Municipal poets laureate in Ontario

This is a list of municipal poets laureate in the province of Ontario, Canada.

## Barrie

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The city of Barrie has had four poets laureate Tyneisha Ternent (2022–present), Victoria Butler (2018–2022), Damian Lopes (2014–2018), and Dr. Bruce Meyer (2010–2014).[1]

## Brantford

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The city of Brantford named John B. Lee poet laureate in perpetuity in 2005.[2]

## Cobalt

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The town of Cobalt named Ann Margetson poet laureate [3]

## Cobourg

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Cobourg’s poets laureate are Jessica Outram (2019–2022), Ted Amsden (2011–2018), Jill Battson (2009–2011), and Eric Winter (1997–2009).[4]

## Dufferin County

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Dufferin County's poets laureate is Harry Posner (2017–present) [5]

## Emery

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Poets laureate of Emery include Laurence Hutchman (2018–present).[6]

## Kingston

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Kingston’s poets laureate are Jason Heroux (2019–present), Helen Humphreys (2015–2019), and Eric Folsom (2011–2015).[7]

## London

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London’s poets laureate are Tom Cull (2016–present), and Penn Kemp (2011–2013)[8][9]

## Mississauga

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Mississauga’s poets laureate program was created in 2015. Poets are required to produce at least three poems for city-determined events annually, and read at civic events.[10][11] Most serve a 2-year term, with Ayomide Bayowa being assigned the role for 30 months, due to delays in selection due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12]

* 2015–2017: Anna Yin[10]
* 2017–2019: Wali Shah[11][13][14]
* 2019–2021: Paul Edward Costa[15]
* 2021–2024: Ayomide Bayowa[12][16][17][18]

## Norfolk County

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In Norfolk County, John B. Lee was appointed in 2011.[2]

## Ottawa

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Ottawa’s poets laureate are Albert Dumont (Anglophone) (2021–2022) and Gilles Latour (Francophone) (2021–2022), Margaret Michèle Cook (Francophone) and Diana Young (Anglophone) (2019–2021), Andrée Lacelle (Francophone) and Jamaal Jackson Rogers (Anglophone) (2017–2019).[19]

## Owen Sound

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Owen Sound’s poets laureate are Rebecca Diem (2024–2025), Richard-Yves Sitoski (2019–2023), Lauren Best (2017–2019), Rob Rolfe & Larry Jensen (2015–2017), Terry Burns (2013–2014), Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm (2011–2012), Kristan Anderson (2008–2010) and Liz Zetlin (2007–2008).[20] [21]

## Greater Sudbury

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Greater Sudbury’s poets laureate have been Roger Nash (2010–2011), Daniel Aubin (2012–2013), Thomas Leduc (2014–2015), Kim Fahner (2016–2018), Chloé LaDuchesse (2018–2020), Vera Constantineau (2020–2022),[22] Kyla Heyming (2022–2024) and Alex Tétreault (2024-present).[23]

Prior to its amalgamation into Greater Sudbury, the old city of Sudbury named Robert L. J. Zenik (1986–1988) as its first and only Poet Laureate.[24]

## Toronto

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The Poet Laureate of Toronto program was established in 2001, naming Dennis Lee as the first poet laureate.[25] Successors include: A. F. Moritz (2019–2022), Anne Michaels (2016–2019), George Elliott Clarke (2012–2015), Dionne Brand (2009–2012), and Pier Giorgio Di Cicco (2004–2009).[25]

The title of "Poet Laureate of Emery," referring to the Emery Village community in the former borough of North York, was created by then-Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti. Dr. Laurence Hutchman was given the title in 2017.[26]

## Windsor

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The city of Windsor poets laureate are Mary Ann Mulhern (2019–2022), Marty Gervais (2011–2019), Vanessa Shields (April 2022- September 2022) and Peter Hrastovec (2023–2027).[27]

## Woodstock

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The city of Woodstock posthumously named Barry C. Butson poet laureate emeritus.[28]

## See also

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* Poetry portal

* Poet Laureate of Toronto
* Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate
* Municipal poets laureate in Alberta
* Municipal poets laureate in British Columbia

## References

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1. ^ "Poet Laureate". www.barrie.ca.
2. ^ a b "Brantford's Poet Laureate coming to Sarnia". theobserver.
3. ^ "Poets laureate compare notes in Halifax". CBC News. 2010-07-15. Archived from the original on 2022-12-20.
4. ^ "Poet Laureate". www.cobourg.ca. July 22, 2020.
5. ^ Beatty, Liz (September 16, 2017). "Harry Posner". In The Hills.
6. ^ "Canada's Poets Laureate – League of Canadian Poets".
7. ^ "Poet Laureate - City of Kingston". www.cityofkingston.ca.
8. ^ "How the city has inspired London's poet laureate". CBC News. 2018-06-02. Archived from the original on 2022-10-03.
9. ^ "Poet Laureate | London Arts Council". LAC official site.
10. ^ a b Deschamps, Tara (17 August 2015). "Mississauga's first poet laureate pens poems to city". Toronto Star. Toronto ON: Torstar. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
11. ^ a b Kopun, Francine (7 May 2017). "From troubled Mississauga teen to poet laureate". Toronto Star. Toronto ON: Torstar. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
12. ^ a b "Mississauga Welcomes Globally Recognized Poet Laureate". City of Mississauga. Mississauga ON: Corporation of the City of Mississauga. 10 November 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
13. ^ Khalil, Nouman (2 May 2017). "UofT student Wali Shah named Poet Laureate of Mississauga". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
14. ^ Hay, Susan (20 March 2017). "Mississauga man turning adversity into inspiration". Global News. Toronto ON: Corus Entertainment. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
15. ^ Cornwell, Steve (30 June 2021). "'We're not cancelling Canada Day': Mississauga changes July 1 plans after residential school grave findings". Mississauga News. Mississauga ON: Metroland Media Group. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
16. ^ Martin, Mitchell (13 November 2021). "Poet Ayomide Bayowa opens up about Mississauga poet laureate honour". CityNews Toronto. Toronto ON: Rogers Media. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
17. ^ Angubua, Jonathan Divine (31 January 2022). "Ayomide Bayowa: Mississauga's poet laureate leaves his legacy through verse". The Medium. Mississauga ON: The Medium. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
18. ^ Aschaiek, Sharon (1 December 2021). "U of T Mississauga student aims to inspire as the city's poet laureate". U of T News. Toronto ON: University of Toronto. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
19. ^ "Poets Laureate". verseottawa.ca.
20. ^ "Poet laureate's term extended; legacy project launching Tuesday". owensoundsuntimes.
21. ^ "Owen Sound Library Appoints New Poet Laureate". owensoundsuntimes.
22. ^ Pickrell, Alana (March 12, 2020). "Sudbury names its 6th poet laureate". Northern Ontario.
23. ^ Heidi Ulrichsen, "Meet Alex Tétreault, Greater Sudbury’s newest poet laureate". Sudbury.com, June 10, 2024.
24. ^ "Laureate will hymn blessings of Sudbury". The Sudbury Star. November 10, 1986.
25. ^ a b "Poet Laureate". City of Toronto. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
26. ^ Delaney, Sean (June 2017). "Insightful impressions from Emery's new Poet Laureate". Emery Village Voice. Toronto ON: Emery Village Voice Ltd. Retrieved 3 September 2022. "Dr. Laurence Hutchman received the high honour of the evening, acclaimed as Poet Laureate of Emery. The office of Councillor Giorgio Mammoliti presented Hutchman with an official plaque from the city."
27. ^ "Poet Laureate & Storytellers". www.citywindsor.ca.
28. ^ Rivers, Heather (18 July 2018). "He is known as the people's poet'". Woodstock Sentinel Review. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

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