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Odette Auger

(She/Her)
British Columbia
As seen in: MSN Canada, The Toronto Star, CIVI-TV (Victoria, BC), Flipboard, Global News, Calgary Herald, Vancouver Sun, Waterloo Region Record, The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON), The Tyee and
Covers:  Environment, social justice, art, health, education.
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Odette Auger’s Biography

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Odette Auger (Sagamok Anishnawbek) living on Klahoose territory, in the Salish Sea. Odette is an award winning independent journalist, with bylines including: The Tyee, APTN, Windspeaker.com, IndigiNews and others.

Articles

Tomson Highway elevates humour and the Divine Feminine in NAC Indigenous Theatre’s production of Rose Original

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By Odette Auger
| The Hamilton Spectator (Hamilton, ON) Verified
Conversation with Cree playwright and novelist Tomson Highway opens in laughter. His introduction includes describing the land, people and languages that birthed him, and then he adds, “One of these days I’m going to get outed. My answer to that is ‘Yes, it’s true. I am not Cree.
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Tomson Highway elevates humour and the Divine Feminine in NAC Indigenous Theatre’s production of Rose

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By Odette Auger
| Windspeaker
Conversation with Cree playwright and novelist Tomson Highway opens in laughter. His introduction includes describing the land, people and languages that birthed him, and then he adds, “One of these days I'm going to get outed. My answer to that is ‘Yes, it's true. I am not Cree.
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Watershed Sentinel

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By Odette Auger
| Watershed Sentinel Verified
The Watershed Sentinel is reader-supported journalism – we provide independent news and commentary thanks to the support of people like you.
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What's the funniest news-related #hashtag you've seen?

anything from walking eagle news

What tools and software do you use to do your job?

zoom H4N!

Who do you wish followed you?

Tanya Talaga

Awards

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Indigenous Journalists Association

2023 - Best Environmental Story

First place - for Best Environmental News for a story about Kitasoo Xai’xais and Gitga’at First Nations successfully banning black bear hunting in critical areas.

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Indigenous Journalists Association

2023 - Best Column

Second Place for Best Column, for first person pieces published by Watershed Sentinel, IndigiNews, and La Converse.

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Indigenous Journalists Association

2023 - Best Feature

Third Place, Best Feature category for a story about Awakening a Haida Clan that slept for 150 years.

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Indigenous Journalists Association

2023 - Environmental News

Honourable mention for Best Environmental News category, for a story about Chiefs of the Okanagan Nation Alliance declaring grizzlies in Syilx Territory to be at-risk, and asking the US to match recovery initiatives.

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Amnesty International Media Awards- Canada

2022 - Human Rights Reporting

Recognizing excellence in human-rights reporting. Honourable mention for Local/alternative media category.

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Mindset Mental Health Reporting

2022 - Best in Youth Mental Health Reporting

For Gentle truth telling: How to talk to our youngest community members about residential schools, published in Windspeaker on July 8, 2021. Another story was selected as finalist, "Workers tackling anti-Indigenous racism say they faced scapegoating and ‘backlash’ at Island Health," published at IndigiNews, Feb 10, 2021. This award is funded in part by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, using a grant from Health Canada, and supported by CBC News.

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