Connor Lafortune

Connor Lafortune is a queer Anishinaabek storyteller from Dokis First Nation and la Rivière-des-Français. In 2023, he released a single in collaboration with G.R. Gritt titled Qui crie au loup? which speaks back to the villainization of queer bodies. In 2025, he co-edited A Thousand Tiny Awakenings, a youth-led poetic anthology through Latitude 46 Publishing. He recently co-released Can You Feel It Now? a poetic short film on Black and Indigenous resilience, which won the Outstanding Northern Ontario Short Film at Cinéfest and featured at the Red Nation International Film Festival, the Vancouver International Black Film Festival, and recently at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), among others. He currently lives in Dokis First Nation, Ontario.

Books by Connor Lafortune