From dealing cards at a casino to working in oilfield camps in northern Alberta, addictions counsellor Justin Buffalo turns sorrow into stories permeated with comedy and urban legend. Buffalo, 34, was raised by his grandmother on the Samson Cree First Nation south of Edmonton. He lived a quiet childhood in an isolated part of the […]
Posted: Nov. 12, 2022 8:50AMJustin Buffalo is seen in an undated handout photo. Buffalo is in the second year of Audible's Indigenous Writers' Circle, a six-month workshop and mentorship program for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis writers in Canada.
program to support emerging Indigenous writers and provides mentorship and learning opportunities to help participants tell their own stories. “I saw a lot of parallels of him growing up as a poor Irish boy and then moving to the big city,” said Buffalo. “This completely different identity, completely different perspective, was actually so in line with mine.”
His time in casinos and camps paved the path to addictions counselling. While Buffalo doesn’t write about his clients, he does use their experiences to inform the perspectives of his work.has been mentoring Buffalo over the past few months. Thomas-Muller is known for his memoir “Life in the City of Dirty Water,” which is a national bestseller and is a CBC Canada Reads finalist.
“This type of program didn’t really exist when I was starting out,” says Thomas-Muller. “I’m thankful the Writers’ Circle is a place where we can support those who are coming up now.”
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