Brandi Morin

Alberta

Brandi Morin, Métis, born and raised in Alberta, possesses a passion for telling Indigenous stories. Based outside Edmonton, Morin has lent her talents to several news organizations, including the CBC, Indian Country Today Media Network and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, National News. She is now hard at work striving to tell the stories of Canada's Indigenous peoples to a broader audience.

20 Articles

Meet Marilyn James, a warrior and matriarch for the Sinixt Salish Peoples

Extinct to the Government of Canada, this matriarch's culture and peoples have been attacked for over a century. This is her fight to resurrect the Sinixt way of life through tradition, occupation and family.

First Nations Forward

By Brandi Morin | News, Culture | September 11th 2020

Indigenous journalist “disillusioned” by arrest covering Land Back Lane conflict

The area near Caledonia, Ont. has been a site of escalating tension between police and protesters, who call themselves land defenders. Journalist Karl Dockstader is charged with mischief and failure to comply with a court order.

By Brandi Morin | News | September 4th 2020

Wet'suwet'en Matriarchs, sacred berries and MMIWG

Within the first day of arriving for a near two-week stay in Smithers, B.C., to delve into discovering the stories of the traditional Wet'suwet'en People, I learned about Niwus. And I continued to learn about this sacred medicine until the day I left.

First Nations Forward

By Brandi Morin | Features | August 27th 2020

A real and present fear. What it's like to be a woman, Indigenous and a reporter in Canada

Our lives as Indigenous and especially Indigenous women are in endless danger.

Opinion

By Brandi Morin | Opinion | August 18th 2020

As tension over Trans Mountain pipeline simmers, I learned what each side believes

TMX pipeline, racial divides and the looming war in Blue River, B.C.A minefield of racial divides, violence and human rights violations is about to explode in Blue River, B.C., over the expansion of Canada’s Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX).

Opinion

By Brandi Morin | Opinion, Energy | August 7th 2020

Are the Wet'suwet'en on the brink of destruction? I went to find out.

The ancestral wisdom passed through the ages to the Wet'suwet'en is crucial to the maintenance and survival of these lands, waters and everything they’re connected to outside here. Including the people.

First Nations Forward

By Brandi Morin | Features | July 27th 2020

Stop killing my people

This country was designed to oppress our people. It was designed to target us, to keep us in line.

Opinion

By Brandi Morin | Opinion | June 13th 2020

I wonder who will march with Indigenous Peoples?

Systemic racism against Indigenous Peoples runs deep. It's in every facet of society.

Opinion

By Brandi Morin | Opinion | June 8th 2020

How the Heiltsuk community plants hope

First Nations Forward

By Brandi Morin | Features, Culture | May 16th 2020

The story of a pipeline and the communities in its path

This pipeline project and showdown with the Wet’suwet’en is complicated — more than can be understood just by reading an article slamming one side or hailing another. Its dotted with rumours and misconceptions of the people affected. And it involves digging deeper. A lot deeper.

By Brandi Morin | Features | February 13th 2020