About Me
Hi, thanks for visiting my website!
I am an illustrator and visual artist currently living in North Vancouver. I have a diverse range of styles and interests but I am especially excited about illustrating science and engineering. I spent my early 20s as a geological engineer mainly working on Canadian mining projects. I was inspired by the exciting concepts I learned throughout my education and was looking for ways to transition into a creative career. I studied Art Fundamentals at Sheridan College and then Illustration at Seneca College, both in Ontario. Although every project I work on now is not specifically engineering related, I take my analytical background into every project I work on.
I have worked on murals, editorial illustrations, gallery installations, and more. I am exciting to continue developing my style and exploring the intersection of science and art.
If you have a project you would like to collaborate on please send me an email at emily.e.archer@gmail.com
Where I’m from
Image Transcript
Digging Up My History
By: Emily Archer
I’ve been digging into my family history. Being a white person living in what is now “North America” I knew that my family history was likely bleak. But is that fair? I am here today because of these people and I don’t even know where they come from. So I started by asking my grandfather. He keeps detailed records on our whole family tree. He has records that date back hundreds of years. For now he told me the story of his grandfather:
It was 1885, they were living in London, England when the Canadian Government was sending out invitations, with promises of money and land to come to Canada as homesteaders. But what they may or may not have known was that the land they eventually took was, and still is, unceded land traditionally occupied by the Sinixt and Ktunaxa people.
The Slocan Valley: This land was taken from the Sinixt and the Ktunaxa nations after their communities had been decimated by smallpox from early European colonizers. The communities were then divided by the artificial United States/Canada boarder, preventing traditional use of their land.
Does that make my ancestors bad people? They would have never been able to afford anything like this in England. They took this opportunity for their family. Our family. Who wouldn’t.
All this history is here. It’s just hiding under the surface.
