Gatherings

Here, I explore What it means to be Métis in Canada Today. A little poetry never hurt anyone, either.

Jun 5
Jun 5 Moving Home - a Poetry Project

Michelle Porter

Dec 30
Dec 30 On Busyness

Michelle Porter

A short letter to Katherena Vermette about the pain of recognition

Dec 30

Dec 30 A short letter to Katherena Vermette about the pain of recognition

Michelle Porter

News and essays

Dec 29
Dec 29 I am asking: Where am I from?

Michelle Porter

Dec 28
Dec 28 Hayden King asks: "Joseph Boyden, where are you from?"

Michelle Porter

"The Métis look to new future after 150 years of building St. Albert"

Dec 28

Dec 28 "The Métis look to new future after 150 years of building St. Albert"

Michelle Porter

(BRYAN YOUNG/St. Albert Gazette)

Dec 21
Dec 21 “Don’t You Ever Talk About That Again”

Michelle Porter

News and essays

Dec 16
Dec 16 Rebecca Hass's family secret: being Métis

Michelle Porter

News and essays

Dec 14
Dec 14 Being Métis in The Break (up to page 75)

Michelle Porter

Reading Métis Literature

Dec 13
Dec 13 Thank you, Katherena Vermette

Michelle Porter

Reading Métis Literature

Oct 25
Oct 25 Are Métis 'Indians'?

Michelle Porter

News and essays

Oct 17
Oct 17 Metis identity cards

Michelle Porter

News and essays

Oct 16
Oct 16 Winter, walking this way

Michelle Porter

Reading Métis Stories

Oct 15

Oct 15 Reading Métis Stories

Michelle Porter

Reading Métis Literature