Jason Stefanik is a Canadian poet. [1] He is most noted for his 2018 poetry collection Night Became Years, which was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry at the 2018 Governor General's Awards. [2]
Raised in the Interlake region of Manitoba, Stefanik is based in Winnipeg. [1] He was a founding member of the city's neither/neither arts collective, and has taught creative writing workshops for inmates at the Stony Mountain Institution. [1]
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