Poet Laureate Map of Canada
Does Canada have a national poet laureate?

Yes, Federal legislators created the position of Parliamentary Poet Laureate in 2001.
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Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Map Roger Nash, Sudbury, Ontario Jill Battson, Cobourg, Ontario pj johnson, Poet Laureate of the Yukon Kristan Anderson, Owen Sound Ontario Roland Pemberton - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, AlbertaBrad Cran - Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C. Poet Laureate of Newfoundland: Agnes Walsh Linda Rogers - Poet Laureate of Victoria, B.C. Douglas Lochhead, Sackville, New Brunswick Shauntay Grant - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia John B. Lee, Brantford Ontario Dionne Brand, Toronto, Ontario Pierre DesRuisseaux - Parliamentary Poet Laureate - Ottawa Hugh MacDonald, Prince Edward Island Robert Currie, Poet Laureate of Saskatchewan Gary Hyland, Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, SK Poet Laureate of Cobalt Ann Margetson

Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Welcome to the Poet Laureate Map of Canada. This may very well be a world first. There are literary maps and poet maps, but we haven’t yet found a poet laureate map. Our map features a photo, bio and poem from Canada’s laureates, past and present, as well as links, and when available, audio and video files.

My initial reasons for producing the map were to showcase Canada’s poet laureates – municipal, provincial and federal - and to provide models for communities that want to have a poet laureate.

We welcome additions to the map - such as newly appointed or left out laureates (we’ve discovered 30 so far), as well as other suggestions or comments. Send us an email  to share your ideas.

I encourage you to find a way to insert poetry into the everyday.  Feast on these poems. Follow the links. Share them with your community, for poetry is truly a community beyond borders.

I hope this map will also provide a conversation among poetries, helping us to share the songs of our species. In my community, Owen Sound  City Council members will each read a poet laureate’s poem at Council meetings.

Elizabeth  Zetlin
Poet Laureate, 2007 - 2009
City of Owen Sound, Ontario

 

feature poet

Sue  MacLeod

First Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia
2001 - 2005
Sue MacLeod served as inaugural Poet Laureate for Halifax Regional Municipality from 2001-2005. She is the author of two books of poetry and lives in downtown Halifax, where she writes poetry and fiction, and works in a public library.

Sue  MacLeod

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