Jesse Thistle by Emma Stuart https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi Media Project en-us 2023-06-13 12:26:50 UTC 2026-03-20 21:19:16 UTC hello@padlet.com Biographical Information stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622250931 2023-06-13 12:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622250931 stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622252570 2023-06-13 12:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622252570 stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622260477 Name: Jesse Thistle

Birthdate: 1976

Nation: Metis-Cree

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  • Mother: Blanche Morissette
  • Father: Cyril Thistle
  • Brothers: Josh and Jerry Thistle
  • Wife: Lucie Pekarek-Thistle
  • Daughter: Rose Thistle
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 - From the Ashes follows Jesse Thistle's struggles with homelessness, addiction, and his Indigenous Identity.  Jesse's memoir amplifies the theme of love and kindness.

Awards: 
  • Bestselling Indigenous Memoir in Canada
  • Bestselling Canadian book of 2020
  • Finalist for CBC Canada Reads
  • Winner of the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for Nonfiction
  • Winner of the Indigenous Voices Award
  • Winner of the High Plains Book Award
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- Jesse Thistle allows readers of Stars and Scars to understand his story more intimately than before.  His poems focus on love, family and community, and parenthood.

Awards: 
  • National Bestseller

Other Accomplishments:
  • Jesse Thistle won a Governor General's Academic Medal in 2016
  • Jesse Thistle is a 2016 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholar and a 2016 Vanier Scholar
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"It hurt at first. I was trying to reconnect with memories and a lot of it was traumatic. I didn't understand it and writing my life out in these small fragments...was very healing. I could see all those things made sense in this larger narrative of my life."
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I'm hoping that when people read my book they can also get a measure of healing and understanding and fellowship and see that they're not alone.
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Jesse Thistle - A Conversation About Homelessness in Canada
(November 2020)]]> 2023-06-13 22:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622672178 stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622672828 Jesse Thistle works with Metis communities to better understand the affects of Intergenerational trauma.]]> 2023-06-13 22:31:43 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622672828 stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622673118 2023-06-13 22:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622673118 stuarte2 https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622673819 Jesse Thistle is completing his PhD in Indigenous homelessness, and intergenerational trauma.]]> 2023-06-13 22:34:41 UTC https://padlet.com/stuarte2/keb0mkccdbddahmi/wish/2622673819