Sheri-D Wilson D. Litt Poet Laureate of 2018 – 2020 Marriage Celebrant

Curriculum Vitae

BOOKS: A Love Letter to Emily C (2019, Frontenac House) The Book of Sensations (2017, U of C Press) Open Letter: Woman Against Violence Against Women (2014, Frontenac House) Goddess Gone Fishing for a Map of the Universe (2012, Frontenac House) Autopsy of a Turvy World (2008, Frontenac House) Re: Zoom (2005, Frontenac House) Winner: 2006 Stephan G. Stephansson Poetry Award Between Lovers (2002, Arsenal Pulp Press) The Sweet Taste of Lightning (1998, Arsenal Pulp Press) Girl’s Guide to Giving Head (1996, Arsenal Pulp Press) Swerve (1993, Arsenal Pulp Press) Bull’s Whip & Lamb’s Wool (1989, Petarade Press)

EDUCATIONAL WORKBOOK EDITED: Spoken Word Workbook: inspiration from poets who teach (2011, editor, Banff Centre Press)

BROADSHEETS & CHAPBOOKS: A Tribute to this Land—The Elder Project—with Anita Crowshoe (2013, Chapbook) I just wanna be the Stampede Queen (2012, Chapbook) Mountain Sliding (1997, Broadsheet, Swerve Sound)

CD's: Dragon Rouge (2018, Indie) Co-produced with Steve Berlin Music arranged by Barry Reynolds, Steve Berlin Re: Cord (2007, swerve sound) Music arranged by Russell Broom sweet taste of lightning (2001, swerve sound) Music arranged by Russell Broom I am a Closet New Yorker, Sin City (Word Up, ‘95, Virgin Records)

VIDEO/POEMS: Burning All the Past Away—Short animation by Doug Cook—Competition (2016) ESFF Short Film Festival—Best animation/Experimental Film NSI National Screen Institute—Screening—October 2016 The Barcelona Bakery of No Return (2016, AFA, Sandi Somers) The Panty Portal Project in Paris (2008, Bravo!FACT; Sandi Somers) Nominated four AMPIA Awards Surf Rave Girrly Girrl (2003, Bravo!FACT; Matt Embry) Nominated two AMPIA Awards

[email protected] 402.686.4292 Spinsters Hanging in Trees (2002, BravoFact; Michael Hamm) Nominated two AMPIA Awards; won best Short Inch by Inch (2001, CBC, Michael Hamm) Airplane Paula (2001, Bravo!FACT; Julie Trimingham) #1 on BRAVO TV, 2001 Nominated for five AMPIA awards I Am a Closet New Yorker (1996, Much Music; Jill Battson) Passing (1992, Independent; Susan Harman)

AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS: Best of Calgary, Poet (2019) Poet Laureate of Calgary (2018—2020) Doctor of Letters—Honoris Causa (October 2017) Best of Calgary, Poet (2017) CanLit Award—shortlist (2015) Robert Kroetsch Poetry Award—shortlist (2015) City of Calgary—Arts Award (2015) Lifetime Membership—League of Canadian Poets (2014) Shortlisted—Exporting Alberta Award (2013) Top Ten—Alberta Readers' Choice Award (2013) ffwd, People’s Choice Award, Best Poet (2007-2012, Calgary) Who’s Who in (2006-2017, Ottawa) Geist poll, What Canadian author would be the Best Lover? (2010, Van.) Top Ten Poets in Canada, CBC (2009, National, Canada) The Panty Portal–VideoPoem (’09, nominated 4 ROSIE Awards) Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Poetry (2006, Alberta) Re: Lit Award / nomination (2006, Canada) Women of Vision Award (2006, Alberta) Bohemians of Calgary (2005, Avenue Magazine) Canadian Poet of Honour Award (2005, SpoCan, Vancouver) Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, 2005 Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grant, 2005 Surf Rave Girrly Girrl—Video (2004, nominated 2 ROSIE Awards) Top Ten Intriguing Calgarians (2004, Calgary Herald) Bumbershoot Heavyweight Champion, Andrei Codrescu (‘03, Seattle) Spinsters Hanging in Tree—Short Film (‘03, Gold, Houston Film Festival) Spinsters Hanging in Tree—VideoPoem (‘03, ACE – Gold, Best of Show) Spinsters Hanging in Trees—Video (’03, nominated 2 ROSIE Awards) Spinsters Hanging in Trees—Video (‘03, Winner, ROSIE Best Short) Poetry Bout-USA Heavyweight Champ (2003, Superbowl of Poetry, Seattle) Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grant, 2003 Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, Theatre Section, 2003 Fortis et Liber—Poem (2002, Alberta Winner / CBC Face-Off) Canada Council for the Arts, Grant, Spoken Word Section, 2001 Airplane Paula—Video (2001, nominated for 5 ROSIE Awards) Confessions: A Jazz Play (1991, nominated for 5 Jessie Awards)

[email protected] 2 403.686.4292 VIDEO/POEMS & SCREENINGS: Sexy Madonna from Florence You Tube (2010-present) Spliffinspiration You Tube (2010-present) The Panty Portal You Tube (2009-present) BravoTV- Short Festival (2011) High Performance Rodeo Festival (2009, Calgary) Edmonton Queer Arts & Culture Festival (2008, Edmonton) Calgary Film Festival (2008, Calgary) Surf Rave Girrly Girrl High Performance Rodeo Festival (2004, Calgary) In Search of the Perfect Tiramisu (2003) Spinsters Hanging in Trees – Director Michael Hamm Rocky Mountain High: The Banff Centre (2008, Harbourfront) CISWF (2008, Calgary) You Tube (2007-present) The Spoke Club (2007, ) Visible Verse Festival (2004, Vancouver) Zebra Videopoem Festival (2004, Berlin) Fayetteville Film Festival (2004, Arkansas) London Arts on Television (2004, London, England) AMPIA (April 6th, 2003 – Edmonton) 24th Durban International Film Festival (2003, Durban) St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (2003) The Banff Centre, New Media Institute (2003, Banff) Moving Pictures Fest of Dance and Film (2003, Montreal) Canadian Talent/Moving Pictures (2003, Dalhousie U) High Performance Rodeo Festival (2003, Calgary) Sarasota Film Festival (2003, Sarasota) Celebrate Shorts (Bravo!FACT event, 2002, Toronto) Victoria Film Festival (2002, Victoria) Houston Film Festival (2002, Houston) In Short (2011, Bravo!FACT TV) Inch by Inch Airplane Paula AMPIA (April 2003, Edmonton) CISWF (2008, Calgary) Gabriola Writer’s Festival (2003, Gabriola Island) Tidal Wave Film Festival (2003, New Brunswick) 24th Durban International Film Festival (2003, Durban) St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival (2003) The Banff Centre, New Media Institute (2003, Banff) 9th Annual Women Make Waves Festival (2002, Taiwan) Seattle International Film Festival (2002, Seattle) Vancouver Video/Poem Festival 2002 (Vancouver)

[email protected] 3 403.686.4292 OYR High Performance Festival (2001, Calgary) Victoria Film Festival (2001, Victoria) I am a Closet New Yorker MuchMusic Video

RECENT CONCERTS (selected): Sheila Jordon Concert—Jazz Fest—Lantern Church (2018, Calgary) CD Launch, Dragon Rouge—Mikey’s on 12th (2018, Calgary) One Voice Chorus—Spring Concert (2018, Calgary) Music and Poetry—Calgary Spoken Word Festival, Festival Hall (2018, Calgary) In Concert—with Steve Coffey (2015, Calgary) In Concert—Heritage Park (2014, Calgary)

READINGS (selected): Climate Change March (2019, Calgary) CanLearn Anniversary (2019, Calgary) Summer Summoning (2019, Calgary) Women (2019, Calgary) Poet Laureate City Hall (2019, Calgary) Calgary Young Peoples Conference (2019, Calgary) Precision Oncology, POET, Feature (2019, Calgary) EcoTrust Gathering, Feature (2019, Calgary) Patrick Lane Tribute (2019, Calgary) Snap! Dress for Success (2019, Calgary) Brightside Festival + YYC Jazz (2019, Calgary) Finalist Mixer, Best of Calgary (2019, Calgary) Surrealism Talk (2019, Calgary) Opening of the YMCA (2019, Calgary) In with the New—New Year’s Eve Poem @ Olympic Plaza (2019, Calgary)

Out with the Old, Downtown Library (2018, Calgary) art and the city, sidewalk poetry (2018, Calgary) U of C Alumuni, 7 Languages in 7 Minutes (2018, Calgary) Pride in the Park (2018, Calgary) Denman Island Readers & Writers Festival (2018, Denman Island) Sangha Festival (2018, Cochrane) YouthWrite (2018, Bragg Creek) POETROLOGY (2018, Calgary) Live at the Bolt—Shadbolt Gallery (2018, Burnaby BC) Drifting Like a Metaphor Launch (2018, Calgary) Unission Festival – Bella Theatre (2018, Calgary) Drifting like a Metaphor – Poet Laureate (2018, Calgary) Word on the Lake (2018, Salmon Arm) City Hall, Poet Laureate Acceptance (2018, Calgary) In Concert (2018, Calgary) Out Loud! Concert (2018, Calgary) Word Storm (2018, Nanaimo)

[email protected] 4 403.686.4292 15 Minutes of Infamy (2018, Nanaimo) Marvellous Urbanities, Surrealist Poetry Night (2018, Toronto) Wordspell (2018, Toronto)

Flywheel (2017, Calgary) Kerouac Vigo International Festival (2017, Vigo, Spain) When Words Collide (2017, Victoria) League of Canadian Poets AGM (2017, Toronto) Saskatchewan Festival of Words (2017, Moose Jaw) Youth Write (2017, Alberta) Toronto Slam Feature (2017, Toronto) Best of Calgary Gala (2017, Calgary) Word on the Lake (2017, Salmon Arm) Yukon Writers Festival (2017, Whitehorse) Verses Festival (2017, Vancouver) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2017, Calgary) Sangha Benefit (2017, Calgary) Knights of the Round Table (2017, Calgary) Woolf’s Voices—Remote from Montreal (2017, Calgary) Women’s March on Washington (2017, Calgary)

U of C—English Department—Taught Open Letter (2016, Calgary) Giller Light—Writers Guild (2016, Calgary) U of C—Tree Planting Ceremony – Intercultural Dialogue Institute (2016, Calgary) Women on the Brink (2016, Seattle) Vertigo Reading Series (2016, Regina) Cathedral Festival (2016, Regina) School of Thought (2016, Calgary) YWCA—Benefit for Women's Shelter (2016, Canmore) Tribute to Orunamamu (2016, Calgary) MC—Coming Out Monologues (2016, Calgary) Literary Saloon (2016, Canmore) Against Racism U of C (2016, Calgary) Michael Green Tribute (2016, Edmonton)

Woolf’s Voices (2015, Calgary) National Slam Feature (2015, Saskatoon) WordFest (2015, Calgary) Springboard, Fluid Fest (2015, Calgary) Tongues of Fire 10th Anniversary (2015, Victoria) In Concert—with Steve Coffey (2015, Calgary) Word on the Street (2015, Saskatoon) Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts (2015, Sechelt) Creative Aging Festival (2015, London) Verses Fest (2015, Ottawa) International Women’s Day (2015, Calgary) WordSpell (2015, Toronto)

[email protected] 5 403.686.4292 Single Onion—Poetry in the Now (2015, Calgary) Art on the Line (2015, Kelowna, UBC-O) Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2015, Vancouver)

Women’s Rape Centre Montreal Memorial (2014, Vancouver) Heritage Park—In Concert (2014, Calgary) llega Spoken Orality (2014, Barcelona) National Slam Feature (2014, Victoria) WordFest (2014, Calgary) VI Festival de Poesía las Lenguas de América (2014, Mexico City) Airdrie Library (2014, Airdrie) Take Back the Night (2014, Calgary) Stampede of Poets (2014, Calgary) Tiny Lights Festival (2014, Ymir, BC) The Emerald Awards (2014, Calgary) The Triple Goddess Show, The Bowery (2014, NYC) The Ted Talk (2014, Calgary) Shelf Life Books—Book Launch (2014, Calgary) ContaineR—Springboard (2014, Calgary) Slam Feature (2014, Calgary) Verses Festival (2014, Vancouver) Woolf’s Voices (2014, Calgary) Wired on Words—Feature (2014, Montreal)

Women's Indie Slam—Feature (2013, Toronto) One Voice Chorus Concert (2013, Calgary) Feministo (2013, Montreal) Famous Five Celebration (2013, Calgary) Oakland Slam Feature (2013, Oakland, CA) Sunset Poetry (2013, Sausalito, CA) Turrets without Regrets (2013, San Francisco) Secret Handshake Gallery (2013, Toronto) Word on the Street (2013, Toronto) Re:Act Walkabout (2013, Calgary) Dyke March (2013, Calgary) Woolf Voices (2013, Calgary) Peoples Poetry—Opening, Street, Cabaret (2013, Calgary) Saskatchewan Festival of Words - Five readings (2013, Moose Jaw) Women’s Words (2013, Edmonton) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2013, Calgary) Banff Centre—Faculty Reading (2013, Banff) Verses Festival (2013, Vancouver) Mile End Poets Festival (2013, Montreal) Calgary Art Gallery—Violence Against Women (2013, Calgary) Canadian Authors Association (2013, Edmonton) KLC - Kootenay Literary Competition (2013, Nelson) Green Party/ David Suzuki (2013, Calgary)

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OCAD (2012, Toronto) Avant Garden (2012, Toronto) Famous Five Celebration (2012, Calgary) WordFest (2012, Banff) WordFest (2012, Calgary) Poet Laureate of Can/Learn Society (2012, Calgary) Literary Market (2012, Calgary) Feature Slam Finals/ Circus (2012, Calgary) MIX Festival (2012, Bath, England) Elephant Mountain Literary Festival (2012, Nelson) Canada Day (2012, Calgary) Drumming Up Peace (2012, Calgary) WordFest Wild West (2012, Calgary) Sled Island (2012, Calgary) Maple Syrup (2012, Barcelona, Spain) Atlantis (2012, London, England) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2012, Calgary/Banff) International Day to End Racism (2012, Calgary) Anu (2012, Vancouver) Goddess Party, Book Launch (2012, Calgary) Poet Laureate Showcase (2012, Calgary) Poetry Earth (2012, Victoria) Fancy Schmancy, Glenbow (2012, Calgary)

WOW – Women of Wisdom (2011, Calgary) Day of the Dead (2011, Calgary) V125PC (2011, Vancouver) Vancouver International Writers Festival (2011, Vancouver) Hot Poetry (2011, Vancouver) National SLAM, CFSW, Legends of Spoken Word (2011, Toronto) People’s Poetry Festival (2011, Calgary) Hazelwood Herb Farm (2011, Ladysmith) Lilac Festival (2011, Calgary) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2011, Calgary/Banff) I Am a Closet New Yorker (2011, Toronto)

Gabriola Poetry Festival, electronic reading (2010, Calgary) One Book One Calgary, Mavericks (2010, Calgary) L’Institut Canadien de Québec (2010, Québec)- édition Jorge Luis Borges Anu (2010, Vancouver) Calgary Film Festival/ Howl Opening (2010, Calgary) Fearless Women (2010, Calgary) Calgary Slam Benefit (2010, Calgary) Wired on Words (2010, Montreal) Maple Stirrup au Bowery Poetry Club (2010, New York City) Art for Change, Harlem (2010, New York City)

[email protected] 7 403.686.4292 Maple Stirrup en El Arco de la virgin (2010, Barcelona) Tango Show (2010, Barcelona) Maple Stirrup en El Colmado (2010, Barcelona) FiEstival maelstrÖm reEvolution (2010, Brussels) Howl on a Full Moon, CISWF (2010, Canmore) Faculty Fresco, CISWF (2010, Banff) ProArts Society (2010, Calgary) Canadian Federation of University Women (2010, Edmonton) Le Dépanneur Café (2010, Montréal) Frost Bite Festival (2010, Whitehorse) Calgary Slam (2010, Calgary) Poetry Earth (2010, Victoria)

Salt Spring Island (2009, Salt Spring Island) Canadian Festival of Spoken Word – National Slam (2009, Victoria) Sir Franklin School (2009, Calgary) Forest Fest (2009, Port Albirni) Passion Pitch Poetry (2009, Calgary) Al Mutanabbi Street (2009, Calgary) World Book Day & Planet Poetry – Noches De Poesia (2009, Montreal) The Yellow Door Poetry & Prose (2009, Montréal) Blue Metropolis (2009, Montreal) Calgary Spoken Word Festival – Bohemian Shaker (2009, Banff) Calgary Spoken Word Festival – Faculty Textplosions (2009, Banff) Pro-Arts Society (2009, Calgary) UBC Okanogan (2009, Kelowna) The New Mocombo (2009, Victoria) World Earth Series (2009, Victoria) Random Acts of Poetry, National (2009, Calgary) High Performance Rodeo VideoPoem Screening (2009, Calgary)

Gabriola Island Poetry Festival (2008, Gabriola Island) National SLAM – Headliner (2008, Calgary) Passion Pitch Poetry (2008, Calgary) Vancouver Writer’s Festival (2008, Vancouver) WordFest (2008, Calgary & Banff) The Stir Festival (2008, New Mexico) The Bowery Club (2008, New York City) Vancouver Slam Opener (2008, Vancouver) Robson Reading Series (2008, Vancouver) Lethbridge Launch (2008, Lethbridge) Toronto Book Launch (2008, Toronto) The Banff Centre, Faculty Reading (2008, Banff) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2008, Calgary Banff) Tongues of Fires (2008, Victoria) The New Mocombo (2008, Victoria) Voix D’Amerique (2008, Montreal)

[email protected] 8 403.686.4292 Random Acts of Poetry, National (2008, Calgary) Union Reading (2008, Kingston)

Hysteria Festival (2007, Toronto) Words Without Borders (2007, Calgary) Random Acts of Poetry (2007, Calgary, Paris) Casa Del Popolo (2007, Montreal) Atwater Library (2007, Montreal) Queens University (2007, Kingston) The Readers Series (2007, Toronto) South Country Fair (2007, Fort McLeod) Calgary Stampede, Rhyming Wranglers (2007, Calgary) Calgary International Spoken Word Festival, Big Bang (2007) Vagina Monologues (2007, Calgary) Multi-Arts #2 (2007, Calgary) Oxfam (2007, Calgary) Women’s Resource Centre, U of C (2007, Calgary) Sydney Reading Series (2007, Sydney, BC) Thought Express (2007, Calgary)

bill bissett tribute (2006, Calgary) Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2006, Toronto) Roar (2006, Edmonton) Heart of a Poet (2006, Calgary) West Coast Poetry Festival (2006, Vancouver) Elora Centre for the Arts (2006, Elora) Cathedral Arts Festival (2006, Regina) Macombo Reading Series (2006, Victoria) Canadian Author’s Association (2006, Edmonton) and Dime, U of C (2006, Calgary)

Medicine Hat Library 100 Year Celebration (2005, Medicine Hat) Late Night No-Name Cabaret (2005, Calgary) CJSW Benefit (2005, Calgary) Maple Ridge Reading Series (2005, Maple Ridge) Vancouver International Writer’s Festival (2005, Vancouver) Wild Word, Alberta Centennial U of C (2005, Calgary) Herland Benefit (2005, Calgary) Wordfest (2005, Calgary) Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (2005, Vancouver) Roar Festival (2005, Edmonton) Random Acts of Poetry (2005, Calgary) CBC Strike Support (2005, Calgary) Liberate the Voice Day (2005, Calgary) Art Walk (2005, Lethbridge) Howl Festival (2005, NYC) Victoria School of Writing (2005, Victoria)

[email protected] 9 403.686.4292 West Coast Poetry Festival (2005, Vancouver) Forest Fest (2005, Port Albirni) Calgary Spoken Word Festival (2005, Calgary) Faculty Reading, Women In Words (2005, Edmonton) Alberta Scene (2005, Ottawa) Re:Zoom Launch (2005, Toronto, Edmonton, Red Deer, Calgary) Malaspina College Graduation (2005, Nanaimo) Festival Voix d'Ameriques (2005, Montreal)

Vancouver Storytelling Festival (2004, Vancouver) ACAD (2004, Toronto) DUB Reading Series (2004, Toronto) Claremont High School (2004, Victoria) Parkland Secondary (2004, Victoria) Reynolds High School (2004, Victoria) St. Michaels University School (2004, Victoria) Esquimalt High School (2004, Victoria) Random Acts of Poetry, National (2004, Calgary) Macombo (2004, Victoria) Red School House Spoken Word Festival (2004, Kingston) Calgary International Spoken Word Festival (2004, Calgary) West Coast Poetry Festival (2004, Vancouver) Words Aloud (2004, Durham) Filling Station Reading (2004, Calgary) Talking Fresh 2 (2004, Regina) Uri Caine/Goldberg Variations (2004, Vancouver) Single Onion Reading Series (2004, Calgary) St. Mary’s College (2004, Calgary)

JBI Reading Series (2003, Victoria) Gabriola Writer’s Festival (2003, Gabriola Island) Vancouver Storyteller’s Festival (2003, Vancouver) Jazz at the Jack (2003, Calgary) Macombo (2003, Victoria) Edmonton Writer’s Festival (2003, Edmonton) Thundering Words Heard (2003, Vancouver) 25th Anniversery U of Vic (2003, Victoria) Winner of the Heavyweight of Bumbershoot Festival (2003, Seattle) Wayzgoose WestLit Festival, Nelson Arts Centre (2003, Nelson) Audrey’s Books (2003, Edmonton) Cochrane Library Reading Series (2003, Cochrane) ATP Poets Series (2003, Calgary) Winner of the Superbowl of Poetry (2003, Seattle) Edmonton Comedy Festival (2003, Edmonton)

Vancouver International Writers Festival (2002, Van.) International Writers Festival (2002, Winnipeg)

[email protected] 10 403.686.4292 Taos Poetry Circus/World Tag Team (‘02, Taos, New Mexico) Art Bar (2002, Toronto) Macombo (2002, Victoria)

Poetry Africa 2001 (2001, Durban & Jo’burg, South Africa) Shakespeare and Co. (2001, Paris) Vancouver VideoPoem Festival (2001, Vancouver) The PanCanadian Wordfest (2000, 1995, Calgary/Banff) Bumbershoot (2003, 1999, 1992, 1991, 1989, Seattle) Vancouver Library Readers Series (1998, Vancouver) Blacksheep Books (1997, Vancouver) Tribute to bill bissett, Vancouver International Writer’s Fest (1997) Poets Stroll – Headliner and Keynote Speaker (1997, Edmonton) League of Canadian Poets Gala – National Library (1997, Ottawa) Erotica (1997, Salt Spring Island) Mama Bears (1997, Oakland, California) Powell’s Bookstore (1997, Portland) Elliot Bay Bookstore (1997, Seattle) Okay Hotel (1997, Seattle) Spoken Word Festival (1996, Montreal) SFU Bookstore (1996, Vancouver) U of T Bookstore at Buddies in Bad Times (1996, Toronto) Art Court – Lady Sings the Blues (1996, Ottawa) Gallery 101 (1996, Ottawa) Tongue Tied Festival (1996, Montreal) Economy Shoe Shop (1996, Halifax) Urban Wanderers (1996, Montreal) Toronto Woman’s Bookshop (1996, Toronto) Queen’s University (1996, Kingston) Idler reading Series (1996, Toronto) Orlando Books (1996, Edmonton) U of Vic (1996, Victoria) Vancouver Library Opening (1995, Vancouver) The Brainwash Reading Series (1995, San Francisco) Vancouver Folk Festival (1995, Vancouver) University of Kitchner Waterloo (1994, Kitchner-Waterloo) Spoken Word Festival (1994, Toronto) SFU Downtown (1994, Vancouver) Malcolm Lowry Room (1994, Vancouver) Downtown Public Library (1994, Vancouver) The Harbourfront Reading Series (1994, Toronto) Gulf Island Festival (1993, Galiano Island) Reading Railroad (1993, Vancouver) Benmurgi Show (1993, Vancouver) See Jane Fly (1992, Vancouver) The Small Press Festival (1992, New York) Shift Book Release (1992, Toronto)

[email protected] 11 403.686.4292 Pro Musica Festival (1992, Vancouver) Feminist Cabaret – Women in View (1991, Vancouver) Small Press Festival – (1991, Vancouver) Artropolis – Living Art (1990, Vancouver) Community Arts Festival (1990, Vancouver) Vancouver Small Press Festival (1989, Vancouver) New York Small Press Festival (1989, New York City) Sub Club Opening (1989, Toronto) Naropa Institute 1989, Boulder, Colorado) Threshold Gallery – Melmoth Group (1989, Vancouver)

MASTER OF CEREMONIES (Selected) Provincial Youth Slam Finals (2016, Calgary) Out Monologues (2016, Calgary) Wandering Spirit Youth Dance Fundraiser (2016, Calgary) Inspiration Awards, Leadership in Family Violence Prevention (2015, Calgary) Out Monologues (2015, Calgary) National Slam Finals (2015, Saskatoon) Provincial Youth Slam Finals (2014, Calgary) National Slam Semi-Finals (2013, Montreal)

PERIODICALS/MAGAZINES & EXHIBITIONS OF IMAGE-TEXT: Chatelaine Magazine, Unleash the Power of your Mind (2012, Toronto) ffwd Mag, Book Review (2012, Calgary) Westward (2012, Edmonton) Avenue Mag, Self Portrait (2011, Calgary) Geist 77, Ma & Tight Corners: Tipsy Turvy (2010, Vancouver) Front Magazine, Ode to a Microscopic Life (2010, Vancouver) Beat Route, Why Listen to Poetry (2010, Calgary) Beat Route, Bedroom Eyes (2010, Calgary) ffwd, Darwin Love (2010, Calgary) Marco Polo Travel, Featured Canadian Artist (2009, Germany, France) Geist, (2009, Vancouver) Room of One’s Own (2008) Event Magazine 37/1 (April 2008, Vancouver) Poetry on the Buses (2006, Edmonton) Legacy Magazine, Re:Call Five Old Biddies on a Fifty (2006, AB) Harter,The Sweet Taste of Lightning, No. 9, (2002, Berlin) Alberta Views, Yellow-green Zulu Beads (2002, Calgary) Poetry on the Buses, Wishbone at Tate (2002, Calgary) Grain, Spinsters Hanging in Trees (2002, Vol. 29, No. 4, Saskatoon) Prism International, Anthem to Daughter (2002, 40.2, Vancouver) Dandelion, A Brief History of my Cunt (2002, Calgary) The Calgary Herald, The Year 2000 (2000, Calgary) Geist, Remember that Crazy Cat (1999, Vancouver) Scarabeus: Surrealist Mag. (1998, Vancouver/Paris) B & A, Kramer/Wilson (1998, Toronto)

[email protected] 12 403.686.4292 Alberta Views, All the Season in Alberta are Hot (1998, Calgary) Poetry on the Buses, Sweet Taste of Lightning, Vancouver, 1998 Grain, (1996, Saskatoon) Poetry on the Buses, Vancouver, 1996 Scarabeus: Surrealist Mag. (1995, Vancouver/Paris) Source of Print, The Temple of Know (1993, Hamilton) See Jane Fly, Rover Press (1992, Vancouver) Noise Mag (1989-1991, Vancouver) Naropa Mag (1989, Boulder) Open Cages, Spike Love Cage (1989, Vancouver) Melmoth Mag – West Coast Surrealists (1988, 1989, Vancouver/Paris) poptart mag, Dying to be Famous: Dead (1988, Vancouver)

ANTHOLOGIES (Recorded) : Le Dépanneur Café, French translation (2010, Adage édition) spoken broken: Crow Fusion (2005, broken pencil) Ribsauce, Spinsters Hanging In Trees (2001, Véhicule Press) Vancouver Jazz, Keith Copeland; The Jeti of Jazz (1996) Incantos, Tippy A-Go-Go’s CD, Run (1995, Black Heron) word up, Sin City (1995, Virgin Records) word up, I am a Closet New Yorker (1995, Virgin Records)

ANTHOLOGIES (Print): Hush No More (2018, Chapbook) GUSH: menstrual manifestos for our times (2017, Frontenac House) In Fine Form 2nd Edition (2016, Caitlin Press) 50+ Poems for Gordon Lightfoot (2014, Old Brewery Bay Press) Women’s Words (2013, University of Alberta) Flicker and Spark Queer Anthology (2013, Low Brow Press) Planet Earth Poetry (2012, Leaf Press, Victoria) Extra! Extra! Le Dépanneur Café (2010, Noches de poesia, Adage/Montreal) Caffe Beano, Volune 1 (2008, B House Publications) Rhyming Wranglers, Fortis et Libre (2007, Frontenac House) radiant danse uv being (2006, Nightwood Editions) Spirit of the West (2006, Frontenac House) Canadian Writers Photography Project (‘04, Banff Centre Press) Career Suicide Contemporary Literary Humour (2003, DC Books) Side/lines (2002, Insomniac Press) Short Fuse,Global Anthology New Fusion Poetry (‘01, Norton E-Book) Addicted: Notes From The Belly Of The Beast (2001, Greystone Books) Love Poems For The Media Age (2001, ripple effect press) Ribsauce (2001, Véhicule Press) Poetry Nation (1998, Véhicule Press) Vintage 97-98 (1998, League of Canadian Poets) Word Up (1995, Key Porter) Ergo! (1992, Bumbershoot Literary Magazine) See Jane Fly (1992, Jane/Rover Press)

[email protected] 13 403.686.4292 ESSAYS (Print): Spoken Word Poetry as Political Act (2016, Performing Women: Playwrights & PP) Lyric Essay—Spoken Word (2015, Arc Magazine) From Poetry to Poverty (2015, Freehand Magazine) First Time Eyes, Unearthing Spoken Word (2007, Canadian Theatre Review) Addicted: Notes from The Belly of the Beast (2006, Greystone Books)–Reprint USA Addicted: Notes from The Belly of the Beast (2001, Greystone Books)

PRODUCTIONS OF PLAYS: A Love Letter to Emily C Handsome Alice Theatre, Big Secret Theatre, Calgary, 2019 Adventures of the Trick-Riders: During the Apocalypse While Thinking of Jesus OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2006 Between Lovers: Poetry As For Play Belfry Theatre, Victoria, 2003 OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2003 Confessions: A Jazz Play Tamahnous Theatre, Vancouver, 1991 (Nominated for 5 Jessie Awards) Hung Drawn & Quartered ATP New Works Festival, 1993 Works Festival, Edmonton, 1992 Gallery 56, Vancouver, 1991 OYR High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1991 Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, 1990 Western Front, Vancouver, 1990

PERFORMANCE PIECES PRESENTED: Vagina Monologues—Conversations with a C-Word The Max Bell Theatre—Calgary, 2007 Annie Sprinkle & Beth Stephens Wedding – MC High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 2007 Herotica Station Street Theatre, Vancouver, 1994 The Gathering, Toronto, 1994 Women in View, Vancouver, 1994 Brain Wash OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1993 Basic Enquiry, Vancouver, 1992 Mama of Dada Surrey Art Gallery Surrealist Show, Surrey, 1992 Four Count—the cunning lingual ballistic explosion Vancouver Fringe Festival, 1992 Temple of Know Hamilton Artist’s Inc., Hamilton, 1992 Statistics – performed with my street kids Vancouver Performance Art Series II, 1991

[email protected] 14 403.686.4292 Yo! Vancouver Performance Art Series, 1990 Deaf Mute in a Pear Tree The Dance Centre, Vancouver, 1990 Madame X Living Art Cabaret, Tamahnous Theatre, Van, 1990 Sexy and Fabulous OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1990 Taboo X Two Alberta Theatre Project, Outside, Calgary, 1993 Open Space Gallery, Victoria, 1989 Fringe Festival, Edmonton, 1989 Onion Perfume Melmoth Surrealist Show, Threshold, Van, 1989 Druid Jazz: The Irish Question Springboard Vancouver, Touchstone, 1989 SpringRites, New Play Centre, Vancouver, 1989 Man Walking Western Front, Vancouver, 1989 Mind Tap Mondo poptart – Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, 1988 Ellemental Secrets Open Space Gallery, Victoria, 1988 Fringe Festival, Vancouver, 1988 Reserved Glass Slipper Amnesty Benefit, Vancouver, 1988 Beyond the Mirror, Arts Club Theatre, 1988 Along Way from Manet poptart cabaret, Savoy, Vancouver, 1988 Birds in Space Edmonton Fringe, Edmonton, 1986 Open Cages Surrealist Show, Pitt Inter., Van, 1986 Dying to be Famous OYR, High Performance Rodeo, Calgary, 1983 Tight Wire Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, 1983

PLAY PUBLICATIONS: A Love Letter to Emily C (2019, Frontenac House, Calgary) Confessions: A Jazz Play (1991, Theatrum, Toronto) Hung Drawn & Quartered (1993, Swerve, Arsenal, Vancouver) Taboo X Two (1993, Swerve, Arsenal, Vancouver)

PLAY READINGS: A Love Letter to Emily C (Handsome Alice, Calgary, 2017) Wak! (New Play Centre, Vancouver, 1994 The Coffee Shop (Brief New Works, ATP, Calgary, 1991)

[email protected] 15 403.686.4292 DANCE: Dance Explosions, improvised show (2004, Dancers Studio West) Classic Jam, co-created/performed (1998, Decidedly Jazz, Calgary) Springboard Dance Show (1998, Calgary) Boy Wonder, co-created/performed (1997, Ballet BC, Vancouver) Kiss Project, creator (1995, 1996, Judith Marcus, Vancouver) Spontaneous Combustion (1995, Vancouver)

PLAYS ACTED IN: Based on a Totally True Story, Mary Ellen, Mob Hit, Calgary, 2010 Vagina Monologues, Calgary, 2007 Italian American Reconciliation, Teresa, Fend Players, Vancouver Rhythm of Torn Stars, Rain, Julian Neil, Vancouver, LA Cambodia Pavilion, Ernestine, Theatre Public, Brian Paisley, Edmonton Confessions: A Jazz Play, Lola, Tamhanous Theatre, Terri Snelgrove, Van. Candida, Candida, Coconut Theatre, Martin Millerchip, Vancouver Queens and the Great Outdoors, Grace, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Van. Singular Life of Albert Nobbs, Albert Nobbs, U of C, D. Davies, Calgary Disrobing the Bride, Bride, One Yellow Rabbit, Gyl Rabi, Calgary Measure fro Measure, Marianna, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Vancouver Trax: One Woman Show, Naiki Players, Gyl Rabi, Whitehorse Josephine the Mouse Singer, One Yellow Rabbit, Brian Paisley, Calgary Stepping Out, Ensemble, Kaleidoscope, Elizabeth Gorrie, Victoria The Maids, Claire, Conservatory, Greg Kramer, Vancouver The Relapse, Nurse, Open Space, Dermot Henneley, Vancouver Cabaret, Kost/Kit Kat, Shakespeare Plus, Leon Pownell, Nanaimo Goodnight Disgrace, Nurse, Shakespeare Plus, Leon Pownell, Nanaimo

RADIO: Howl, CIUT895FM, 2018 Sask Interview, CBC, 2017 Russell Bowers, CBC, 2017 Russell Bowers, CBC, 2016 Russell Bowers, CBC, 2014 Penn Kemp, CHRW, Gathering Voices, 2014 Sonali Karnick, CBC Montreal, All in a Weekend, 2013 Shelagh Rogers, CBC National, The Next Chapter, 2013 Russell Bowers, CBC, 2010, 2011, 2012 Jeff Collins, CBC, Poet Laureate, 2008 Kate Bland, BBC, Voices from the Middle of Nowhere, 2007 Jeff Collins, CBC w/ George Bowering, 2006 Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2006 Poet Pilot, CKUA, interview, 2006 Canada Reads, CBC national, poem commission, 2006 Alberta Scene, CKUA, Ottawa, reading/interview, 2005 GO! CBC National, Brent Bradberry / reading and improv, 2005 West Coast Perform-Uri Caine/Goldberg Variations, M. Juk,‘04

[email protected] 16 403.686.4292 Arts Report, CBC national, interview with John Spittal, 2004 Word Beat, CBC national, interview w Lillian Allen/reading, 2004 French Radio, CBC national, interview about Montreal, 2004 Jazz at the Jack, CBC national, recording, 2003 Arts Report, CBC national, interview, 2003 The Current, CBC national, commission, 2003 Arts Report, CBC national, interview, 2003 CKUA, Reading, 2003 Absolutely Alberta, CBC poet in residence, commission, 2003 Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002 Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002 Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002 Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002 Sounds like Canada, CBC, commission, 2002 Richardson’s Round-Up, CBC Face-Off, commission, 2002 Definitely Not the Opera, CBC, commission, 2002 CJSW, Road Pop’s, interview, 2001 Booked on Saturday Night, CBC, interview/reading 1999 Radio Sonic, CBC, Reading with band, 1998 Morningside, CBC last week Gzowski, interview/reading, 1997 Radio Free Rainforest, CFRO Co-op Radio, Vancouver, 1996 CFRO Vancouver, Woman’s Day Panel, 1990

TELEVISION: TED TV, Talk, 2010 You Tube, VideoPoems You Tube, Paranormals, 2009 CBC Television, Vignettes of Albertans, 2008 Global Television, Poet Laureate, 2007 The Letters, Dating Game, Ottawa, 2006 Heart of a Poet, BookTV, Half-hour documentary, Toronto, 2006 SLAM! – Access TV, Calgary, 2006 Women of Vision, Global TV, Calgary, 2006 Zed TV, CBC, Poetry with Music, 2004 A-Channel, News, Excerpt of Show, Calgary, 2003 Newsworld, CBC, Calgary, 2002 Breakfast Show, A-Channel, Brief Interview, 2000 Between the Covers, CBC, Profile/Reading, 1999 Booked on Saturday Night, Profile/Reading, 1996 Women’s Channel, Take Three, Profile/Reading, 1996 Imprint, TV Ontario, Poetry Show, Reading, 1996 Zero Avenue, CBC Vancouver, Profile/Reading, 1995 Women’s Channel, The Creators, Profile/Reading, 1995 Rodgers, Writers Speak Interviews, Interviewer, 1995 Imprint, TV Ontario, Beat Panel, 1991

MULTI-MEDIA:

[email protected] 17 403.686.4292 Arts in a Digital World, CC, Montreal, 2017 Lip/Dub Feature, 2012 MIX Conference, Bath University, 2012 You Tube, VideoPoems, 2006-2011 Ted TV, Talk, 2010 HorizonZero, One Minute Piece, High Performance Rodeo, 2004 HorizonZero, EAT, Banff Centre, 2002 www.horizonzero.ca Channel Rodeo, live-on-line, 2001 PanCanadian WordFest, Outloud Alive, 2001 www.outloudalive.org Edgewise Café, 1999 www.edgewisecafe.com www.e-poets.net Cascade, Banff Centre, 1995 Euphony, E-Zine Weekly, 1995 Edgewise Café, Telepoetics, 1995

REVIEWS (written): Arc, summer 2002; Hornbooks of Rita K (The), Robert Kroetsch Georgia Straight, 1997; Kate Braid The Duthie Reader, winter 1994; Lynn Crosbie Plus Mag. – Art Reviewer – Vancouver, 1988-1990

POETRY EDITED: Eating the Seed, Andrea Thompson (2002, Estastis Press)

BOOK/ CD BLURB's: Redline Trio Jazz (2019, Calgary) The Danger Model, Madelaine Caritas Longman (2019, Concordia) Falling Backwards into Mirrors, Anne Sorbie (2019, Inanna) Vistas of the West (2019, Uproute Imprint) Baddie One Shoe, Natalie Meisner (2019, Frontenac House) Drifting like a Metaphor – Poet Laureate (2018, Calgary) A Turkey Named Courage, Aaron Simm (2017, Achievers Agency) Writing Menopause (2017, Inanna Publications) Ego to Earthschool, Stephen Roxborough (2016) Barbaric Cultural Practice, Penn Kemp (2016, Quattro Books) Moving Dust, Kirk Miles (2016, Plan-B) Changelings, Cassy Welburn (2015, Frontenac House) Vaginas, cartografías y asteroides, Mónica González Caldeiro (2013, Spain) unruly angels, Diane Buchanan (2011, Frontenac House) love in a handful of dust, Kirk Ramdath (2010, Frontenac House) Sail Away, Teen Anthology (2010) Memoirs of a Praying Mantis, (2010, Turtle Moons Press) White Light Primitive Andrew Stubbs (2009, Hagio Press) rivers...and other blackness…between us, d’bi young (2007, U of T Press) One Stone, Barbara Pelman (2005, Ekstasis Editions) Midnite Freak Show, ManWoman (2004, Manwoman) To the Last Line, Marilyn Rose Brown (2004, A Shirtpocket Book) Going to New Orleans, Charles Tidler (2004, Anvil Press) Between the Doorposts, Isa Milman (2004, Ecstasis Press)

[email protected] 18 403.686.4292 Reckless Women, Cecelia Frey (2004, Ronsdale Press) Science Fiction Saint, Nancy Jo Cullen (2002, Frontenac Press) Giving Up Poetry, with Allen Ginsberg at Hollyhock, T.Carolan (2002, Banff Centre Press)

ARTICLES /ESSAYS / ONLINE WRITTEN: The Post-Feminist Post—Special Summer Reader, 2015 Arc Magazine, Lyric Essay - Spoken Word, 2015 FreeFall Magazine, From Poverty to Poetry, A Lyrical Essay; 2015 The Globe and Mail, Rumble in the Desert; 4000 words (July, 2002) AlbertaViews, Yellow-Green Zulu Beads; Memoir (July/August, 2002)

TEACHING / WORKSHOPS / LECTURES / PANELS / CONFERENCES (invited): The Writers Guild of Alberta (2019, Calgary) The Impact of Emily Carr (2019, Calgary) Calgary Young Peoples Conference (2019, Calgary)

POETROLOGY Youth Workshop (2018, Calgary) Word on the Lake (2018, Salmon Arm) Word Storm (2018, Nanaimo)

Sask Festival of Words—Stranger than Fiction (2017, Moose Jaw) League of Can Poets—Language, Form & Thought Panel (2017, Toronto) MFA Advisor—U of S—Danielle Altrogge (2016) thINK—Weekend Workshop with Vanessa McGowan (2016, Calgary) Poetry Hacking – Telus SPARK (2016, Calgary) CPSA Three-Minute Thesis Competition (2016, Calgary)

National Slam — – Building Community (2015, Saskatoon) National Slam Workshop (2015, Saskatoon) thINK - Weekend Workshop with Regie Cabico (2015, Calgary) Single Onion – “Poetry in the Now” (2015, Calgary) Writer-In-Residence (2015, Vancouver, Kwantlen Polytechnic University) One-on-one’s, workshop, artist talk, reading thINK - Weekend Workshop with Regie Cabico (2015, Calgary) Week-long workshops, Sir Franklin (2015, Calgary) Calgary Slam Team Coach, 2006-2015

National Slam Panel – Building Community (2014, Victoria) National Slam Workshop (2014, Victoria) Airdrie ARTember – School Visits (2014, Airdrie) Arts Academy (2014, Calgary) YouthWrite (2014, Calgary) Wordsworth (2014, Calgary) Tiny Lights Festival – Workshop (2014, Ymir) Alexandra Writer’s Centre – Weekend Workshop (2014, Calgary) Verses Festival – Master Class (2014, Vancouver)

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Canadian Festival Spoken Words – Insta-Translation (2013, Montreal) Saskatchewan Festival of Words – Workshop (2013, Moose Jaw) Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop (2013, Edmonton) Canadian Authors Association – Workshop (2013, Edmonton) KLC - Kootenay Literary Competition – Workshop (2013, Nelson)

MIX, Bath England, 2012 Elephant Mountain Literary Festival - Workshop (2012, Nelson) Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2012

Vancouver Writers Festival, Spoken Word Masterclass, 2011 Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2011 Kooteney Lit Festival, 2011 Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2011

Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2010 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2010 Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2010 Alexandra Centre, 3-Day Workshop, Calgary, 2010 Frostbite Festival, Whitehorse, 2010 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2010

Sir John Franklin, Two-week Workshop, 2009 WordStorm Society, Nanaimo Workshop, 2009 League of Canadian Poets, Spoken Word Poetry, 2009 Edge School, 5-Day Workshop, 2009 Writers’ Union of Canada, High Performance Storytelling, 2009 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2009 Spoken Word Program, Faculty & Director, Banff Centre, 2009 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2009 Epcor Centre, Evening Arts Program, Calgary, 2009

YouthWrite, Writer’s Guild Alberta, 2008 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2008

YouthWrite, Writer’s Guild Alberta, 2007 Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2007 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2007 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2007 Performance Creation Canada, Calgary, 2007

Victoria Art Symposium, Victoria, 2006 Touring Panel, CFSW, Toronto, 2006

[email protected] 20 403.686.4292 Leonard Cohen Society Panel, U of A, 2006 YouthWrite, Writer’s Guild Alberta, 2006 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2006 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2006 Elora Centre for the Arts, 4-Hour Poetry Workshop, 2006 Writers Union of Canada, Panel on Polemics, Montreal, 2006 Face-Off Judge, CBC, 2006 Canadian Author’s Association, Workshop, Edmonton, 2006

The Leadership Conference, 2-Day Workshop, Banff Centre, 2005 The Bowery Project, Poetry Workshop, NYC, 2005 Victoria School of Writing, 5-Day Workshop, 2005 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2005 Rundle College, 5-Day Workshop, 2005 Word Travels, 5 High Schools, Readings, Calgary, 2005 SFU Extension, 2-day Workshop, 2005 Women Mystics Workshop, Concordia University, Montreal, 2005

Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2004 Rundle College, 5-Day Workshop, 2004 YouthWrite, Alberta Guild, 5-Day Workshop, 2004 Words Aloud, One Day Workshop, (2004, Durham) Poet League AGM, Marketing Poetry, Panel, 2004 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2004 Luther College/Sask. Writers Guild, 1-day Workshop, 2004 Same as above, Humor & Poetry, Panel, Regina, 2004

Gabriola Writer’s Festival, 1-day Workshop, 2003 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2003 AB Guild AGM, Oral Literature, Panel, Red Deer, 2003 Nelson Fine Arts Centre, 2 Day Workshop, 2003 YouthWrite, Alberta Guild, 5-Day Workshop, 2003 Women’s Words, U of A, 5-day Workshop, 2003 Periodical Writer’s Association of Canada, 2003 Victoria Women’s Writing Group, 1-day Workshop, 2003

On-Line Writing Program, Vancouver, 2002 Mount Royal College—2-day workshop, Calgary, 1997 Columbia College, Vancouver, 1996 UBC, Lecture Series, Performance Poetry, 1996 Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, 1996, 1995 Languara College, Poetry Lecture, 1994 Emily Carr, Surrealism Lecture, 1993 York University, Playwrighting workshop, 1992 Women in View, Vancouver, 1992 Camp Salish, Vancouver Island, 1992 Hamilton Artists Inc., Hamilton, 1992

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kwantlen University—Graduate Address—2017 Knights of the Round Table—2016 TED Talk—2014 TED TV Presenter—2010 Alberta Librarians Association—2010 Alternative High School—2010 James Fowler High School Graduation Ceremonies—2009

WRITER IN RESIDENCE/ VISITING SCHOLAR: Writer-In-Residence (2015, Vancouver, Kwantlen Polytechnic University) One-on-one’s, workshop, artist talk, reading CBC—The Next Chapter—Shelagh Rodgers—May 2013 CBC—Writer in Residence—Shelagh Rodgers—Oct. Nov. Dec. 2002 Orion Scholar, University of Victoria, 1999

EVENTS ORGANISED: A Night of Seduction, 2019 Poetrology, 2019 School of Thought: Languages Lost & Found Founder/ Director, 2016 Calgary Spoken Word Festival Founder/Artistic Director, 2004-2017 Spoken Word Program, Banff Centre, 2005-2012 Founder/ Director Calgary Slam Team Coach, 2006-2016 100,000 Poets for Peace, 2011-2012 The National Slam of Canada, Producer, 2008 Organizer, Spoken Word Pilot Program, Banff, 2007 Organizer of SWAN, second round table, Banff, 2007 Calgary Slam, 2006-2015 Organizer/co-founder of SWAN, first round table, Banff, 2005 Single Onion Reading Series, co-founder/organizer, 2001-2002 Small Press Festival, co-founder/co-organizer, Van., 1988-1989 Normal Art Society, co-organizer, Vancouver, 1988-1991 Station Street, Street Youth Program, Vancouver, 1990-1991 Amnesty International Fund-Raising Events, Vancouver, 1989 Portland Hotel, Poetry Project, Vancouver, 1988-1990 Commercial St. Art Festival, co-founder/co-organizer, 1989-1991

JURIES, COMPETITIONS, AND CONSULTING: Judge, Youth Slam Calgary, 2018 Athabasca University Jury, Journal of Integrated Studies, fall issue, 2018 Literary Arts Jury—One Year Posting, Canada Council, 2017-2018

[email protected] 22 403.686.4292 The Calgary Poet Laureate Jury, 2016 The Saskatchewan Book Awards, Jury, 2015 The National Forum on the Literary Arts, CC, Montreal, 2014 Advisory Committee, CADA, 2010 Gerald Lampert Award, Jury, 2009-2010 Membership Committee, League of Canadian Poets, 2006-2010 Gerald Lampert Award, Jury, 2007-2008 Spoken Word & Storytelling Program, Canada Council, 2007 Banff Centre for the Arts, Advisor to Pilot Program, 2005-2007 Advisory Committee, Festivals, Canada Council, 2005 Alberta Poetry Awards, Jury, 2004 Gerald Lampert Award, Jury, 2004 Mexico/Canada Photo Exchange, Banff Centre, 2002 CBC Alberta Literary Contest, Calgary, 2002 Spoken Word and Electronic Publishing, Canada Council, ‘01-‘02 Grants to Professional Writers, Canada Council, 1998 Writer’s Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, 1998 Explorations Grant, Canada Council, 1996 Literary Advisory Committee, B.C., 1994 Explorations Grant, Canada Council, 1992-1993 Touring Grant, Canada Council, 1992

TRAINING: Prose Poetry Workshop, Diane di Prima, San Fran, 2011 Quincy Troupe Workshop, CISWF, 2011 The Second Half of Life, Angeles Arrien, 2008 Quincy Troupe Workshop, CISWF, 2005 Anne Waldman Workshop, CISWF, 2005 Lillian Allen Workshop, CISWF, 2004 Diane Di Prima Workshop, CISWF, 2004 Interactive Screen Workshop, Banff Centre, 2002 Netera Technology Workshop, 2001 Playwrights Workshop Montreal, Women’s Millennium Project, 2000 PlayRites Colony, Banff Centre, 1997 Action Poetry Symposium, Banff Centre, 1994 Eugene Lyon Workshop, Vancouver, 1993 Naropa, Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics Boulder ‘89 Micki Maunsell, Vancouver, 1988-2003 Richard Fowler Workshop, Odin tech., Calgary/Vic., 1989, 1982 Kose No Ko, Victoria, 1985 Acting III, Banff Centre, 1982 Mount Royal College, Theatre Department, 1981-1982 David Shein Workshop, Calgary, 1981 Royal Academy of Dance, Advanced Ballet, 1975

EDITOR: Spoken Word Workbook: inspiration from poets who teach, 2011

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ON THE BOARD: SpoCan, 2006-2011 Calgary Spoken Word Society, 2004-2019 (non-voting) Dandelion Magazine, 2003-2005

MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS: Writer’s Union of Canada (2003-2019) (Advocate, National Council, 2007-2009) The League of Canadian Poets (1992-2019) Lifetime Member, 2014 (Spoken Word Membership Committee, 2005-2010) SWAN (instigator, initiator, and organizer) 2005 & 2007 Socan The Actor’s Equity Association (on withdrawal) Alliance of Canadian Cinema Television and Radio Artist (Actra) Melmoth Surrealist Group (1983-2003)

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