time Reaching, which is a self-portrait. You can see more of my work on Instagram at Atelier of Laura Lee Moreland as well as on my website, atelieroflauraleemoreland.com.