Shaelyn Johnston

Shaelyn is an award-winning Anishinaabe & Irish-Canadian writer from Vancouver, BC. She is a recipient of the Governor General’s History Award (2015), and her short film, The Healing Dance, won Best Short Film at the 2021 Weengushk International Film Festival. She co-facilitates WIFTV’s Tricksters & Writers Screenwriters Program, and is coordinator of Capilano University’s Filmmakers in Indigenous Leadership Management & Business Affairs (FILMBA) Program as well as the UBC Scripted Media Career Accelerator. She is currently an MFA student in the UBC School of Creative Writing.