Roger Nash

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Roger Nash is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in England. [1] 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).

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Roger Nash is a professor emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He served as chair of the Department of Philosophy, and director of the interdisciplinary humanities masters programme at Laurentian University, and was a founding member of the graduate diploma in science communication offered by Laurentian University and Science North. [2]

He served as the first poet laureate of the city of Greater Sudbury from 2010 to 2011. 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. [3]

He was cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue in Sudbury where he lived from 1970 through 2024. He now lives in Burnaby, British Columbia and remains active in community organizing, writing and promoting the arts.

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Bibliography

Books

Chapters

"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.

Articles

Published Conference Papers

"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.

Short stories

Poems

p. 151

Translations

Book reviews

References

  1. "Arts & Culture: Local writing couple both publish new works". Sudbury.com. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  2. "Roger Nash". canlit.ca. Retrieved 4 July 2025.
  3. "Kogos: We all have our own important stories to tell". thesudburystar. Archived from the original on 7 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2025.