This is a list of Municipal Poets Laureate in Alberta, Canada.
Calgary
Calgary
Calgary ( ) is the largest city in the western Canadian province of Alberta and the largest metro area of the three Prairie Provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, makin ...
's current poet laureate is
Wakefield Brewster (2022-2024). He was preceded in office by
Natalie Meisner (2020 – 2022),
Sheri-D Wilson (2018-2020),
Micheline Maylor
Micheline Maylor (born in 1970) is a Canadian poet, academic, critic and editor.
Early life
Maylor was born in Windsor, Ontario of Voyageur Metis, and English ancestry. She moved to Calgary, Alberta and was raised as a Buddhist by artist paren ...
(2016 – 2018),
Derek Beaulieu (2014 – 2016), and
Kris Demeanor
Kris Demeanor is a Canadian poet, musician and actor, who received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards for his performance in the film ''The Valley Below''.
Prior to his performance in th ...
(2012 – 2014).
["Kris Demeanor named Calgary’s first poet laureate"]
''Calgary Herald
The ''Calgary Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Publication began in 1883 as ''The Calgary Herald, Mining and Ranche Advocate, and General Advertiser''. It is owned by the Postmedia Network.
History
''The ...
'', March 18, 2012.
Banff
Banff has had three poets laureate,
Derek Beaulieu (2022-2023),
Amelie Patternson (2017-2018) and
Steven Ross Smith
Steven Ross Smith (born June 25, 1945) is a Canadian poet, sound poet, fiction writer, arts journalist and arts activist. He is best known for his fluttertongue poems, which have been published in six volumes. One of them, ''fluttertongue 3: disar ...
(2019-2020)
Edmonton
The current Poet Laureate of
Edmonton is Shima Aisha Robinson, with the chosen pen name of Dwennimmen (2023-2025). The previous laureate was
Titilope Sonuga
Titilope Sonuga, also known as Titi Sonuga, is a Nigerian poet, civil engineer, and actress who spends her time between Lagos and Edmonton, Canada.
Early years
Titilope Sonuga, who was born in Lagos, Nigeria, relocated to Edmonton, Canada, when ...
(2021-2023).
She was preceded in office by Nisha Patel (2019 – 2021),
Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali (2017-2019),
Pierrette Requier (2015 – 2017),
Mary Pinkoski (2013 – 2015),
Anna Marie Sewell (2011 – 2012),
Roland Pemberton (2006 – 2011),
E.D. Blodgett
Edward Dickinson Blodgett (26 February 1935 – 15 November 2018) was a Canadian poet, literary critic, and translator who won the Governor General's Award for poetry in 1996 for his collection ''Apostrophes: Woman at a Piano'' (BuschekBooks).
Bi ...
(2007 – 2009), and
Alice Major
Alice Major is a Canadian poet, writer, and essayist, who served as poet laureate of Edmonton, Alberta.
She has published 12 collections of poetry and a collection of essays on poetry and science. Her work has received multiple awards, most rece ...
(2005 – 2007).
See also
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Poet Laureate of Toronto
The Poet Laureate of Toronto is the city's literary ambassador and advocate for poetry, language and the arts. The poet laureate's mandate includes the creation of a legacy project that is unique to the individual. They also attend events across th ...
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Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate
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Municipal Poets Laureate in British Columbia, Canada
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Municipal Poets Laureate in Ontario, Canada
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Poets Laureate of places in Canada