Alice Major

Alice Major came to Canada from Scotland at the age of eight, grew up in Toronto and worked as a newspaper reporter in British Columbia before settling in Edmonton in 1981. She has published more than a dozen poetry collections, novels for young adults and an award-winning book of essays on poetry and science. She was Edmonton's first poet laureate (2005-07), has led both the Writers' Guild of Alberta and the League of Canadian Poets, and received the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award in 2017.