Rachel Chong

Rachel Chong is a Métis citizen through her maternal grandfather, originally from St. Boniface Manitoba. She currently works at Kwantlen Polytechnic University (Surrey, British Columbia) as the Indigenous Engagement and Subject Liaison Librarian on the unceded traditional and ancestral First Nations territories of the Musqueam, Katzie, Semiahmoo, Tsawwassen, Qayqayt, and Kwikwetlem; and the lands of the Kwantlen First Nation which gifted it’s name to Kwantlen Polytechnic University. Rachel has worked on a number of projects including the χʷəχʷéy̓əm Indigenous Collection, which features Indigenous authors organized via a localized Brian Deer Classification system. She also wrote the Indigenous Information Literacy Press Book open education resource to support students and faculty learning about Indigenous topics. In her free time, Rachel enjoys beading, canning, and gardening.