Writer-in-residencies
Instructor, “Getting the Word(s) Out! Or How to Make Poetry Speak.” By Zoom. Hillside Festival. Guelph (ON). Thursday, November 11, 18, 25, and December 2 (2021).
“Master Class” Poetry Instructor. Wild Writers Literary Festival, Balsillie School of International Affairs, Waterloo, ON, November 2, 2019.
“Radical Writing for Social Change,” “History as a Base for Poetry & Essay,” “Music as a Poetic Toll” (with Scott Parsons): Three writing workshops, plus “Authors’ Roundtable.” Prince Edward Island Writers Guild, Wild Threads Writing Symposium, Charlottetown, PEI, August 23 and 24, 2019.
Frank Scott Poetry Day. Poetry workshop. Centre Greene, Montreal (QC), August 1, 2019.
Poetry Instructor, “Rooting Deep and Branching Out: Writing Workshop with GEC.” Island Mountain Arts. Wells (BC), July 18-21, 2019.
Poetry Instructor, “Sage Hill Writing 2019 Spring Poetry Colloquium,” Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild. St. Peter’s Abbey, Muenster (SK), May 17-31, 2019.
Instructor, Poetry Workshop, Blue Flamingo Literary Festival, University of the Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas, March 23, 2019.
Leader, Young Writers’ Workshop. Restorative Inquiry for the Nova Scotia Home for Coloured Children. Delmore “Buddy” Daye Africentric Learning Institute, Halifax, NS, March 16, 2019.
Poetry Writing Workshop, presented by Northwords. Yellowknife Public Library Meeting Room, Yellowknife (NT), December 9, 2017.
Workshop: Taking Your Poetry to the Next Level. Northern Lights Writers’ Conference. Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon, January 21, 2017.
Dnevi poezije in vina 2016. [Days of Poetry and Wine 2016.] Translation Workshops with Miljana Cunta, Stanka Hrastelj, Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Gorazd Kocijancic, Pierre Nepveu, and Giovanna Riccio. Brenholc Guesthouse, Jeruzalem, Slovenia, August 21-23, 2016.
Poetry Workshop, Writers Federation of Nova Scotia, Mahone Bay Community Centre, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, August 6, 2014.
Poetry Workshop, Harvard Arts First Festival, Woodberry Poetry Room, Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, April 30, 2014.
Faculty member, Spoken Word Program, The Banff Center, Banff, Alberta, April 3-7, 2014.
Leader, Creative Writing Workshop, North Hills Museum, Annapolis Royal, NS, June 11-13, 2010.
Leader, Poetry Workshop, Sage Hill Writing Experience. St. Michael’s Retreat, Lumsden, SK, July 25-August 5, 2004.
Instructor, Booming Ground Writing Workshop, University of British Columbia, Department of Creative Writing. Green College, Vancouver, BC, July 11-17, 2004.
Poetry Workshop Leader, The Community of Writers, Wild Iris Enterprises, Atlantic Christian Training Centre, Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia, July 20-25, 2003.
Instructor, Young Writers Workshop, Huron University College, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, July 6-11, 2003.
Instructor, The Taddle Creek Summer Writers’ Workshop, University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies (Toronto, Ontario), June 28-July 1, 2002.
Participant, Multicultural Arts for Schools and Communities (Ottawa, Ontario), 1991-1994.
Participant, Writers-In-Electronic-Residence, Writers' Development Trust, Toronto, Ontario, January-June 1993.
Writer-In-Residence, Labrador Arts Festival, November 1992.
Writer-In-Residence, Selkirk College (Castlegar, British Columbia), November 1991.
Writer-In-Residence, Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia), March 1990.