Haruko Okano (born in Toronto, ON, Canada; lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada) is a third generation Japanese-Canadian who was raised through the Toronto-based Children’s Aid Society, aging out of care at 18. She is involved in environmental activism and human rights focused on Indigenous, Black, and people of colour antiracism. As an interdisciplinary artist, her practice is process-based, integrating her priorities of deep community engagement/peer collaborations, ecological sustainability, and decolonization methodologies. Her artistic intent is focused more on the creative process as a catalyst for change than singular authorship or physical end product.