katherena vermette[a] (born 29 January 1977) is a Canadian writer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2013 for her collection North End Love Songs.
[9][6] vermette asserts that the combination of Donovan's young age, his pre-disappearance circumstances of being at a bar with friends, and his being Cree meant that his disappearance did not get adequate coverage by the media.
vermette cites the apathy shown by her community and the media surrounding her brother's disappearance as instigating her awareness of the discrimination against Indigenous peoples by settler Canadians.
"[12] A poem commissioned by CBC Aboriginal, "Heart" similarly depicts the North End of Winnipeg from vermette's point of view.
[15] The series comprises seven individual volumes: The Just Right Gift, Singing Sisters, The First Day, Kode's Quest(ion), Amik Loves School, Misaabe's Stories, and What is Truth, Betsy?.
vermette and NFB producer Alicia Smith also created a related Instagram work, What Brings Us Here, a companion piece to The River, which offers portraits of volunteers behind the community-run Winnipeg search teams the Bear Clan and Drag the Red.
[26] Its French translation, Ligne brisée, was defended by Naomi Fontaine in the 2018 edition of Le Combat des livres,[27] where it won the competition.