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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2010 Canadian and International winners of the tenth annual Griffin Poetry Prize. [details]
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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

Dr. John Smith

Dr. John Smith

First Poet Laureate of Prince Edward Island
  2002 - 2004

Dr. John Smith came to the province to join the faculty of Prince of Wales College in the 1960s and is the author of five volumes of poetry published over a twenty-year period. For many years, he taught English at the University of Prince Edward Island and is now Professor Emeritus. His stature as a poet is recognized across the country.

Professor Emeritus at the University of Prince Edward Island, John Smith was a much-respected and much-loved professor of English for 30 years, whose gift of being able to bring literature alive touched hundreds of students, many of whom have since gone on to become some of the Island's finest writers.

On December 5, 2002, the Prince Edward Island government announced in the Legislature that Dr. John Smith had been appointed the Island's first Poet Laureate for a two-year term.

During his term, John travelled the Island, hosting readings and lectures about poetry throughout the ages, celebrating the poetic form, and raising public awareness of poetry and of the spoken word.

His most recent books include Maps of Invariance (2005), Strands the Length of the Wind (1993) and Midnight Found You Dancing (1986). John Smith lives in Charlottetown
 
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