Local elder, author, activist Ma-Nee Chacaby’s book A Two-Spirit Journey will be championed by Shayla Stonechild in the upcoming CBC Canada Reads debates! The debates will take place live at 10:05 a.m. ET each day from March 17th-20th. You can tune in live or catch a replay on the platform of your choice. You can see all the broadcast details here.
Join the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre at their CBC Canada Reads Watch Party drop-in to watch the debates on Monday, March 17, 2025 from 5:30pm-6:30pm at the Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre (401 Cumberland St N).
You can also stream the debates in the comfort of your home! You can bookmark the official Youtube link for Monday & find out more information about each of the books on this year’s 2025 Canada Reads.
Podcaster and wellness advocate Shayla Stonechild is championing the memoir A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer, on Canada Reads 2025!
In A Two-Spirit Journey, Ma-Nee Chacaby, an Objibwe-Cree lesbian who grew up in a remote northern Ontario community, tells the story of how she overcame experiences with abuse and alcohol addiction to become a counsellor and lead Thunder Bay’s first gay pride parade. Read an excerpt here
Read more:
- “Meet the Canada Reads 2025 contenders”, CBC Books, Jan 2025
- “Podcaster and wellness advocate Shayla Stonechild champions A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby” CBC Books, January 2025
- “A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby, with Mary Louisa Plummer” CBC Books, Jan 2025
- “Ma-Nee Chacaby talks about Two Spirit identities” OurStories eTextbook, June 2018
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