A Reading and Conversation with Author Suzanne Methot
Join author Suzanne Methot as she reads from her powerful new YA book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. Suzanne will share stories about the publishing process, her work with young people, and the work/life experiences that inform the book. Submit your questions on the registration form for the closing Q&A!
Author:
Suzanne Methot is a Nehiyaw writer, social historian, educator, and community worker born in Vancouver and raised in Sagitawa / Peace River, Alberta. She has worked as an elementary classroom teacher, an adult literacy practitioner, as a museum educator, and in advocacy and direct-service positions at Indigenous-led organizations including the Native Women’s Resource Centre of Toronto, the Anishinabek Nation (Health and Environment Program), the YWCA Elm Centre (Winona’s Place), and West Neighbourhood House (The Meeting Place). Suzanne is the author of the new YA book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing (ECW Press), co-author of the textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values and Aspirations (Pearson/Goodminds), and author of the award-winning non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing, which Margaret Atwood chose as one of 10 books to read for “important background reading in a time of Canada-First Nations clashes.”
Suzanne lived on Wendat-Haudenosaunee-Anishinabeg territory in Toronto for 29 years, and now lives on the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw Nation, near Nanaimo, BC. She is currently working on two children’s books: one on water for a new graphic history series that will be published by Scholastic Canada in Summer 2024, and an Indigenous atlas of Canada for Kids Can Press, which will be published in 2026. She’s also working on two books of literary fiction set in northern Alberta.
Cost: Free
Registration Link: https://forms.gle/JKHyVGxVbuTu9vxd9
This is part of the Maskwacis Cultural College Microlearning Series and is open to the public.
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