Education

Masters of Fine Arts in Writing, University of Saskatchewan.

BA Hons with Specialization in Psychology, French Immersion, Summa Cum Laude, University of Ottawa.

Publications

Poetry

“Change is a Slow Erosion,” Arc 92, 2020

“This Uterus,” CV2 42.2, 2019

“The Textbooks Call it a String of Pearls,” CV2 42.2, 2019

“Bonsai Cottage,” Flora/Fauna, &. co collective, 2019

“Prayer for a Dead Squirrel,” Bodies and Breath, above/ground press, 2018

“Airbreathers,” Release Any Words Stuck Inside of You: An untethered Collection of Shorts, Applebeard Editions, 2018

“The Fifth Day of Spring,” Canthius 05, 2018

“Bluebirds on the Farm,” Canthius 05, 2018

“The Henhouse,” Canthius 05, 2018

“Name Me After a Fish,” Poem in Your Pocket Day, League of Canadian Poets and Academy of American Poets, 2018

“Like Preparing for Fight,” ottawater 14, 2018

“Graduate House,” ottawater 14, 2018

“Forecast,” ottawater 14, 2018

“Blood Days Recipe,” Qwerty 35, 2016

“Dressformed,” untethered 3.1, 2016

Fiction

“Uncle’s News,” Blodwyn Memorial Prize Chapbook, 2017

“Uncle’s News,” words(on)pages, 2017

“Blank,” On Spec: The Canadian Magazine of the Fantastic 20.3 Fall 2008

Nonfiction

“Interview with Natalie Morrill,” Ottawa International Writers Festival, October 2018

“Emojis and the D(E)volution of Language,” Freelance, Fall 2018

“Social Media for Writers,” Freelance, April-June 2018

“Universities and Artists: The Funding Games,” Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, 2017

“Cheeky Monkey,” The Fieldstone Review 2016

“Questioning a French Education,” The Globe and Mail, 2007

Edited Material

Proofreader, Grain 48.2 Winter 2020

Proofreader, Grain 48.1 Fall 2020

Editorial Board, Canthius 08

Proofreader, Grain 47.4 Summer 2020

Proofreader, Grain 47.3 Spring 2020

Proofreader, Grain 47.2 Winter 2020

Proofreader, Grain 47.1 Fall 2019

Proofreader, Grain 46.5 Spring 2019, Indigenous Writers and Storytellers Special Issue

Editorial Board, Canthius 07

Proofreader, Grain 46.4 Summer 2019

Co-juror, Poem in Your Pocket Day, League of Canadian Poets, 2019

Proofreader, Grain 46.3 Spring 2019

Editorial Board, Canthius 06

Proofreader, Grain 46.2 Winter 2019

Proofreader, Grain 46.1 Fall 2018

Proofreader, Grain 45.4 Summer 2018

Proofreader, Grain 45.3 Spring 2018

Proofreader, Grain 45.2 Winter 2018

Proofreader, Grain 45.1 Fall 2017

Proofreader, Grain 44.4 Summer 2017

Proofreader, Grain 44.3 Spring 2017

Copyeditor, West End Integrated Falls Prevention Program Evaluation Report, Gentium Consulting, 2017

Proofreader, Grain 44.2 Winter 2017

Editor, Homer Through Other Eyes, 2016

Awards

Arc Poem of the Year, Grand Prize, 2020

Ontario Arts Council Recommender Grant, 2020

Tree Reading Series’ annual Hot Ottawa Voices, 2018

League of Canadian Poets’ National Broadsheet Contest, 2018

Blodwyn Memorial Prize First Prize for Fiction, 2017

Blodwyn Memorial Prize shortlist for Poetry, 2017

University of Saskatchewan Graduate Thesis Award nominee for literary novel thesis, 2016

SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s Program, University of Saskatchewan, awarded for literary novel thesis, 2015

University of Saskatchewan Dean’s Scholarship, awarded for literary novel thesis, 2014

Experience

Technical Writer, NAV CANADA, 2018-present

Board Member, Canthius, 2018-present

Awards Juror, City of Ottawa Arts Funding Program, 2019

Enter Text Residency, Arteles Creative Centre, 2018

SEO Content Writer, ihotweb, 2018

Social Media Consultant, Co-operative Development Foundation of Canada, 2017-2018

Program Assistant, Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, 2016-2017

Fiction Sessional Instructor, University of Saskatchewan, 2016

Creative Writing Workshop for Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Studies undergraduate students, University of Saskatchewan, 2015

Co-organizer & Co-host, River Volta Reading Series, 2015

Communications Assistant, Canadian Co-operative Association, 2011-2014

Readings

Featured Reader, Tree Reading Series, 2018

Featured Reader, Ashbury College Poetry Reading, 2018

Featured Reader, Canthius 05 Launch, 2018

Featured Reader, ottawater 14 Launch, 2018

Reader, Vertigo Series in partnership with Sage Hill Writing and the Cathedral Village Arts Festival, 2017

Featured Reader, River Volta Reading Series, 2016

Featured Reader, Blue Mondays Reading Series, 2014

Reader, River Volta Reading Series, 2014

Featured Reader, Carleton University Creative Writing Showcase, 2013

Reader, Twenty-Third Annual Lyngarde Poetry Night, 2013

Reader, The Mill Tavern Reading, 2013

Featured Reader, The Pre-Published Poets, 2012

Reader, Twenty-Second Annual Lyngarde Poetry Night, 2012

Reader, Blue Mondays Reading Series, 2010

Accreditations

League of Canadian Poets, Associate Member

Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild Member

University of Ottawa Second Language Certificate for French

Canterbury Literary Arts Program; Graduate with Distinction

Curriculum Vitae

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