Junie Désil is of Haitian ancestry, born of immigrant parents on the traditional territories of the Kanien’kehá:ka on the island known as Tiohtià:ke (Montréal) and raised in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg). Her work has appeared in Room Magazine, PRISM International, the Capilano Review and CV2. She lives on qiqéyt (Qayqayt) Territory (New Westminster, BC).