Mélanie Ritchot
Journalist & Book Editor
Campbell River, BC
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Mélanie Ritchot is a Métis freelance journalist and editor based on Northern Vancouver Island. She has a deep interest in storytelling, and her focus is on arts and culture topics.
She grew up on Treaty 1 territory (Manitoba) and later relocated to Iqaluit, Nunavut, to work as a daily reporter for Nunatsiaq News covering stories across the eastern Arctic. She has since written for publications like the Globe and Mail, the Winnipeg Free Press, Stir Magazine, Up Here Magazine, Global News, and others.
Mélanie is also a substantive editor at Figure 1 Publishing, where she works on books in the Indigenous Arts + Culture category.
Community affiliation: Métis
Languages: English
Roles and Services: Author services, Author / Writer, Copyeditor, Copywriter, Journalist, Researcher, Sensitivity reader, Structural / Substantive editor, Stylistic editor
Other fields of interest / expertise: Art, Media
Portfolio
Indigenous art book publishing in Canada: Conversations & considerations
This report investigates and documents the current landscape of Indigenous art book publishing in Canada as a niche category of the industry, and a space where Indigenous artists' work encounters two historically colonial institutions: book publishing and museums. Based on my work at Figure 1 Publishing, catalogue research, and conversations with gallery curators, publishers, artist, editors, and authors, I have compiled some current practices, considerations, and examples of extra care to be taken when publishing Indigenous art books. My hope is that this work starts conversations in the realm of Indigenous art publishing, leads to creative approaches to address power imbalances, and serves as a marker for future progress in Indigenous art book publishing.Indigenous publishers preserve stories in print as book sales rise
Globe & MailSolid Grounding
How IQ – or Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, meaning traditional knowledge – is contributing to a more holistic conservation model with the Aviqtuuq IPCA in NunavutThe Inkmaker
In an urban environment, where foraging isn’t on local activity guides, Jason Logan finds colour.
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Statement of Gratitude:
The lands we live on connect us to the stories of our past and those that will be told in the future-the stories upon which our profession is based. These lands sustain and nourish us, and our relationships with each other help us thrive. The Indigenous Editors Association gives thanks to the the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Peoples who continue to steward the lands on which our head office is located, in Vancouver, BC. It is in this spirit of gratitude that we carry out our work as Indigenous members of the publishing community.
