C5.1, E3.4/AUTHOR MEDIA PROJECT ON KATHRENA VERMETTE by Nolan Cleary

Birthdate and Birthplace

clearyn2 — 2025-01-06 18:36:52 UTC

Katherina was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on 29 January 1977.

Nationality

clearyn2 — 2025-01-08 16:13:23 UTC

Katherena Vermette is Michif (Red River Métis) from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The Picture I used is Katherena Vermette's River Woman, which explores themes of identity, connection, and resistance.

Family

clearyn2 — 2025-01-08 16:13:48 UTC

Her parents are Sandra Vermette(Mother) and Dennis Vermette(Father). Unfortunately her brother Kerry Vermette sadly went missing and later was found dead in Winnipeg Manitoba back in 2011.

This photo depicts Kathrena Vermette's poem Mixtape, reflecting on her brother's disappearance and death, as well as the emotions and impact it had on them.

clearyn2 — 2025-01-08 16:28:23 UTC

Avermette, Katherena. "Home." Katherena Vermette, www.katherenavermette.com. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.

Titles

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Misaabe’s Stories: A Story of Honesty published in 11/04/2011
North End Love Songs released in 03/12/2012
Kode’s Quest(ion): A Story of Respect published in 11/12/2014
The Just Right Gift: A Story of Love published in 11/20/2014
Amik Loves School: A Story of Wisdom published in 12/2014
Seven Teachings released in 2014 & 2015
What is Truth, Betsy? A Story of Truth published in 03/16/2015
Singing Sisters: A Story of Humility published in 11/20/2015
this river released in 2016
The First Day: A Story of Courage published in 01/14/2016
The Break published in 09/16/2016
Vol. 1, A Girl Called Echo: Pemmican Wars published in 11/30/2017
river woman published in 09/25/2018
The Girl and the Wolf released in 02/05/2019
Vol. 2, A Girl Called Echo: Red River Resistance published in 03/01/2019
Vol. 3, A Girl Called Echo: Northwest Resistance published in 02/2020
Vol. 4, A Girl Called Echo: Road Allowance Era published in 04/27/2021
The Strangers published in 2021
Historica Canada Minute: Pierre Falcon
The Circle published in 09/05/2023
Real Ones published in 09/03/2024

Awards

2025-01-08 18:50:34 UTC

In 2013, her book North End Love Songs won the Governor General’s Literary Award for Poetry and the Lina Chartrand Award for Activism in Poetry.

In 2017, her documentary This River won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary.

In 2021, her book The Strangers won the Atwood Gibson Writers' Trust Fiction Prize and was named Chapters Indigo's Book of the Year.

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chapmanhw — 2025-01-10 18:50:46 UTC

Favourite genre

wilsonlb — 2025-01-10 18:50:52 UTC

Katherena Vermettes favourite genre is "poetry"

chapmanhw — 2025-01-10 18:51:10 UTC

One of her works related to her past

wilsonlb — 2025-01-10 18:54:52 UTC

Katherena Had written a poem about her brother, who died whilst she was young. Above is an article that has extra information.

Katherna Vermette won many awards, one of them being:

wilsonlb — 2025-01-10 19:07:50 UTC

In 2013 Katherna won the Governor General Literary Award for Poetry.

Personal struggles

chapmanhw — 2025-01-10 19:11:06 UTC

Katherena Vermette views The Break as "semi-autobiographical", and this is likely due to the similarity between her personal loss and the novel's themes of trauma and grief.
Vermette's brother passed away at an early age, and the apathetic reception to this tragedy fueled her desire to become an activist for change of treatment for indigenous people

kellsp1 — 2025-01-10 19:11:48 UTC

Grew Up In A Mostly Indigenous Neighbourhood.

trotterw — 2025-01-10 19:14:23 UTC

Kathrena Vermette grew up in a mostly indigenous Neighbourhood in the north end of Winnipeg with roughly 25% of the Indigenous peoples being primarily First Nations and Métis people. Vermette described her neighbourhood as being not "picturesque".

Indigenous Background

chapmanhw — 2025-01-10 19:16:49 UTC

Katherena cites that her indigenous background played a large influence in writing The Break, stating that "I’ve always known my culture. It is who I am." -University of Winnipeg

kellsp1 — 2025-01-10 19:18:34 UTC

katherena lives with her kids – fur and human

wilsonlb — 2025-01-10 19:19:29 UTC

she has two children named Fur and Human

Brother Passed Away

trotterw — 2025-01-13 19:10:19 UTC

At 14 years old Vermette lost her 18 year old brother Donovan Vermette. Her brother had gone missing after a night out with friends and after inadequate help from the police was found dead near the river. Vermette was told that the cause of death was an accidental drowning after attempting to cross a partially frozen river.

trotterw — 2025-01-13 19:14:03 UTC

Advocacy for Indigenous communities

chapmanhw — 2025-01-14 16:32:44 UTC

Katherena Vermette is a known advocate for those who feel marginalized because of their circumstances. This played a role in her writing of the break, which includes themes of people feeling ostracized because of their status

Other

kellsp1 — 2025-01-14 16:52:52 UTC

Kathrena Vermette has worked on poetry, novels, children's literature, and film.

Awards

trotterw — 2025-01-14 19:11:48 UTC

Vermette has won many awards in her life such as her first award which was the Governor General’s Literary Award for English-language poetry for her first collection, North End Love Songs. She also won the Amazon.ca First Novel Award for her novel The Break.

Family Support

chapmanhw — 2025-01-15 03:23:03 UTC

Vermette's family always lended a supportive hand, with her stating that she "[has] a strong partner, Reuben, who really saw me through a lot of this stuff." and has "a beautiful circle of trust, of women, my mother, my best friends, my daughters who always teach me something."

chapmanhw — 2025-01-15 03:28:59 UTC

Activism for change

chapmanhw — 2025-01-15 03:32:58 UTC

Katherena Vermette's writing is a form of her activism, which stems from "the general apathy shown by the people of her community and the media surrounding her brother's disappearance..."

chapmanhw — 2025-01-15 16:46:48 UTC