Tasha Spillett

Tasha Spillett is a Canadian author and educator. She is best known for her young adult graphic novel series Surviving the City, volume 1 of which won the Best Work in an Alternative Format at the 2019 Indigenous Voices Awards.

Tasha Spillett
Other namesTasha Spillett-Sumner
EducationUniversity of Saskatchewan
Notable work
Surviving the City

Personal life

Spillett is of Nehiyaw and Trinidadian descent.[1] She has a master's degree in land-based Indigenous education from the University of Saskatchewan.[2] Spillett also completed her PhD at there.[3] She received the Queen Elizabeth II Centennial Aboriginal Scholarship to pursue her PhD.[4]

Career

Spillett competed in the 2014 Miss Indian World pageant.[5] She was chosen as Miss Congeniality.[6] Spillett was a board member of Manitoba Ahbee and served as the chair of the Miss Manito Ahbee Youth Ambassador gathering, which honoured of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls.[7] Spillett also mentored young Indigenous people in Winnipeg through Sister Circle.[6] Spillett has taught both high school social studies and English in addition to land-based knowledge workshops and programs.[8]

In 2018, Spillett's debut graphic novel, Surviving the City, vol. 1, was published by Highwater Press. The book was illustrated by Natasha Donovan and depicts two young Indigenous women, Miikwan, who is Anishinaabe, and Dez, who is Inninew.[9][10] The second volume of Surviving the City, "From the Roots Up", is set to be released in October 2020.[11]

Works

Surviving the City

  • Volume 1: "Surviving the City" - illustrated by Natasha Donovan (2018)[12]
  • Volume 2: "From the Roots Up" - illustrated by Natasha Donovan (2020)[1]

Awards

In 2019, "Surviving the City" was awarded Best Work in an Alternative Format at the Indigenous Voices Awards.[10] At the American Library Association's 2020 Youth Media Awards, Spillett's "Surviving the City" was awarded a Young Adult Book Honor.[13]

References
  1. "17 works of Canadian YA fiction coming out in fall 2020". CBC. September 10, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  2. "Indigenous educator uses land as text in outdoor university course". CBC. August 12, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  3. Monkman, Leonard (December 1, 2017). "What is Indigenous feminism?". CBC. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  4. Daniels, Calvin (May 24, 2017). "Stephanie Ortynsky earns major scholarship". Yorkton This Week. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  5. "Winnipeg women to compete in 2014 Miss Indian World Pageant". CBC. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  6. "5 indigenous youth who made a difference in 2015". CBC. December 8, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  7. "11 Future 40 finalists unveiled". CBC. March 16, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  8. Smith, Carrie (June 29, 2020). "This Moment in Comics". American Libraries Magazine. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  9. Chiu-Tabet, Christopher (June 6, 2019). ""Surviving the City" Wins the Indigenous Voices Award for Work in an Alternative Format". Multiversity Comics. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  10. van Koeverden, Jane (June 5, 2019). "Tanya Tagaq, recognized for debut novel Split Tooth, among Indigenous Voices Award winners". CBC. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  11. "Learn history from comic books". Chatelaine. Vol. 93 no. 3. 2020. p. 11 – via ProQuest.
  12. "The best Canadian comics of 2018". CBC. December 17, 2018. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
  13. "2020 Youth Media Award Winners". American Libraries Magazine. January 27, 2020. Retrieved October 9, 2020.
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