Chantal Gibson is a Canadian writer, poet, artist and educator. Her 2019 poetry collection ''How She Read'' won the 2020

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poetry. ...

at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, and was a shortlisted 2020

Griffin Poetry Prize The Griffin Poetry Prize is Canada's most generous poetry award. It was founded in 2000 by businessman and philanthropist Scott Griffin. Before 2022, the awards went to one Canadian and one international poet who writes in the English language. ...

finalist. Gibson’s art and writing confronts colonialism, cultural erasure, and representations of Black women in Western culture.

Biography

Chantal Gibson is a writer-artist-educator based on the ancestral lands of the

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Peoples in

Vancouver Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the List of cities in British Columbia, most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the ...

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, where she is a lecturer in written and visual communication at

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT). Gibson was the recipient of the SFU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016. Gibson went to high school in Mackenzie, BC. Her mother is an African-Canadian who grew up in Nova Scotia.

Career

Bibliography

* 2019 - Gibson, Chantal N. ''How She Read : Poems''. Caitlin Press * 2021 - Gibson, Chantal N. ''with/holding : Poems''. Caitlin Press

Awards

* 2016 - SFU Excellence in Teaching Award, Simon Fraser University * 2020 -

Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize The Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, established in 1986, is awarded annually to the best collection of poetry by a resident of British Columbia, Canada. One of the BC and Yukon Book Prizes, the award was originally known as the B.C. Prize for Poetry. ...

at the

BC and Yukon Book Prizes The BC Book & Yukon Prizes, established in 1985, celebrate the achievements of British Columbia and Yukon writers and publishers. The prizes, as well as the Lieutenant Governor's Award for Literary Excellence, are presented annually at the Lieutena ...

* 2020 -

Pat Lowther Award The Pat Lowther Memorial Award is an annual award presented by the League of Canadian Poets to the year's best book of poetry by a Canadian woman.League of Canadian Poets The League of Canadian Poets (LCP), founded in 1966, is a national non-profit arts service organization based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The organization acts as the national association of professional and aspiring poets in Canada. The League co ...

* 2020 -

, Canadian Shortlist * 2021 - 3M National Teaching Fellowship, Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE)

Exhibitions

* 2014 - ''TOME''. SFU Surrey Library (2014) * 2014 - ''Between Friends: Crossings, Myths and Border Stories''. Defiance College Women's Gallery, Defiance Ohio * 2015 - ''TOME''.

Vancouver Public Library Vancouver Public Library (VPL) is the public library system for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia. In 2013, VPL had more than 6.9 million visits with patrons borrowing nearly 9.5 million items including: books, ebooks, CDs, DVDs, video game ...

, Vancouver, BC * 2018 - ''Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art''. ROM Toronto and Musee des Beaux Arts Montreal * 2018 - ''MORPH: Changing the Past''. (Inaugural group exhibit)

, Main Branch * 2019 - ''How She Read: Confronting the Romance of Empire''. (Solo exhibit) Open Space Gallery, Victoria, BC *2019 - ''TOME.'' McPherson Library,

University of Victoria The University of Victoria (UVic or Victoria) is a public research university located in the municipalities of Oak Bay and Saanich, British Columbia, Canada. The university traces its roots to Victoria College, the first post-secondary instit ...

, Victoria, BC *2019 - ''Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art''.

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia The Art Gallery of Nova Scotia (AGNS) is a public provincial art museum based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The art museum's primary building complex is located in downtown Halifax and takes up approximately of space. The museum complex compr ...

, Halifax *2020 - ''Who's Who''.

Senate of Canada The Senate of Canada (french: region=CA, Sénat du Canada) is the upper house of the Parliament of Canada. Together with the Crown and the House of Commons, they comprise the bicameral legislature of Canada. The Senate is modelled after the B ...

chamber foyer, Ottawa, ON *2020 - ''Where do we go from here?'' (Group exhibit)

Vancouver Art Gallery The Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) is an art museum in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The museum occupies a adjacent to Robson Square in downtown Vancouver, making it the largest art museum in Western Canada by building size. Designed by Franc ...

, Vancouver, BC *2021 - Human Capital. (Group exhibit) MacKenzie Art Gallery, Regina, SK *2021 - ''un/settled''. In collaboration with Otoniya J. Okot Bitek. SFU Belzberg Library, Vancouver BC *2021 - ''Tyranny''. (Group exhibition) Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax

Artist-in-residence

* 2017 - Visiting artist, OCAD University Writing & Learning Centre, Toronto, ON

References

21st-century Canadian poets 21st-century Canadian women writers Canadian women poets Writers from Vancouver Black Canadian women Black Canadian writers Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{Canada-poet-stub