Our Voice of Fire

From her time as a foster kid and runaway who fell victim to predatory men and an oppressive system to her career as an internationally acclaimed journalist, Our Voice of Fire chronicles Morin’s journey to overcome enormous adversity and find her purpose, and her power, through journalism. This compelling, honest book is full of self-compassion and the purifying fire of a pursuit for justice.

Author Biography: 
Brandi Morin is an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist from Treaty 6 territory in Alberta. Among her many awards over a decade of reporting on Indigenous oppression in North America.

Resource type: Book (Non-fiction)

Age recommendation: Grades 10-12, Post Secondary

Keywords: Justice, Indigenous women, MMIWG, healing, human rights, effects of colonization, high school, Cree, treaty 6, survivance, journalism

Year of publication: 2022

Publisher information: House of Anansi Press