Jesse Wente is a husband and father, as well as a writer, broadcaster, speaker and arts administrator. Born and raised in Toronto, Jesse’s family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek, and he is a member of the Serpent River First Nation. His memoir, Unreconciled: Family, Truth and Indigenous Resistance, was a national bestseller and chosen as one of best books of 2021 by Chapters-Indigo, Apple Books and the Globe and Mail. Wente also won the Rakuten-Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction.
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