Joshua Odjick

Indigenous rising star, Joshua Odjick, hails from Ottawa, Ontario and was raised by a single mother in Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, a First Nation community located in Maniwaki, Quebec. He is of Algonquin-Anishinabe and Cree heritage, belongs to the Deer clan and recognized in ceremony as ‘Nabigabow’ (he who replaces the first).

He was recently awarded both a Canadian Screen Award (2022) and Vancouver Film Critics Circle Award (2022) for Best Supporting Actor for the multi-award winning feature film Wildhood.

Joshua is described as the “scene-stealing Joshua Odjick” (Salon, Gary M. Kramer) in Wildhood, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and has gone on to screen at many festivals worldwide. Wildhood (filmed in both English and Mi’kmaq), follows the journey of ‘Link’ (Phillip Lewitski) as he tries to locate his mother who abandoned him when he was young. At the start of his travels, ‘Link’ meets pow wow dancer ‘Pasmay’ (Joshua Odjick) who joins him on his journey of identity, community and love in the land where he belongs.