Christa Couture is an award-winning multi-hyphenate who talks with her hands a lot. A writer, filmmaker, singer-songwriter, and broadcaster, she is also proudly Indigenous (mixed Cree and Scandinavian), queer, disabled, and a mom.

When Christa was a toddler, she was given the traditional name, “Singing Woman.” The elder who performed the naming ceremony told Christa’s family, “she’s going to sing a lot, and she’s going to talk a lot.” Which is the short version of what would unfold in her career. The long version has been a creative path of sharing personal, extraordinary experiences – like the loss of her left leg above the knee to bone cancer or the loss of two of her children as infants – with candor, bravery, and humour (even for all the heartbreak) in whatever medium she next sets her mind to.

Her debut memoir “How to Lose Everything” is available from Douglas & McIntyre and her writing has also appeared in Owning It: Our Disabled Childhoods (Faber, 2025), Radiant Voices: 21 Feminist Essays for Rising Up (TouchWood, 2019), and The M Word: Conversations on Motherhood (Goose Lane, 2014).). She has been published in Room, Shameless, and Augur magazines, and on CBC.ca. In 2018, her CBC article and photos on disability and pregnancy went viral. She has spoken for audiences of Walrus Talks, DNTO Live (CBC), and Moses Znaimer’s ideaCity.

Inspired by her book, Christa produced a series of five short animated films by Indigenous artists, also called “How to Lose Everything” and available on CBC Gem. Awards for these shorts include Best Animated Short at the American Indian Film Festival and the Imagine This Women’s International Film Festival; Honourable Mentions from Sommets du cinéma d’animation and Ottawa International Animation Festival; Special Mention award, short documentary, from BlackStar Film Festival; and a Best Screenplay nomination at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles.

Before all the writing and animated films, Christa was a touring and recording artist from 2002-2020. She released seven albums in that time; “Long Time Leaving” was nominated for Best Folk Album at the 2017 Indigenous Music Awards; “The Living Record” was a “Best of 2012” pick by CBC Music, The Georgia Straight and Corby’s Orbit; “The Wedding Singer and The Undertaker” hit the Top 10 on CBC Radio 3 (2008) and the single “Oh Yes Oh Yes” hit #1 the National Aboriginal Music Countdown. That album won Best Folk Album at the 2008 Aboriginal Music Awards, where Couture was also nominated for Best Female Artist. In 2017, she was one of 150 Indigenous artists recognized by the Hnatyshyn Foundation REVEAL awards for her work as a musician.

All that singing and talking into microphones lead Christa to work in radio, including as the afternoon host on 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto for three years and, in 2024, as the summer host of The Next Chapter on CBC Radio.

She is also the current host of the accessible travel series, “Postcards From…”, on AMI TV.

Raised in Alberta, formed as a young adult in BC, she currently lives in Toronto with her daughter and cat.