Mikaela Brewer is a multi-disciplinary published author and qualitative researcher. She has played basketball for Team Canada and Stanford University where she studied human biology (brain, behaviour, and mental health), creative writing, and science communication. Mikaela writes, speaks, and builds projects from her experiences as both a suicide attempt and loss survivor. Outside of work, she loves to run, read, and eat great food.

“And that feeling...that strange floating feeling of being there and not being there came back. One line led to another and a story slowly formed under my hands. To be able to stand not knowing long enough to let something alive take shape [...] to all the kids who quit drawing...come back!”

I live, work, and play on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg people, including the Odawa, Ojibwe, and Pottawatomi Nations (collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy), as well as the Wendat Nation (Huron) who tended to these lands before the mid-17th century. To honour Indigenous history, culture, and life, I hope to continue centring healing, health, and justice for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people in my area, particularly through highlighting the work at The Barrie Native Friendship Centre

The Changemaker (Marie Beecham) & Poetry Unbound (Pádraig Ó Tuama)

To Shake the Sleeping Self (Jedidiah Jenkins)

Mikrokosmos (BTS)

Live Every Moment (REO Speedwagon)

Make Your Own Kind of Music (Mama Cass)