Eternity Martis

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Eternity Martis
Born1993 (age 3031)
NationalityCanadian
Education
Notable awardsKobo Emerging Writer Prize (2021)
Website
www.eternitymartis.com

Eternity Martis is a Canadian journalist and author from Toronto, Ontario. Her debut publication They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing up won the 2021 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for non-fiction.

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Early life and education

Martis was born in 1993. [1] Growing up she enjoyed reading and writing, and in high school she worked at the school newspaper. [2] Martis went to the University of Western Ontario where she earned a double honours Bachelor of Arts (English Language and Literature and Women's Studies and Feminist Research) and a Certificate in writing. [3] She went on to study at Ryerson University where she completed a graduate degree in Journalism. [4] Martis identifies as a Black woman with mixed heritage; her father is Jamaican and her mother is of Pakistani origin. [1]

Career

Martis was a senior editor at Xtra Magazine . [4] Her writing focuses on issues surrounding gender and race. [4] In March 2020 she published her debut memoir, They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing up with McLelland and Stewart. [1] The book documents her experiences with racism, drawing on her time as a student at the University of Western Ontario. [5] [1] [6] In 2021 the book was awarded the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize for nonfiction. [5] The title was selected by non-fiction judge Kamal Al-Solaylee. [5]

In addition to writing and publishing, Martis teaches journalism and has held various positions at Ryerson University in the School of Journalism. [7] She was the 2021 Asper Visiting Professor and Journalist-in-Residence at the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia. Martis was the Simon Fraser University Library's 2022 Non-Fiction Writer in Residence, holding the post from January to April 2022. [8] In January 2022, it was announced that she would be joining the School of Journalism at Ryerson University in a tenure-track position beginning in July 2022. [8]

Awards

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