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Roger Nash BA, MA, PhD (Exon) is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England on 3 November 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965), an M.A. from McMaster University (1966) and a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter (1974).
Roger Nash is a professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He has served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities M.A. programme in "Interpretation and Value" at Laurentian University, and was a founding member of the Graduate Diploma in Science Communication offered by Laurentian University and Science North. His main philosophical interests are: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Wittgenstein, and Environmental Ethics.
He served as the first Poet Laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury from 2010 to 2011, appointed by the Mayor and Council . He was also president of the League of Canadian Poets from 1998 to 2000. During his tenure as president, he worked with Senator Jerry Grafstein to help create the position of Canadian Poet Laureate.
He is a cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, and is active in community fund-raising. He is married to Bronwen Christine and has two children, Piers Nash (born 1969) and Caedmon Nash (born 1970).
"Strategies: how to get written by a poem." In Poets in the classroom. Ed. by Betsy Struthers and Sarah Klassen. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Limited, 81–87. 1995.
"Collaboration in curriculum committees and the culture of the university: a clash of perspectives?" In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 37. 1995.
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Milton James Rhode Acorn, nicknamed The People's Poet by his peers, was a Canadian poet, writer, and playwright.
George Swede, is a Latvian Canadian psychologist, poet and children's writer who lives in Toronto, Ontario. He is a major figure in English-language haiku, known for his wry, poignant observations
Robert Hilles is a Canadian poet and novelist.
Susan Ioannou is a Canadian poet who lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Stephanie Bolster is a Canadian poet and professor of creative writing at Concordia University, Montreal.
Jeffery William Donaldson is a Canadian poet and critic.
Cyril Dabydeen is a Guyana-born Canadian writer of Indian descent. He grew up in Rose Hall sugar plantation with the sense of Indian indenture rooted in his family background. He is a cousin of the UK writer David Dabydeen.
Rodney J. Anderson is a Canadian poet, musician and Chartered Accountant. After spending decades living in Toronto, he currently lives in Cobourg, Ontario with his wife, Merike Lugus.
Millicent Travis Lane is an American-born Canadian poet based in Fredericton, New Brunswick.
Brian Henderson is a Canadian writer, poet, and photographer, whose book of poetry Nerve Language was shortlisted for the Governor General's Award for Poetry in 2007.
Stephen Patrick Glanvill Henighan is a Canadian novelist, short story writer, journalist, translator and academic.
Patricia Young is a Canadian poet, and short story writer.
Beth Goobie is a Canadian poet and fiction writer.
Maureen Scott Harris is a Canadian poet.
Katia Grubisic is a Canadian writer, editor and translator.
Donald George Gutteridge is a Canadian author of poetry, fiction and scholarly works. He is also professor emeritus at the University of Western Ontario.
Craig Poile is a Canadian poet, who won the Archibald Lampman Award in 2010 for his collection True Concessions. He was also a shortlisted nominee for the Gerald Lampert Award in 1999 for his debut collection First Crack, and for an Ottawa Book Award in 2010 for True Concessions.
Judith Cowan is a Canadian academic and writer.
Emilia Nielsen is a Canadian writer and academic. An associate professor in the faculty of social sciences at York University, she has published both poetry and academic literature on the sociological aspects of health and disability.
Kim Trainor is a Canadian poet. Trainor was the recipient of the Fiddlehead's 2019 Ralph Gustafson Prize and the Malahat Review's 2013 Long Poem Prize.
