Media Bibliography

RADIO AND TELEVISION

Taped Documentary

Blood Is For Bleeding: The Positive Values of the Menstrual Experience: a seven part audio tape documentary on the menstrual experience, completed with the assistance of the Canada Council Explorations Programme.

Work Read on Radio

  • ABC Radio National (Australia): Book Show, “Questions, Questions, Question” from “And Over Every Land and Sea”, She tries Her Tongue…,
  • CBC: Between the Covers, Poetry “Questions, Questions, Question” from “And Over Every Land and Sea”, She tries Her Tongue…,
  • CBC:Later the Same Day, “Burn Sugar” Audio (3:00 min) Read by Denise Jones of Jones & Jones Productions

Interviews: Radio & Television

  • ABC Radio National (Australia): Book Show – Discussion of dialect in art, May 2007 (Transcript)
  • BBC World Service -Discussion of She Tries Her Tongue, Oct 1991
  • CBC: Morningside – Discussion and Reading of Poetry, Jan. 1991
  • CBC: On the Arts – Discussion of the T.V. series “Eyes on the Prize,” 1990
  • CBC: Later the Same Day – Discussion on Poetry, 1990
  • CBC: Later the Same Day – Discussion and Reading of Harriet’s Daughter, June, 1990
  • Co-op Radio Vancouver – Interview with Helen O’Brien, Nov. 1989
  • CJSW Calgary – Interview with Kerry Clarke, Nov. 1989
  • CKND-TV Winnipeg – Interview with Pam Evans, Nov. 1989
  • CBC National – Forgotten Books: The Need For Roots, a review of works by Simone Weil, Nov. 1989
  • CBC National – A Review of works about James Baldwin, Nov. 1989
  • CKLN Toronto – Panel Discussion: Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing, Fall 1989
  • CIUT Toronto – Third Wave: A discussion of Harriet’s Daughter, Fall 1989
  • CBC National – Air Craft – The Writer and the Voice, Oct. 1989
  • CBC Halifax – Main St, Oct. 1989
  • CKDU Halifax -Title Waves, Oct. 1989
  • Choyce Words, Halifax Cable Productions, Oct. 1989
  • CKLN Toronto – “Flashblack,” Fall/Summer 1989
  • CKLN Toronto – “Intents and Purposes,” Spring 1989
  • CBC National – Gabereau,” Summer 1989
  • CBC National, The Arts Tonight – “Blue Pencil Workshop Panel,” May 1989
  • CBC National, The Arts Tonight – “Victorian Novels,” May 1989
  • CBC National, CBC Sunday Morning – “Author’s Choice,” May 1989
  • CBC National, Morningside,” Spring 1989
  • CBC National, The Arts Tonight -“In a Word,” Nov. 1988
  • CBC National – Morningside,” Spring 1984

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CONFERENCES: PANEL PARTICIPANT

  • April 2001: “Caribbean Writers Imagine the Millennium”, Caribbean Literature Symposium, Syracuse University, Syracuse. New York
  • Mar. 2001: “Anti-Racism Week of Action” OPIRG, University of Trent, Peterborough, Ontario
  • Oct, 1999: “Carnival and the Caribbean Diaspora” Florida International University, Miami, Florida
  • Sep1999: Folger Poetry Series, 1999-2000. Georgetown University, Washington,DC, USA
  • Feb. 1999: Party Politics: Visions and Versions of Caribana, Fuse Magazine
  • Oct. 1998: “Island Writing” Hawai’i Review Fall Celebration of Writing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii 
  • Oct. 1997: “Freedom of Expression: Censorship and Self-Censorship,” Yari Yari: BlackWomen Writers and the Future- An International Conference Literature by Women of African Descent, New York University, New York
  • July. 1997: Women and Texts: Languages, Technologies and Communities, University of Leeds, England.
  • Oct. 1996: Border/Disputes: Communications, Commerces, and Cultures – A Symposium to Commemorate the Sesquicentennial of SUNY at Buffalo, SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo.
  • Jul. 1996: Caribbean Women Writers Conference, Goldsmith’s College, London, England.
  • Mar. 1996: “Women and Popular Culture,” Women’s Studies Program, New College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1996: “Community and Media: Building a New Relationship,” Culture Link, Media Watch, OCASI and Rittenhouse, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Jan. 1996: “The Passe Muraille Papers, Brain Dead: Art and Ideas in Toronto Theatre,” Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1994: Panafest: Pan African Historical Theatre Festival, Cape Coast, Ghana, Africa.
  • Nov. 1994: The Word Behind Bars and the Paradox of Exile,” The Institute for Advanced Study and Research in the African Humanities, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois.
  • Oct. 1994: “The Influence of African or Black Literature and Culture of the Diaspora, Gwendolyn Brooks Center, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois.
  • Aug. 1994: Race and Immigration, Toronto Committe Against Racism (TCAR), Toronto, Ontario.
  • Aug. 1994: “African Canadians Under Legal, Police and Media Attack in Canada: A Community Response, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1994: International, Interethnic and Interracial Relations Conference, Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1994: Literature and Immigration, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1994: “Women’s Rights are Human Rights,” Centre for Feminist Research, York University, North York, Ontario.
  • May 1993: Runnymede Race Relations and Multicultural Committee, Runnymede School, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1993: Racism and the Media – OPIRG, Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1993: “Black Cinema in the “90s”, Carlton University, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1993: “Literature and Film Series,” University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • Apr. 1992: “Borders/Diasporas – A Conference on Cultural Crossings,” University of California, Santa Cruz, California.
  • Sep. 1991: “Motherlands: Symposium on African, Caribbean and Asian Women’s Writing,” Institute of Commonwealth Studies, London, England.
  • Apr. 199l: “Racism in Writing and Publishing,” British Columbia Library Association – Intellectual Freedom Committee, British Columbia.
  • Feb. 1991: National Conference of Black Writers, New York, New York.
  • Feb. 1991: “Constructing Race,” Race to the Screen, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1991: “Consuming Hunger: Shaping the Image”; The African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF),Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1990: Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1990: “Women and Theory, Feminist Aesthetics,” The Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
  • May 1990: “Multiculturalism – Melting Pot or Salad,” Annual Conference of the Canadian Council for the Arts, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr.1990: “Dis Place – How Gender Inflects Space,” Second International Conference of Caribbean Women Writers, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
  • Feb. 1990: “The Female Protagonist in Young Adult Literature,” Ontario School Library Association, Seventeenth Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1989: “Censorship” – Panel Moderator, InVisible Colours: International Women of Colour and Third World Women Film and Video Festival and Symposium, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Nov. 1989: Faculty Seminar, Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies, Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
  • Nov. 1989: “The Politics of Representation in a Multi- racial Society,” American Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Aug. 1989: Silver Jubilee Conference, The Association for Communications, Literature and Language Studies(ACLALS), Univeristy of Kent, Canterbury.
  • Jun. 1989: “Them/Us: Cross Cultural Perspectives on the New Literature in English,” The l2th Annual Conference of the German Speaking Countries on the New Literature in English, Gissing, Germany.
  • May 1989: Spring Retreat for Elementary School Librarians, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr. 1989: National Book Festival, Blue Pencil Manuscript Critique Day, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1988: “Earth and Sound,” Coloquio El Caribe Americano, Havana, Cuba.
  • Nov. 1988: Essence Magazine Writers’ Retreat, Nassau, Bahamas.
  • Jun. 1988: “Using Memory, Reclaiming History,” The Third International Feminist Book Fair, Montreal, Quebec.
  • Apr. 1988: “Managing the Unmanageable,” First International Conference on Caribbean Women Writers of the English Speaking Caribbean, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts.

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READINGS

  • Apr. 2008: Reading with Rachel Zolf Friends Meeting House, Toronto, Canada 
  • Feb, 2007: Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, New York, USA
  • Jan. 2007, Test Reading Series , Mercer Union, A Centre for Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada with Hugh Thomas (Q&A mp3)
  • Jul. 2005: The Scream Literary Festival, Toronto, Canada
  • Dec. 2004: Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series, Office of the Master, York University, Toronto, Canada
  • Jul.2004: “Scream at TWB Again”, Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Toronto, Canada.
  • Oct. 2003: Redeemer College, Writer in Residence, MacMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
  • Oct. 2003: Gallery On the Bay, Hamilton, Canada
  • May 2003: Barcelona University, Barcelona, Spain
  • Apr.2003: Cambridge Conference of Contemporary Poetry 13, Trinity College, Cambridge, UK
  • Feb.2003: Florida International University, Miami, Florida, USA
  • Mar.2001 University of Edmonton, English Department, Edmonton, Canada
  • Apr. 2000:Goethe Institute, Toronto, Canada
  • Jan.2000: Mother Kali’s Books, Eugene, Oregon, USA
  • Sep.1999: Folger Poetry Series, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
  • Feb.1999: Carmelite Monastery, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
  • Oct. 1998: Caribbean Women Writers’ Alliance, London, England
  • Sep. 1998: “Island Writing” Hawai’i Review Fall Celebration of Writing, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii
  • Jul. 1998: Genealogy of Resistance, Toronto Women’s Bookstore, Toronto, Canada
  • Feb. 1998: The Women’s Studies Programme and the Department of English, Hamilton, Canada.
  • Sep. 1997: Environmental Writers’ Festival – Poetry Workshop Leader, Boston, Mass. USA
  • Jul. 1997: Caribbean Women Writers Alliance, London, England.
  • Jul. 1997: Chapel Allerton Library, Leeds, England
  • Jul. 1997: West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, England
  • May 1997: Mayworks: Does Poetry Work, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1997: Trent African Caribbean Students Union, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1997: Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Feb. 1997: The Para Poetics Society, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
  • Oct. 1996: Articulations – sponsored by Art Starts, Toronto, Canada.
  • Jun. 1996: Caribbean Women Writers’ Alliance Conference, Goldsmiths College, London, England.
  • Jun. 1996: “Writing the Self Out of Silence,” Centre for Feminist Research, York University, North York, Canada.
  • Apr. 1996: Off Campus College Meeting, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York.
  • Apr. 1996: Aymesbury Middle School, North York, Canada.
  • Mar. 1996: African Roots and Continuities of Caribana, The Black Secretariat, Toronto, Canada.
  • Mar. 1996: Just Buffalo Literary Centre, Buffalo, New York, USA
  • Nov. 1995: Caribbean and Southern Culture, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
  • Oct. 1995: Atkinson College, York University, North York, Canada.
  • Feb. 1995: Poetics Program, State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.
  • Dec. 1994: PanaFest: Pan African Historical Theatre, Accra & Cape Coast, Ghana.
  • Nov. 1994: “The Word Behind Bars and the Paradox of Exile,” Fourth Annual Black Writers’ Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA
  • Oct. 1994: “The Influence of African or Black Literature and Culture of the Diaspora, Gwendolyn Brooks Center, Chicago State University, Chicago, Illinois.USA
  • Oct. 1994: Department of English, Pomona College, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.USA
  • Oct. 1994: Art Starts, 1672 Eglinton Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
  • Oct. 1994: Atkinson College, York University, Toronto, Canada.
  • Oct. 1994: Chicago State University, Chicago, USA
  • Jul. 1994: Scream in High Park, High Park, Toronto, Canada.
  • May 1994: The Poetry Project, St Mark’s Church, New York, New York, USA
  • Mar. 1994: Canadian Studies Student Union, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
  • Mar. 1994: International, Interethnic and Interracial Relations Conference, Goethe Institute of Toronto and York University, Toronto, Canada.
  • Dec. 1993: MLA Conference, Toronto, Canada.
  • Nov. 1993: Atkinson College, York University, Don Mills, Canada.
  • Nov. 1993: York Woods Library, North York, Toronto, Canada.
  • Oct. 1993: Art Starts, Toronto, Canada.
  • May 1993: Race and Ethnicity Issues (workshop), Toronto, Canada.
  • Mar. 1993: The Bishop Strachan School, Toronto, Canada.
  • Mar. 1993: Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Feb. 1993: Forest City Gallery, London, Canada.
  • Feb. 1993: Department of English, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1993: York Woods Library, North York, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1992: Women’s Bookstop, Hamilton, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1992: Caribbean Poetry Festival, American Poetry Society, New York, New York.
  • Oct. 1992: North South Counterpoint: Kamau Braithwaite and the Caribbean Word, The Hostos Culture and Arts Program, New York, New York.
  • Sep. 1991: “Motherlands: Symposium on African, Caribbean and Asian Women’s Writing,” Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, London, England.
  • May 1991: Lester B. Pearson Collegiate, Scarborough, Ontario.
  • May 1991: Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr.1991: Arts Umbrella, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Apr. 1991: Richmond Writers’ Festival, Richmond, British Columbia.
  • Mar. 1991: Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec.
  • Mar. 1991: Palmerston Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1991: Ontario School Library Association(OSLA) Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Jan.1991: English Department, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta.
  • Jan. 1991: Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta.
  • Jan. 1991: Common Ground Bookstore, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
  • Jan. 1991: Lester B. Pearson Collegiate, Scarborough, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1990: Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1990: African Studies Lecture Series, Doane College, Crete, Nebraska.
  • Nov. 1990: Department of English, University of Missouri, Springfield, Missouri.
  • Nov. 1990: “World Writing and Politics at the End of the Twentieth Century”: A Symposium of Writers and Critics, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California.
  • Nov. 1990: Pomona College, Claremont, California.
  • Oct. 1990: Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1990: The Goethe Institute, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1990: New England Booksellers Association – Book signing.
  • Jun. 1990: Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, Alberta.
  • May 1990: Red Herring Co-op Bookstore, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Apr. 1990: Third World Books and Crafts, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1990: York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1990: “Where Is the Money and How Do You get it?”: Funding workshop for Black, Native, Asian Women and women of colour, The Women’s Press, Toronto.
  • Feb. 1990: Birchcliff Heights United Church, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: Westview Public School, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: School Library Association, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: North York Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: Parkdale Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: Palmerston Public Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1990: Etobicoke Public Library, Etobicoke, Ontario.
  • Jan. 1990: Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1989: Father Lacombe High School, Calgary, Alberta.
  • Nov. 1989: Native Education Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Nov. 1989: Multicultural Bookfair II, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan.
  • Nov. 1989: The Black Creative Writers of Winnipeg and the Caribbean Canadian Association of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Saskatchewan.
  • Nov. 1989: Black Theatre Essay and Creative Writing Workshop, Vancouver, British Columbia.
  • Nov. 1989: Pitzer College, Claremont, California.
  • Nov. 1989: American Studies Association Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Oct. 1989: North Branch Library, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  • Jul. 1989: “A Summer’s Night of Fiction and Poetry,” Metro Toronto Reference Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  • May 1989: Conference on Sex/Race Equity in the Classroom In the Curriculum, Women’s Studies Programme, Atkinson College, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1989: “emBodied and enGenered, A Conference to Vision and Re-vision Sexuality, Gender and Selfhood in Africa and its Diaspora,” The Claremont Colleges, Claremont, California.
  • Dec. 1988: Canadian Women Writers Series, Atkinson College, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1988: Harbourfront Reading Series, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1988: Imagining Women Book Launch, The Women’s Press, A Space Gallery Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1988: Department of English, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1988: Gallerie Powerhouse, Montreal, Quebec.
  • May 1987: “Canadian Women Writing: Poetry, Prose, and Drama,” Osgoode Hall, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1987: “Women Writers Reading,” University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1986: “Two Plus One and Company, A Poetry and Music Performance,” The Underground Railroad Tavern, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1985: “Ontario Black Artists – A Celebration,” York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1985: Women’s Network and Women’s Studies, Glendon College, York University, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Jan. 1985: Hillcrest Community Centre, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1984: “Sisters: Steppin’ Out,” Womynly Way Productions, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1984: “Alter Eros: Orgy or Another Feminist Cabaret,” Toronto, Ontario. reading.
  • Oct. 1983: “Benefit for Azania: An Anti-Apartheid Event,” (organizer and reader) Trojan Coffee House, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Jun. 1983: “Cabaret: A Benefit for Women and Words, A Gala Evening of Music, Poetry, and Performance, Toronto, Ontario.
  • May 1983: Havanna Restaurant, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr. 1983: Alter Eros: Women’s Perspective’s Desire Environment, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr. 1983: National Book Festival, “Caribbean Authors and Artists Series,” Parkdale Library, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Mar. 1983: International Women’s Day Celebrations, Central Technical High School, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Jun. 1982: “Words Alive: New Voices Series,” Ethos Cultural Development Foundation, Major Roberts Restaurant, Toronto, Ontario.
  • May 1982: Partisan Gallery, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Apr. 1982: St.Chad’s Church, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1981: Trojan Horse Cafe, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Dec. 1980: Magic Makers Cafe, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1980: Kahlua Cafe, Toronto, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1979: YMCA, Toronto, Ontario.
  • May 1979: Best of Africa: Rituals and Traditions, Toronto,, Ontario.

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KEYNOTE LECTURES AND SPEECHES

  • Mar.2006: “Song Lines of Memory in a Globalized World”, Insurgent Cross-Cultural Conversations in the Expressive Arts: Contesting Notions of Transnationalism and Citizenship, a Ray Smith Symposium, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA
  • Mar.2003: “Memory, Resistance and Imagination”, International Women’s Day Public Lecture, New College, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • Jan.2000: “In the Matter of Memory: Language, Exile and Politics”, Comparative Literature Lecture Series, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
  • Mar. 1999: “Black (W)holes”, Artspace, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario
  • Mar. 1999: “Passing the Baton into the 21st Century”, Institute for Women’s Studies and Gender Studies and the Status of Women Office, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
  • Feb. 1998: The Women’s Studies Programme and the Department of English, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Oct. 1997: The Eight Annual Lucille Cobb Memorial Lecture, Doane College, Crete, Nebraska.
  • Nov. 1996: Judges Conference on systemic racism, London, Ontario.
  • Nov. 1996: The Ninth Margaret Laurence Lecture, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario.
  • Jun. 1996: “In the Matter of Memory,” Caribbean Women Writers’ Alliance Conference, Goldsmith s College, London, England.
  • Apr. 1996: “In the Matter of Memory,” Off Campus College, State University of New York at Binghamton, New York, USA.
  • Mar. 1996: just buffalo literary center, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Mar. 1996: “Race, Space and the Poetice of Moving,” The Black Secretariat, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Nov. 1995: Symposium: The Caribbean and Southern Culture, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, USA.
  • Mar. 1995: “Culture, Community and Consciousness,” The School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
  • Mar. 1995: “In the Matter of Memory,” Centre for Research on Canadian Cultural Industries and Instutions, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
  • Feb. 1995: “Ignoring Poetry,” Poetics Program, State University at New York, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Oct. 1994: “Crossing Borders: Integrity, Responsibility and Identity in Reviving Show Boat and other American musicals,” San Jose State University, College of Humanities and the Arts, San Jose, California, USA.
  • Jun. 1994: Committee for Equal Rights in Accomodation (CERA) Annual General Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Feb. 1994: Quebec Board of Black Educators, Montreal, Quebec.
  • May. 1993: Race and Equity Conference, Glendon Campus, York University, North York, Ontario, Canada.
  • Mar. 1993: “Dis Place: The Space Between,” Dalhousie Art Gallery, Halifix, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Feb. 1993: Principal’s Development Fund Visiting Scholar: “Making Book: Culture in Intercultural Society,” Queen’s University Women’s Studies Program, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario.
  • Feb. 1993: “Racism and the Media,” Guelph University, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
  • Nov. 1990: Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
  • Nov. 1990: The National Graduate Student Conference on English Studies, Unversity of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA.
  • Oct. 1989: Nova Scotia Library Association Annual General Meeting, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • Jun. 1989: The Black Culture Heritage Programme, Organization of Parents of Black Children and the Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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RESIDENCIES

  • Jan. 1997: Playwright in Residence, Cahoots Theatre
  • Mar. 1996: Writer in Residence, just buffalo literary society, Buffalo, New York, USA.
  • Feb. 1993: Principal Development Fund Visiting Scholar, Queen’s University, Women’s Studies Program, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
  • Jun. 1991: Resident: MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA.
  • Jul. 1990: Resident: Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, Alberta, Canada. 

POSITIONS HELD

  • 2000: Creative Writing Workshop – Poetry, Art Starts
  • 2000: Lecturer, Cultural Studies, Toronto Women’s Book Store
  • 1999: Jury Member, QSPELL Book Awards, Quebec Writers’Federation
  • 1998: Poetry Editing Workshop, Environmental Writers Festival, Boston, USA
  • 1996-1198: Columnist, Border/Lines
  • 1992-1997: Lecturer, University of Toronto
  • 1993-1994: Lecturer, Ontario College of Art
  • 1989-1991: Course Director/Lecturer, Creative Fiction, York University
  • 1989: Non-fiction jury member, Canada Council

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