Education

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Métis Studies and arts-based research (University of Toronto, University of Guelph)
• PhD, Geography (Memorial University of Newfoundland) 
• MPhil, English, Creative Writing (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
• MPhil, Folklore (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
• BA Journalism (Mount Royal University)

Selected Publications

Books and Edited Collections

 Recent Books

FICTION

Spring 2023. A Grandmother Begins the Story. Penguin Canada. 

NONFICTION
Spring 2022. Scratching River. Wilfrid University Press. 

2020. Approaching Fire. Breakwater. 

POETRY 

2019. Inquiries. Breakwater. 

 Recent Articles 

Porter, Michelle. Fall 2021. “For the Children: Notions of Childhood in Women’s Narratives of Home in Rural Newfoundland.” Rural Sociology.

Current Research Projects

• La danse di la Rivyairre Rooj, Oâyache Mannin: A Cultural Inquiry into Dance, Music, and Song, as Practiced by the Red River Métis Family Networks