This video was produced by the We Matter Campaign.

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Joseph Boyden shares a message to Indigenous youth as a part of the We Matter Campaign.

We Matter is a national campaign about communicating short messages with our Indigenous young people that no matter how hopeless life may feel sometimes, there is always a way forward. For more information visit wemattercampaign.org.

Joseph Boyden is a successful Métis author in Canada and abroad. His first three novels – Three Day Road, Through Black Spruce, and The Orenda – have all won several awards, and we was named to the Order of Canada in 2015. Joseph is open to discussing some of his darker times as a youth.