Michelle Cyca

Michelle Cyca is an award-winning journalist and editor from Vancouver, and a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6. Her reporting, essays and literary criticism can be found in The Globe and Mail, Chatelaine, IndigiNews and The Tyee, among other publications. She is a contributing writer to The Walrus, and received a National Magazine Award in 2024 for her columns. Her Maclean's cover story "The Curious Case of Gina Adams" also received a National Magazine Award in 2023 for investigative journalism. Michelle teaches reporting in Indigenous communities at the University of British Columbia, and serves as the board chair of tapwêwin media, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization. Previously, she was the co-publisher of SAD Mag, a National Magazine Award-winning biannual print publication focused on art, design and storytelling from Vancouver.