Municipal poets laureate in Alberta

This is a list of municipal poets laureate in Alberta, Canada.

Calgary

Poets laureate of Calgary include Kris Demeanor (2012–2014), Derek Beaulieu (2014–2016), Micheline Maylor (2016–2018), Sheri-D Wilson (2018–2020), Natalie Meisner (2020–2022) and Wakefield Brewster (2022–2024). ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Banff

Poets laureate of Banff include Amelie Patterson (2017-2018), Steven Ross Smith (2019-2020), Derek Beaulieu (2022-2024), and Heather Jean Jordan (2025-2026). ^{[7] [8] [9]}

Edmonton

Poets laureate of Edmonton include Alice Major (2005–2007), E.D. Blodgett (2007–2009), Roland Pemberton (2006–2011), Anna Marie Sewell (2011–2012), Mary Pinkoski (2013–2015), Pierrette Requier (2015–2017), Ahmed “Knowmadic” Ali (2017–2019), Nisha Patel (2019–2021) and Titilope Sonuga (2021–2023). ^{[10] [11] [12] [13]}

See also

• Poetry portal

• Poet Laureate of Toronto
• Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate
• Municipal poets laureate in British Columbia
• Municipal poets laureate in Ontario
• Poet laureate

References

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