Julie Flett
Jury Citation
“Rooted in her Cree-Métis identity and languages, Julie Flett has created a body of work that hums with warmth, beauty, and meaning. Her books are spare and graceful, subtle, yet rich with feeling—offering children bilingual storytelling in which Métis and Cree children are seen and heard and, at the same time, opening new worlds in which non-Indigenous children can explore and delight. Flett invites her young readers to slow down, to listen, to notice. Her stories centre family, community, and the natural world, affirming that these ways of knowing and seeing belong at the very heart of Canada’s story.” —2025 Vicky Metcalf jury (Peter Ho, Susan Perren, and Rebecca Thomas)
