Justin Ducharme is a writer, filmmaker, and curator born and raised in the Métis community of St. Ambroise on Treaty 1 Territory. He is an alumni of the Sundance Film Festival's Native Film Lab, the Toronto International Film Festival's Filmmaker Lab and their 2024 TIFF Every Story Accelerator. He is the co-editor of Hustling Verse: An Anthology of Sex Workers Poetry published by Arsenal Pulp Press. His writing has been featured in Canadian Art, Sex Worker Wisdom, Room Magazine, and Filmmaker Mag. He currently lives and works on the Unceded Coast Salish Territory colonially known as Vancouver. As the Assistant Curator at 221A, Justin brings his communal and knowledge-sharing approach to curating Programs including the 221A Fellowship, Fellowship Library and x̱aw̓s shew̓áy̓.