Michelle Cyca

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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.

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With headlines blaring about tariffs, a trade war and a 51st state, it can be easy to feel helpless. Here’s where I see hope: The Narwhal is reporting doggedly on issues surrounding the natural world in Canada that feel so under threat today — including the autonomy and sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples. It’s why I’m a member — and why I hope you’ll be one of 400 readers who joins me this April. — Tanya Talaga, journalist, author and recent Narwhal board chair
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