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 in British Columbia.
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.
Interactive workshop on expressive writing for healing and wellness.
Regularly present to / speak with students and teachers about my books and issues including intergenerational trauma, trauma- and healing-informed practice, decolonization, and social justice.
