Tag Archives: poetry

Thank you 2016/2017

Posted on October 1, 2016 by

Students, thanks for sharing your lives with me through poetry! I’ve been planning this year’s school poetry workshops. On a recent phone call with a teacher I’ve worked with for few years, she shared some positive feedback that I had … Continue reading →

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Celebration of Diversity and Unity Against Bullying

Posted on April 13, 2016 by

Being in a school on ‪#‎DayofPink‬ is always stimulating. For me, it’s a year round conversation. We need to stay united against homophobic, transphobic and all kinds of bullying. I loved seeing the sea of pink clothes today at St. … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 5, 2015 by

I come from the slam community, a community of people drawn to the performance phenomena called a poetry slam, where poets are scored from 0 to 10 by random audience members based on their writing and performance. Most of you … Continue reading →

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The Great Canadian YouTube Poetry Contest

Posted on February 23, 2015 by

My newest poetry video created by the talented Jessica, Charlie and Lucy at NTCI, late January. We submitted this video to the Great Canadian YouTube Poetry Contest, where voting by likes created a short-list. The videos were then judged by numbers … Continue reading →

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A week at McMurrich

Posted on December 1, 2014 by

I recently taught a week of poetry workshops for Grade 5 and 6 students at McMurrich Jr PS. You can see into our workshop process through these pictures tweeted by the teachers. Thanks @zeliaMCT and @kamla_sharbear. It was a pleasure and an … Continue reading →

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