Ossie Michelin

Ossie Michelin is a Labrador Inuk journalist, filmmaker, and storyteller from the community of North West River, NL. Son of a trapper and missionary nurse from Ontario, Ossie grew up in the country, spending weeks with his family in tents and cabins across Central Labrador. Ossie focuses on sharing stories about the Indigenous world and the North with a capital N. After graduating from Concordia University’s Journalism Program, Ossie went on to work with the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network National News covering Indigenous news all across Northern and Eastern Canada. Since leaving APTN, Ossie has gone on to build a successful career as a freelance journalist and editor, working with Canadian Art; Inuit Art Quarterly; the Guardian; National Geographic; CBC Indigenous; and many more. In 2021 Ossie launched his first short film, Evan’s Drum, with the National Film Board of Canada and is currently working on his second documentary with the NFB.