Head and shoulders image of Calla on a grey background. She is looking directly at the camera with a slight smile. She has white skin with a large mark or scar on the left side of her face, blue eyes and dark blond hair that spills over her shoulders. A portion of her hair on the left side of her face is shaved. She is wearing a black and white striped scarf.
Calla Evans
Calla Evans (she/her) is a fat, queer, disabled, white settler living on the stolen lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples, colonially known as Vancouver, BC. She is an image-maker, visual storyteller, digital problem solver, fat activist and ex-scholar. Much of her practice explores the material conditions of fatness in so called "Canada" as well as digital fat identity construction and performance. She is a passionate advocate for a more fat-inclusive outdoors and works with industry stakeholders to improve access, safety, and representation for fat people in the outdoors. Calla also works as a research consultant on community-engaged and participatory projects, particularly in the non-profit sector. She cultivates as much time as possible in the woods with her pup, Ellie.