About me
Indigenous Author, Journalist and Survivor of the Missing and Murdered
Indigenous Women and Girls Crisis
Brandi Morin is an award-winning Cree/Iroquois/French multimedia journalist from Treaty 6
territory in Alberta. For the last 10 years Brandi has specialized in sharing Indigenous stories.
She is known for her clear-eyed and empathetic reporting on Indigenous oppression in North
America. She is also a survivor of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls crisis
and uses her experience to tell the stories of those who did not survive the rampant violence.
Her most notable work has appeared in publications and on networks including National
Geographic, Al Jazeera English, the Guardian, NBC THINK, CNN, VICE, ELLE Canada, the Toronto
Star, the New York Times, Canadaland, Huffpost, Indian Country Today Media Network, the
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network National News, and CBC Indigenous. Brandi won a Human
Rights Reporting award from the Canadian Association of Journalists in April of 2019 for her work
with the CBC’s Beyond 94 project tracking the progress of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission’s Calls to Action.
In July 2022 Brandi won first place in the Print/Online Best Feature Story for her story with Al
Jazeera English titled ‘Canada’s crying shame’: The fields full of children’s bones’ via the National
Native American Journalism Awards as well as Best Column for her work with the Toronto Star via
the National Native American Journalism Awards.
In competition against media heavyweights The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN
International and numerous others, Brandi’s series with Al Jazeera English Online won a top prize
in the Feature Reporting category of the annual Edward Murrow 2022 awards named after the
CBS News maverick and pioneer of 60 Minutes-styled documentaries.
Her feature won for its six-part series about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Brandi’s debut memoir Our Voice of Fire: A Memoir of a Warrior Rising, became a national
bestseller within days of its August 2, 2022 release.
