Poet Laureate Map of Canada
What is the role of a poet laureate?

Generally, a poet laureate’s main role is to serve as a literary ambassador, an advocate for poetry, language and the arts. A few are required to write poems for special occasions, but that is not the general rule. Rather the poet is supposed to concentrate on their own work and share that with their community. Often a poet laureate will create a legacy project during their term.
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2010 Griffin Poetry Prize Winners

2010 Canadian and International winners of the tenth annual Griffin Poetry Prize. [details]
The poet is a bird of strange moods. He descends from his lofty domain to tarry among us, singing; if we do not honour him he will unfold his wings and fly back to his dwelling place.
Kahlil Gibran
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Poet Laureate Map of Canada

Map Candice James - Poet Laureate of New Westminster, B.C. 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

Sue MacLeod

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, That Singing You Hear at the Edges (Signature Editions: 2003) and The Language of Rain (Roseway: 1995). Her awards have included Arc's Poem of the Year Award. For her Poet Laureate project, Sue edited To Find Us: Words and Images of Halifax, an anthology of poems, short stories and photographs with work by nearly 60 writers and artists.

In 2006, To Find Us was shortlisted for Nova Scotia's Lieutenant-Governor's Masterworks Arts Award. Sue lives in downtown Halifax, where she writes poetry and fiction, and works in a public library.

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