Speakers: Suzanne Methot

Suzanne Methot is the author of the non-fiction book Legacy: Trauma, Story, and Indigenous Healing, co-author of the Grade 11 textbook Aboriginal Beliefs, Values, and Aspirations, and a contributor to Scholastic’s Take Action series of elementary classroom resource books. She is currently working on three books for children and young readers, and a novel set in northern Alberta. Suzanne is an educator and social historian who speaks on pedagogy, Indigenous worldviews and literatures, Indigenous approaches to health and wellness, trauma- and healing-informed practice, and decolonization. She also designs programs and facilitates change-making sessions for the education, health care, environmental, and museum sectors. Born in Vancouver and raised in Sagitawa (Peace River, Alberta), Suzanne
is Asiniwachi Nehiyaw (Rocky Mountain Cree) of mixed Indigenous and European heritage.
She lived in Tkaronto (Toronto) for 29 years, and now makes her home on the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw Nation, near Nanaimo, BC.