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'''Harsha Walia''' is a Canadian activist and writer based in [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]]. 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|last=Collective|first=Kino-nda-niimi|publisher=Arbeiter Ring Publishing|year=2014|isbn=9781894037518|location=Winnipeg|pages=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]],
In January 2020, Walia was hired as the new executive director of the [[British Columbia Civil Liberties Association]]. In July 2021, Walia controversially tweeted "Burn it all down" following [[2021 Canadian church burnings|several church arson attacks]]. She claimed she was not calling for more arson, but said it was "a call to dismantle all structures of violence, including the state, settler-colonialism, empire, the border etc."<ref name="globalnews.ca">{{Cite web|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/8002314/bccla-church-fire-tweet/|title=Head of B.C. civil liberties group under fire over 'burn it all down' tweet|website=Global News}}</ref><ref name="Straight">{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Charlie |title=B.C. Civil Liberties Association executive director Harsha Walia at centre of social media firestorm |url=https://www.straight.com/news/bc-civil-liberties-association-executive-director-harsha-walia-at-centre-of-social-media |access-date=July 11, 2021 |work=The Georgia Straight |date=July 5, 2021}}</ref> She resigned on July 16, 2021.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Lupick|first=Travis|url=https://www.straight.com/news/1343286/bc-civil-liberties-association-names-vancouver-activist-harsha-walia-its-new-executive|title=B.C. Civil Liberties Association names Vancouver activist Harsha Walia its new executive director|date=2020-01-06|work=The Georgia Straight|access-date=2020-03-06}}</ref><ref name="CP16Jul21">{{cite web|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bccla-leader-resignation-1.6106796|title= B.C. Civil Liberties Association leader resigns after controversial social media post|access-date= 17 July 2021|author= The Canadian Press|author-link= The Canadian Press|work= [[CBC News]]|date= 16 July 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210717125802/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bccla-leader-resignation-1.6106796|archive-date= 17 July 2021|url-status= live}}</ref>
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