Kayla MacInnis is a Red River Métis storyteller with roots in Treaty 6 through her father and Scottish-Ukrainian ancestry through her mother. Born in the prairies and raised by the sea, her work weaves words, photographs, and research to explore how stories live in the body, on the land, and in the felt textures of daily life. Her poems have appeared in The Fiddlehead, Prairie Fire, CV2, and Room. She is currently working on her first poetry collection, The Deepest Blue. She plays the cello, believes cumulus clouds are proof that even the sky has lighthearted days, and was once told that if she were a body of water, she’d be a river.

Contact: kaylamacinnis@gmail.com