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Education

  • TESL Canada Diploma, CCLCS, 2015
  • MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing,  University of Toronto – 2010-2012
  • BA in Honours English, York University – 2010
  • Honours English, University of British Columbia – 2000-2004

Selected Professional Experience

  • Writer-in-Residence, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, 2021-2022
  • Poetry Editorial Board Member, The Fiddlehead, 2021
  • Mentor, Short Form Mentorship, Diaspora Dialogues, 2021
  • Online Anthology Poetry Board, Poetry in Voice, 2021
  • Mentor & Adjunct Faculty, University of Toronto Creative Writing MA, 2019-2020
  • Instructor, English for Art and Design, Continuing Education, OCAD University, Summer 2019
  • Writing and Learning Consultant (ELL), OCAD University, 2017-present
  • Student Support Officer, Seneca College @ York Learning Centre, 2016- 2017
  • ESL Instructor, International English Programs, New College at the University of Toronto, Summer 2017
  • ESL Instructor, ELS Language Centers, 2016
  • ESL Instructor, English School of Canada, 2015
  • English and French Tutor, Academy for Math & Science, Vaughan and Richmond Hill, 2013-2015
  • Artscape Youngplace Teacher-in-Residence, 2014
  • Teaching Assistant, University of Toronto – 2010-2012
  • Social Media and Special Events, Hospice Toronto – Summer 2011
  • Clerical Assistant, PEN Canada – 2009-2010
  • Teaching Assistant, University of British Columbia, 2004

Awards and Honours

  • OCAD University BLG Equity Employee Award, 2020
  • Trillium Book Award, finalist, 2018
  • League of Canadian Poets Pat Lowther Memorial Award, Shortlist, 2018
  • League of Canadian Poets Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, Shortlist, 2018
  • Toronto Book Award shortlist for The Unpublished City, Volume One, 2018
  • Arc Poetry Magazine Critics’ Desk Award, Brief Review of Elise Partridge – 2017
  • CBC Poetry Prize, Longlist Finalist – 2015
  • Prism International Poetry Contest, Grand Prize – 2015
  • Vallum Poetry Prize, Shortlist Finalist, 2015
  • CBC Poetry Prize, Longlist Finalist – 2013
  • Disquiet International Literary Program scholarship recipient – 2013
  • CBC Poetry Prize, Longlist Finalist – 2012
  • SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Master’s Scholarship – 2011
  • Grain Magazine’s Short Grain with Variations Contest, 2nd Prize – 2011
  • Montreal International Poetry Prize, Longlist Finalist– 2011
  • University of Toronto Viola Whitney Pratt Memorial Scholarship – 2010
  • Montreal International Poetry Prize, longlist finalist  – 2010
  • Geist Magazine Jackpine Sonnet Contest, shortlist finalist  – 2010
  • Arc Poetry Magazine’s Poem of the Year Contest, shortlist finalist  – 2006 

Writing Residences and Programs

Memberships and Professional Associations

  • Canadian Writing Centres Association (CWCA)
  • League of Canadian Poets
  • OCAD University Creative Writing BFA Committee
  • TESL Ontario