Last updated: November 2024
EDUCATION
M.A. English University of Victoria, Expected December 2024
B.A. Hons. English Literature, with distinction Bishop’s University, 2018-2022
Academic Honours Society (top 15% of students in the Humanities) for 2021-2022;
Honour Roll student throughout with a 3.9 GPA.
Academic Honours Society (top 15% of students in the Humanities) for 2021-2022;
Honour Roll student throughout with a 3.9 GPA.
Diplôme d'études collégiales, Liberal Arts CÉGEP Heritage College, 2014-2017
Honourable Mention (2014)
Honourable Mention (2014)
RESEARCH
M.A. Essay: The Poetics of Multi-sited Attention in Linnea Axelsson’s “AEdnan”
Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas Bradley
Secondary Reader: Dr. Stephen Ross
Supervisor: Dr. Nicholas Bradley
Secondary Reader: Dr. Stephen Ross
Honours Thesis: The Seventh Moon Group: Bridging Canadian Literature in the Late Twentieth Century (April 2022)
Supervisor: Dr. Linda Morra
Secondary Reader: Dr. Jason Camlot (Concordia University)
Supervisor: Dr. Linda Morra
Secondary Reader: Dr. Jason Camlot (Concordia University)
Independent Research: “Off to Hatley”: Poetics of Place in the Works of F.R. Scott (April 2020 for the Eastern Townships Resource Center)
Supervisor: Dr. David Webster (Bishop’s University)
Supervisor: Dr. David Webster (Bishop’s University)
AWARDS, GRANTS, and SCHOLARSHIPS
University of Victoria
SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master’s (2024) $17,500
President’s Research Scholarship (2024) $5,000
Graduate Fellowship (2023) CAD $11,000
Sam & June Macey Graduate Scholarship in English or History (2023) CAD $2,794
University of Lethbridge
Bridge Prize (2024) $7,500
Bridge Prize (2024) $7,500
Bishop’s University
Shauna Murray Memorial Prize in English (2022) CAD $100
Golden Mitre Award (highest non-academic honour for a graduating student) (2022)
Student Life Impact Award (2022)
Ronald Crowley Scholarship (2021) CAD $1000
Independent Research Grant (Eastern Townships Resource Center) (2020) CAD $1200
Stanley Mills Scholarship for the Humanities (2019-2020) CAD $1000
CEGEP Heritage College
Volunteer Award (2017) CAD $100
Contribution Certificate (2016)
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Presenter, “Indigenous Bioregionalism in Jordan Abel’s Empty Spaces and Jess Housty’s Crushed Wild Mint.” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Annual Congress. McGill University, June 12-15, 2024
Presenter, “Eco-Grief and Affective Ecologies in Rita Wong’s Undercurrent and Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin’s Fire Cider Rain” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE) Annual Congress. McGill University, June 12-15, 2024
Presenter, “Re-Imagining Sustainability Through Holistic Water in Canadian
Diasporic Poetry.” Cultural, Social, and Political Thought Graduate Student Conference, University of Victoria. May 10-11, 2024.
Diasporic Poetry.” Cultural, Social, and Political Thought Graduate Student Conference, University of Victoria. May 10-11, 2024.
Presenter, “Re-Imagining Sustainability Through Holistic Water in Canadian Diasporic Poetry.” Annual Graduate Student Conference of the Michelle Bowman Underwood Department of Modern Languages and Literatures: “Critical Ecologies and Speculative Futures: Conceiving the Environment.” University of Miami, February 29-March 1, 2024
Presenter, “The Seventh Moon Group: Bridging Canadian Writing in the Late 20th Century.” Quebec Past and Present Colloquium. Bishop’s University, April 8, 2022
Presenter, “From Muse to Montgolfier: Barbauld’s ‘Washing Day’ and the Anxiety of Modernity.” HEART & SOULS International Undergraduate Research Conference. Bishop’s University, March 2020 (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Submissions Vetter, HEART & SOULS International Undergraduate Research Conference. Bishop’s University, March 2020
PUBLICATIONS
Creative Writing
“The Lobster” – Awarded the Bridge Prize (2024)
“albedo effect” – Finalist, The Montreal International Poetry Prize (2024)
“albedo effect” – Finalist, The Montreal International Poetry Prize (2024)
“Estuary, Anatomized”; “An Accumulation of Bodies Onto One”; “The Explosion of the Oregon
Whale, And Other Miracles”—The Lamp vol. 14 (2024)
Whale, And Other Miracles”—The Lamp vol. 14 (2024)
“A Theory of Absence” —CV2 vol. 46 no. 2 (2023)
“L’Aube” —Polyphony: Encore Poetry Project Anthology (2023)
“The Lobster” —shortlisted for The Malahat Review Long Poem Prize (2023)
“Carapace” —yolk vol. 2.2 (2022)
Editorial
Yolk vol. 4.1 (2024) Non-Fiction Editor
Yolk vol. 3.2 (2023) Non-Fiction Editor
Yolk Digital Publication (All Non-Fiction pieces since August 9, 2023)
The Malahat Review vols. 226—227 (2024) Screener
Yolk vol. 3.1 (2023) Interim Visual Arts Editor
In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy, ed. Lisa Fay Coutley, Black
Lawrence Press (2024) Editorial Intern
The Mitre 128th edition (2021) Co-Editor-in-Chief
The Campus Newspaper (September 2020-May 2021) Features Editor
Yolk vol. 3.2 (2023) Non-Fiction Editor
Yolk Digital Publication (All Non-Fiction pieces since August 9, 2023)
The Malahat Review vols. 226—227 (2024) Screener
Yolk vol. 3.1 (2023) Interim Visual Arts Editor
In the Tempered Dark: Contemporary Poets Transcending Elegy, ed. Lisa Fay Coutley, Black
Lawrence Press (2024) Editorial Intern
The Mitre 128th edition (2021) Co-Editor-in-Chief
The Campus Newspaper (September 2020-May 2021) Features Editor
Interviews
Interview with Morton Rosengarten for yolk, forthcoming 2024.
Interview with Patrick Grace for The Malahat Review, 2024:
https://web.uvic.ca/malahat/interviews/grace_interview3.html
Interview with Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin for Parting Words (See: Podcasts)
Interview with Ennie Gloom for Parting Words (See: Podcasts)
Interview with Morton Rosengarten for yolk, forthcoming 2024.
Interview with Patrick Grace for The Malahat Review, 2024:
https://web.uvic.ca/malahat/interviews/grace_interview3.html
Interview with Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin for Parting Words (See: Podcasts)
Interview with Ennie Gloom for Parting Words (See: Podcasts)
News Articles
Audet, Jeremy. “Lessons learned from the inaugural Inclusive Teaching Initiative.” McGill Reporter, 2 November 2023.
—. “McGill and Royal Norwegian Embassy co-host Arctic Frontiers conference.” McGill Reporter, 1 June 2023.
—. “Evolutionary biologist Graham Bell resitres.” Mcgill Reporter, 31 May 2023.
—. “McGill takes part in 24 Hours of Science.” McGill Reporter, 17 May 2023.
—. “Researchers develop nanosponges using ‘hairy’ nanocellulose as sustainable alternative for drug delivery.” Mcgill.ca,
11 May 2023.
—. “Redpath Museum celebrates Earth Day.” McGill Reporter, 2 May 2023.
—. “Department of Chemistry signs the Green Chemistry Commitment.” McGill Reporter, 12 April 2023.
—. “Hundreds gather for Undergraduate Poster Showcase.: McGill Reporter, 28 March 2023.
—. “Connecting students with researchers through soup.” McGill Reporter, 20 March 2023.
—. “L’espoir en pleine crise climatique.” McGill dans la ville, 15 March 2023.
—. “Teaching hope during the climate crisis.” McGill Reporter, 8 February 2023.
—. “Community celebrates Redpath’s reopening.” McGill Reporter, 25 January 2023.
—. “Visualizing the ancient Maya over thousands of years.” McGill Reporter, 14 November 2022.
—. “Video marks launch of Department of Biology outreach campaign.” McGill Reporter, 13 October 2022.
Podcasts
“Parting Words: A New Poetry Review” (2022) Producer and Host
Photography and Music
ACADEMIC AND EXTRACURRICULAR SERVICE
University of Victoria
Screener, The Malahat Review (2023-2024)
Bishop’s University
Student Representative: Hiring committees for a tenure-stream position (2021) and two contract positions (2022);
Alternate Student Representative: Ad-Hoc Committee for the Prevention of Sexual Violence (2022);
English Department Tomlinson Intern (2020-2022);
Students Representative Council Publications Coordinator (2021-2022);
Communications Office Intern (2021);
General Councillor for the Students Representative Council (2019-2020).
TEACHING
Teaching Assistant – University of Victoria
ENSH 315: Coming of Age Novels (Dr. Andrew Murray) Spring 2024
ENSH 380: Margaret Atwood (Dr. Misao Dean) Fall 2023
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Yolk Literary Journal September 2022—Current
Non-Fiction Editor (July 2023—Current)
Communications Manager (September 2022—Current)
Smithcom October 2023—Current
Copy Writer, Freelance
KnowledgeOne / eConcordia (Montreal) April—October 2023
Content Editor, Freelance/Contract Full-Time
McGill University, Faculty of Science (Montreal) April 2022—August 2023
Communications Associate, Contract Full-Time
Alliance of Canadian Comprehensive Research Universities December 2020—May 2021
Researcher Profile Writer, Contract Part-Time
Bibliothèque Municipale de Gatineau January 2015—April 2018
Library Clerk, Contract Variable Time
LANGUAGES
English – fluent (speaking, writing, reading, colloquial, and academic)
French – native (speaking, writing, reading, colloquial)