Michelle Brass is a speaker, writer, and wellness coach deeply committed to the health and well-being of Indigenous peoples and communities. Her work focuses on the areas of Indigenous food security and sovereignty, climate change, Indigenous health and wellness, and community well-being.

Michelle is the creator of the SHAWL Program, a wellness program that leads people to become Sustainable Health and Wellness Leaders (SHAWL), and eventually SHAWL Certified Facilitators in their communities. It provides an Indigenous approach to community well-being, and leads participants to understand the direct relationship between the health and healing of our people to the health and healing of Mother Earth.

Michelle serves on the Executive Steering Committee for Indigenous Climate Action (ICA), a national organization that inspires action for climate justice by supporting Indigenous communities to develop Indigenous-led solutions to climate change. She has served on ICA’s Steering Committee since its inception in 2017 and has been delivering climate change presentations in Indigenous communities over the past five years. You can learn more about ICA’s work at indigenousclimateaction.com. 

Michelle is member of the Yellow Quill First Nation (Saulteaux/Anishnaabe) in Treaty Four Territory.