Join us for an engaging conversation with Eden Fineday, publisher of IndigiNews, and journalist Michelle Cyca as they explore the transformative efforts of Indigenous journalists in decolonizing the institution and practice of journalism in so-called Canada. These two nêhiyaw iskwew will offer insights into land-connected and trauma-informed storytelling, the principles of allyship, and the art of truth-telling with kindness and solidarity.

Location: Room C440

Type: In Conversation

Presented by: Word Vancouver · Vancouver Public Library

Moderator: Eden Fineday

Reader: Michelle Cyca

About The Moderator

Eden Fineday

Eden Fineday is a nehiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) from the Sweetgrass First Nation in Treaty 6 territory. She is an award-winning journalist and the publisher of IndigiNews. Eden was the 2022 Indigenous Storyteller in Residence at the Vancouver Public Library. She endeavours to be a good relation as an uninvited guest on the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqeum), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples.

About The Reader

Michelle Cyca

Michelle is a journalist and essayist living on the unceded homelands of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in what is recently called Vancouver. She is an editor with The Narwhal and a contributing writer to The Walrus. Her writing can often be found in Maclean's, Chatelaine, The Tyee and The Globe & Mail. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief and co-publisher of SAD Mag. Her feature story, The Curious Case of Gina Adams, received a National Magazine Award in 2023 for investigative journalism, and was published in April 2024 as a limited-edition hardcover. She's a member of the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Treaty 6, Saskatchewan.