Brittany is a practicing family physician, writer, mother, and member of the Manitoba Metis Federation.

Her debut memoir, CHILDREN LIKE US, was an instant national bestseller. Adopted during the Sixties Scoop in Canada, her writing explores themes of identity, kinship, and cultural connection.

Her personal essays have appeared in Salon, The Globe and Mail, Maclean's, Huffington Post Canada, This Magazine and Canadian Family Physician.

Brittany received her doctor of medicine degree through the University of Manitoba, Max Rady College of Medicine in 2015. She completed her residency in family medicine in 2017 and has maintained a busy practice in southern Manitoba, Canada. She pursued further education through Harvard’s Extension School and completed her masters of liberal arts in creative writing and literature in 2026. She has studied at the Sirenland Writers Conference in 2022, 2023, and 2025. She was awarded a writers residency with Aspen Words through the Aspen Institute in 2023.

She lives in rural Manitoba with her husband, their daughter, and beloved cats.