Poet Laureate Map of Canada
Who was the first provincial or territorial poet laureate?

PJ Johnson was formally invested as the Yukon Territory’s first Poet Laureate on July 1, 1994.

Glen Sorestad, poet and publisher, was named Poet Laureate of the Province of Saskatchewan in 2000.
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Gary Hyland 1940-2011

Gary Hyland passed away Tuesday, April 5, 2011, surrounded by the love of his family and friends. [details]
The difference between the almost right word & the right word is really a large matter – it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.
Samuel Clemens (aka Mark Twain)
Letter to George Bainton, 10/15/1888
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Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Map pj johnson, Poet Laureate of the Yukon Roland Pemberton - Poet Laureate of Edmonton, Alberta Poet Laureate of Newfoundland: Agnes Walsh Douglas Lochhead, Sackville, New Brunswick Shauntay Grant - Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia Pierre DesRuisseaux - Parliamentary Poet Laureate - Ottawa Hugh MacDonald, Prince Edward Island Saskatchewan Poets Laureate Ontario Poets Laureate Ontario Poets Laureate British Columbia Poets Laureate

Poets Laureate of Canada

Parliamentary Poets Laureate

Current Poets Laureate

  • Alberta
  • British Columbia
    • Brad Cran - Poet Laureate of Vancouver, B.C.   (Vancouver)
    • Candice James - Poet Laureate of New Westminster, B.C.   (New Westminster)
  • Nova Scotia
  • Ontario
    • John B. Lee - Poet Laureate of Brantford, Ontario (2005-) & Poet Laureate for Norfolk County (2011-2014)   (Brantford)
    • Roger Nash - Poet Laureate of Sudbury, Ontario   (Sudbury)
    • Penn Kemp - Inaugural Poet Laureate of London, Ontario   (London)
    • Bruce Meyer - Poet Laureate, City of Barrie, Ontario   (Barrie)
    • Eric Folsom - Poet Laureate for the City of Kingston   (Kingston)
  • Prince Edward Island
  • Saskatchewan
    • Robert Currie - Poet Laureate, City of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan   (Moose Jaw)
  • Yukon

Past Parliamentary Poets Laureate

Past Poets Laureate

 
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