Photo Credit:
Photo credit
Craig Letourneau
Suzanne Methot
BIO
Biography

Suzanne Methot is the author of the award-winning non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing and the YA non-fiction book Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing. She is also co-author of the Grade 11 textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations and a contributor to Scholastic Canada’s Take Action series of elementary classroom resource books.

Suzanne’s fiction, non-fiction, and poetry has been published in several anthologies, and her feature articles, guest columns, and reviews have appeared in Open Book, Edutopia, All Lit Up, the Toronto Star, The Globe and Mail, Quill & Quire, Windspeaker, Ontario Birchbark, and Canadian Geographic. She also has over 30 years’ experience as an in-house editor, freelance editor

Born in Vancouver in 1968 and raised in Sagitawa/Peace River, Alberta, Suzanne is Asiniwachi Nehiyaw (Rocky Mountain Cree) of mixed Indigenous and European heritage. She lived in Toronto for 29 years, and now makes her home on Gabriola Island, BC.

ADDRESS
City: Gabriola, Province/Territory: British Columbia
EMAIL
GENRE
Non-Fiction, Fiction, Textbook, Classroom Resources
LANGUAGES
English
PUBLICATIONS
Publications
Title
Killing the Wittigo: Indigenous Culture-Based Approaches to Waking Up, Taking Action, and Doing the Work of Healing
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2023
Title
Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing
Publisher
ECW Press
Year
2019
Title
Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations
Publisher
Pearson/Goodminds
Year
2011
AWARDS
Awards
Name
Ontario Historical Society Hugeunot Award
Publication
Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing
Year
2019-2020
Name
Gold Medal, Current Events (Social Issues/Humanitarian), Independent Publisher Book Awards
Publication
Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing
Year
2020
LINKS
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
Presentation details
Audience Size
Audience size
Small Group, Large Group
Presentation Genre
Expressive Writing, Non-Fiction, Fiction, Memoir
Presentation Length
1 hour - 3 hours
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Regularly present to / speak with students, teachers, program participants, agency staff, and community groups about my books and issues including intergenerational trauma, trauma- and healing-informed practice, decolonization, and social justice.

Presentation Fee(s)
Please email to request fee schedule
Workshop details
Audience Size
Small Group, Large Group
Intended Audience
Grades 4-12, Post-Secondary, Adult Literacy, Community Group
Workshop Length
Half Day (3 hours) - Full Day (6 hours)
Workshop Description
Workshop description

Regularly present to / speak with students, teachers, program participants, agency staff, and community groups about my books and issues including intergenerational trauma, trauma- and healing-informed practice, decolonization, and social justice.

Workshop Fee(s)
Please email to request fee schedule
School presentation details
Audience Size
Up to 30 (classroom/library); 30+ (gymnasium/theatre)
Intended Audience
Grades 4-12, Post-Secondary
Presentation Length
1 hour - 3 hours
Presentation Description
Presentation description

Regularly present to / speak with students, teachers, program participants, agency staff, and community groups about my books and issues including intergenerational trauma, trauma- and healing-informed practice, decolonization, and social justice.

Presentation Fee(s)
Please email to request fee schedule
EQUITY INITIATIVE
As part of the Union’s Equity Implementation Plan, we are committed to increasing awareness of authors who are Black, Indigenous, racialized, LGBTQI2S, or living with a disability. This author identifies as:
Members who identify as:
Black, Indigenous, and/or racialized
LGBTQI2S
Programs & Interests
Interested in participating Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program:
All members are eligible for the Union’s Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program. Are you interested in participating in this pro
Yes
Interested in participating in the Northern Ontario WITS program:
The Union’s Northern Ontario Writers-in-the-Schools program funds in-person visits to northern Ontario schools when possible. Ar
No