EDUCATION
2020: Death Workshop, L.A. Warman - Warman School, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A. (online)
2012: Print Publishing Certificate - Mount Royal University Continuing Studies, Calgary, AB, Canada
2012: Web Design Certificate - Mount Royal University Continuing Studies, Calgary, AB, Canada
2005-6: Various courses, Editing Certificate Program - Simon Fraser University Continuing Studies, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
2002: Bachelor of Arts Honours in English, Supervisor Nicole Markotic - University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
SELECTED PUBLISHED WORKS
2022: I <3 Alberta’s Energy. June 2022. Web. Videopoem.
2022: GRIEFWAVE: a digital elegy. Calgary. 21 Feb. 2022. Web. Multimedia.
2021: Softbody. Toronto/Tkaronto: Model Press, 2021. Digital chapbook. Poetry.
2022: “What this town needs…” August 2021. Web. Videopoem.
2021: “Object Lessons.” Maisonneuve Issue 79 Spring 2021: 6-8. Print. Essay.
2020: Two poems. Watch Your Head. 21 Nov. 2020, Web. Poetry.
2020: Five poems. The /tƐmz/ Review. Issue Twelve: Summer 2020. August 21, 2020. Web. Poetry.
2020: “i can’t think in this heat.” perhappened mag. August 8, 2020. Web. Poetry.
2020: “Evil in my pocket.” Wolsak and Wynn: Locations of Grief: an emotional geography. May 2020. 129-139. Print. Essay.
2020: “if I become the pariah.” Chaudiere Books Blog. April 11, 2020. Web. Poetry.
2020: “I still want eyelid bees.” Watch Your Head: Writers & Editors Respond to the Climate Crisis. Kathryn Mockler et. al., eds. Coach House Books, 2020. 150. Print. Poetry.
2020: “let me approach the limit case of this nerve ending.” n-o-b-o-d-y issue 1 Spring 2020. 11. Web/PDF. Poetry.
2020: “THE MESSENGER.” Blood Orange: an experimental poetry tarot. 28 March, 2020. Web. Poetry.
2019: “Gently fondling the nylon-tipped sticks of death.” Anvil Press: Against Death. 2019. September 2020. 256-270. Print. Essay.
2019: My Heart is a Rose Manhattan. Vancouver: TalonBooks, 2019. Print. Poetry.
2018: “CanLit hierarchy vs. the rhizome.” A discussion with Natalee Caple and Nikki Reimer. Book*hug: REFUSE: CanLit in Ruins, Fall 2018. 122-130. Print. Interview.
2018: “Hysteria.” Frontenac House: GUSH: menstrual manifestos for our times. Spring 2018. 320-326. Print. Essay.
2018: “childing.” Calgary Through the Eyes of Writers. Shaun Hunter, Ed. Rocky Mountain Books, 2018. 170-171. Print. Poetry.
2018: “Deathday Birthday.” HarperCollins: Modern Loss: Candid conversations about grief. Beginners welcome. January 23, 2018. 319-323. Print. Non-fiction.
2016: “Towards an Understanding of Prime Numbers.” About A Bicycle. Issue 5. Spring 2016. Print. Digital collage.
2015: “photographing.” The Animated Reader. Brian Droitcour, ed. New York: The New Museum, 2015. Number Print. Poetry.
2014: “Home, Not Home.” Web: Modern Loss. July 28, 2014. Web. Non-fiction.
2014: DOWNVERSE. Vancouver: TalonBooks, 2014. Print. Poetry.
2014: “The Big Other.” Why Poetry Sucks: An Anthology of Humourous Avant-Garde and Post-Avant English Canadian Poetry. ryan fitzpatrick and Jonathan Ball, Eds. Toronto: Insomniac Press, 2014. Number Print. Poetry.
2013: “Affect is, like, so over.” Vancouver / Unceded Coast Salish Territory: About A Bicycle Issue 3. Autumn 2013. Print. Essay.
2013: “Improvising a Bone Graft.” The Rumpus. May 9, 2013. Web. Essay.
2011: that stays news. Vancouver: Nomados Press, 2011. Print. Poetry.
2010: [sic]. Calgary: Frontenac House, 2010. Print. Poetry.
SELECTED COLLABORATIONS
2021: Behind the Drywall. Writer. Illustrated by Andrea McKenzie Engele. Calgary: Gytha Press, 2021. Print. Chapbook.
2021: “Create and Collaborate.” With Chris Reimer (posthumous). The Artist’s Grief Deck. 2021. Web. Digital collage.
2017: “The First Dime.” With Mike Reimer. The Town Crier (Puritan Magazine Blog). Oct. 3, 2017. Web. Poetry.
COMMISSIONS
2018: Commissioned by Sharon Stevens. “Shrine to Extended Possibilities.” Equinox Vigil. Caitlind r.c Brown and Wayne Garrett, Doug Haslam, Louise Pagé, Carla Pelky, Lisa Hodgkinson, Kyrsten Blair, Leslie Greentree, JIAJIA LI, Michelena Bamford, Harry Sanders, Bridge to Peace Threshold Choir, Kris Demeanor, Laura Reid, Kenna Burima. Curator Sharon Stevens. Union Cemetery, Calgary, AB, Canada. Mixed Media.
2017: Commissioned for Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre Company for their Ten Year Anniversary Party. “Trigger Warning.” Performed by Shara Rashka, Jocelyn Grosse, Mel Vee and Ezra Warnock. Mamdani Opera Centre, Calgary, AB, Canada. Writer/Director. Play.
2017: Commissioned by City of Calgary Public Art Program. “tender tender tender.” Water Witching for Wonderers (and Wanderers). Ashley Bedet, Elisa Fernandez-Leon, Terrance Houle, Pamela Krowicki, Bryce Krynski, Jenne Newman, Ruby Planidin, Patty Amestica, Sean Taal. Artist/Curators: Alana Bartol and Sarah Nordean. Quarry Park, Calgary, AB, Canada. Mixed Media.
2013: Commissioned by WordFest. Two slides adapted from “Let’s Improvise a Bone Graft.” “Word Powered Art” project. September 16 – October 14, 2013. Rotating digital billboards at Glenmore Trail and Fairmont Drive, and at Macleod Trail and 146 Avenue S.E. Calgary, Alberta. Visual poetry.
SELECTED PRINT DESIGN
2015: Chapbook Design. In Loving Memory of the Working Papers of the Institute for the Study of Advanced Poetic Research. Chapbook of Casse-Tete: A Festival of Experimental Music. Prince George: Green Milk Creative Umbrella, 2015.
2014: Poster Design. “Why Fortified Cities Suck.” Reading. Shelf Life Books. Calgary, AB. November 1, 2014.
2013: Poster Design. Poetry is Dead Issue 7 Launch Party. Shelf Life Books. Calgary, AB. May 22, 2013.
2012: Poster Design. I Don’t Feel So Good Book Launch and Fundraiser. W2 Media Cafe. Vancouver. BC. November 17, 2012.
WEB DESIGN
2018-present: Website (from Drupal 8 UCalgary Theme). UCalgary Faculty of Arts. arts.ucalgary.ca
2018-present: Website (from Squarespace Theme). ReimerWrites.com. reimerwrites.com
2018-present: Website (from Squarespace Theme). Chris Reimer Legacy Fund. christopherjohnjosephreimer.com
EXHIBITION WORK
SOLO (SELECTED)
2009-10: “52 Weeks of East Van Cats.” Serial project. Bob Kronbauer, ed. Vancouver Is Awesome. August 24, 2009 – August 16, 2010. Web.
GROUP (SELECTED)
2011: “manifest/later.” Manifestos Now! derek beaulieu, Christian Bök, Colin Browne, Pierre Coupey, Frank Davey, Jeff Derksen, Hadley + Maxwell, Oliver Hockenhull, Reg Johanson, Alex MacKenzie, Steve McCaffery, Henri Meschonnic, Kim Minkus, provag, Lisa Robertson, Avra Spector, Marie-Hélène Tessier and Edward Top. Curator: Brian Ganter. Teck Gallery, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Poetry.
2011: “Baba at Hatch.” This is East Van. Vancouver: Erin Sinclair and Jason Uglanica, Eds. Vancouver, B.C., Canada. Print. Photograph.
2010: “East Van Cats.” Just Act Natural. Curator: Lisa Visser. Studio 22, with conference: Animals and Animality Across the Humanities and Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference, Kingston, ON, Canada. Photo Collage, Triptych. C-print.
SELECTED PERFORMANCES
INTERDISCIPLINARY AND COLLABORATIVE
2017: 30 August 2017: Arrangement by Jonathon Wilcke. Vocal and multi-instrument performance with Jonathon Wilcke. Bug Incision Sound Series. McHugh House. Calgary, AB., Canada.
2011: 26 December 2011: “100% FR33 eCard from Jesus MacConnell OPEN NOW.” Digital collaboration with Janice Kerfoot (musician). Le Placard Headphone festival. Montreal, Quebec, Canada / Livestreamed.
2011: April 2011: “Jesus Macconnell u no message me no mores.” Digital collaboration with Janice Kerfoot and Sandy Williams. Live at Kendell Geers No Government No Cry Festival. CIAP Actuele Kunst. CIAP, Hassel, Belgium / Livestreamed.
2007: 22 June 2007: Drums and vocals. The pppoetry band. Fuse Performance | Music Art Series. Vancouver Art Gallery. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
2007: 9 Feb 2007: Drums and vocals. The pppoetry band. NOW Orchestra Series. Cellar Jazz. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
2004: 14 – 15 January 2004: “Corporate Whore Strikes Again.” With Chris Reimer (guitar) and Jonathon Wilcke (saxophone). Mutton Busting Performance and Visual Art Festival. JJ Young Room, Epcor Centre for the Performing Arts. Calgary, AB, Canada.
SOLO LITERARY
2022: 26May 2022: GRIEFWAVE launch. Carnegie Community Centre Community Death Conversations. Hybride: Zoom and Vancouver, BC.
2021: 26 Oct. 2021: ryan fitzpatrick & Nikki Reimer - A Double Book Launch hosted by Kit Dobson. Shelf Life Books and filling Station magazine. Zoom.
2021: 8 April 2021: Nikki Reimer and Leah Horlick at Flywheel Reading Series. filling Station magazine. Zoom.
2019: 16 November 2019: Talon Books launch. Librairie Le port de tête. Montreal, QC, Canada.
2019: 28 October 2019: Nikki Reimer book launch hosted by the Organism for Poetic Research. NYU. New York, NY, USA.
2019: 27 October 2019: Do the Polis Reading Series. Home of Aditya Bahl. Baltimore, MD, USA.
2019: 26 October 2019: Ottawa Writer’s Festival: Plan 99 Poetry. Manx Pub. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
2019: 25 October 2019: Book Launch and Triple Reading: Reimer, Dolman, Cullen. Novel Idea Bookstore. Kingston, ON, Canada.
2019: 24 October 2019: Pivot Reading Series. Tranzac Club. Toronto, ON, Canada.
2019: 23 October 2019: Talonbooks Showcase. Knife | Fork | Book. Toronto, ON, Canada.
2019: 10 October 2019: An Evening of Poetry with Oana Avasilichioaei, Danielle LaFrance & Nikki Reimer. McNally Robinson. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2019: 26 September 2019: Calgary launch of Against Death Anthology. Shelf Life Books. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2019: 16 April 2019: Talon Books Spring Showcase. Shelf Life Books. Calgary, AB, Canada
2019: 6 April 2019: Pony Cabaret Fundraiser. Hosted by Michael V. Smith. Black Box Theatre. Kelowna, BC, Canada.
2019: 3 April 2019: Talon Books Spring Launch. Pyatt Hall. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2019: 9 November 2018: filling Station’s 25th Anniversary Party. Orpheus Theatre. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2018: 25 January 2018: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity “Open Readings with Billy-Ray Belcourt.” Bentley Chamber Music Studio. Banff, AB, Canada.
2018: 26 October 2017: Beer & Literary Pairings. Event hosted by Writer’s Guild of Alberta and the AB Small Brewers Association. Shelf Life Books. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2017: 26 May 2017: Correspondence: real time + real distance literary exchange. Loft 112. Calgary, AB, Kelowna, BC and Toronto, ON, Canada via Skype.
2017: 27 March 2017: Nikki Reimer. Neighbourhood Time Exchange. Prince George, B.C., Canada.
2016: 1 October 2016: Evening reading, Relational Innovations (Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs) Symposium. Lot 102. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2015: 17 July 2015: South Country Fair. Fort Macleod, AB, Canada.
2015: 1 June 2015: “Missing Mennonite Cabaret.” Envoi Poetry Festival. Yellow Dog Tavern. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2015: 31 May 2015: Reading and Panel discussion. Envoi Poetry Festival. Manitoba Theatre for Young People Mainstage. Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
2015: 8 April 2015: Pivot Reading Series. The Press Club. Toronto, ON, Canada.
2015: 7 April 2015: Art Bar Poetry Series. The Black Swan. Toronto, ON, Canada.
2015: 11 March 2015: Pandora’s Collective Twisted Poets Series. Cottage Bistro. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2014: 20 - 21 November 2014: Reading and talk. A B Series. Ottawa Art Gallery. Ottawa, ON, Canada.
2014: 17 October 2014: “Poetry Cabaret”. Wordfest. Theatre Junction Grand. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2014 : 5 September 2014: On Edge Reading Series. Emily Carr University. Vancouver, BC, Canada.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2020: “Pressure Cooker Love Bomb by Sharanpal Ruprai” FREEFALL Magazine Volume XXX Number 1 Spring 2020. Print. Review.
2020: Bio for Child Actress. January 2020. Press kit.
2017: “Islands of Decolonial Love by Leanne Betasamosake Simpson”. The Rusty Toque Issue 12. June 30, 2017. Web. Review.
2015: “The Outer Harbour by Wayde Compton”. The Rusty Toque Issue 9. November 15, 2015. Web. Review.
2015: “Indigena Awry by Marie Annharte Baker”. The Rusty Toque Issue 8. June 30, 2015. Web. Review.
2015: “Slash and burn: a poetics of failure.” Evening Will Come: A Monthly Journal of Poetics. The Volta. Canadian Feature. Issue 53. May 2015. Web. Essay.
2014: “North of California St. by George Stanley”. The Capilano Review. Issue 3.24. Fall 2014. Print. Review.
2013: “Review of The Properties by Colin Brown, Omens in the Year of the Ox by Steven Price, and The Book of Changes by Madeline Sonik”. EVENT Magazine 41:3. 2013. Print. Review.
2013: “Is it time to wash our hands of cause washing? Thoughts on Movember, Pinktober, Greenwashing, Catwashing?” Reimer Writes Blog. November 27, 2013. Web. Article.
2012: “Vital Signs 2012: Calgary.” Charity Village. October 2, 2012. Web. Article.
2012 : “Nonprofit Innovation Awards celebrate innovation (and failure) in Calgary.” Charity Village. September 18, 2012. Web. Article.
2012: “Neighbour Procedure by Rachel Zolf”. filling Station. April 25, 2012. Print/Web. Review.
2012: “The Unmemntioable by Erin Moure”. Quill & Quire. February 2012. Print/Web. Review.
2012: Book reviews and author interviews. Vancouver is Awesome.
2010 - 2011: Weekly and biweekly book reviews and poetry blogging. Lemon Hound. Web.
2009: Music blogging. NxEW. Web.
2008: Festival blogging. Vancouver International Writer’s Festival. Web.
2007 - 2009: Arts blogging. SCHEMA Magazine. Web.
SELECTED MEDIA AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022: mclennan, rob. “(orange) (2000-2002): bibliography, and an interview.” rob mclennan’s blog. Jan. 20, 2022. Web. Interview with ryan fitzpatrick, Chris Carolan, and Nikki Reimer.
2021: King, Tony. “On Graphic Novels: ‘Behind the Drywall," CKUA. Dec. 15, 2021. Web/Radio. Interview.
2021: mclennan, rob. “Ongoing notes: early December 2021: Christy Davids + Nikki Reimer/Andrea MacKenzie Engele,” rob mclennan’s blog. Dec. 1, 2021. Web. Review.
2021: Gonzalez, Ximena. “Long Read: The arts vision for Calgary’s Downtown and the need to include artists.” LiveWire Calgary. July 23, 2021. Web. Interview.
2021: Milne, Heather. ““How Do I Live in a World that Hates Me?”: The Emotional Ecology of Neoliberalism in Nikki Reimer’s Downverse.” Studies in Canadian Literature, 45(2), 72–89. Critical essay.
2021: Abdou, Angie. “Angie Abdou Explores 5 Themes on Grief.” Daybreak Alberta with Russell Bowers. March 21, 2021. Radio/Web.
2021: Eqbal, Amelia. “Gourmet Ginger Ale and Modern Ails: Nikki Reimer's My Heart is a Rose Manhattan.” Arc Poetry Magazine Feb. 22, 2021. Web. Review.
2020: Cox, Ryan J. “My Heart is a Rose Manhattan by Nikki Reimer.” Prairie Fire Dec. 17, 2020. Web. Review.
2020: Oxoby, Marc. “My Heart Is A Rose Manhattan by Nikki Reimer.” A Book & Its Author Oct. 15, 2020. Podcast. Interview.
2020: Patel, Piyush. “Celebrating 10 years of Public Strain Part 1.” From Here We Go Sublime CJSR 88.5 FM Sept. 29, 2020. Radio/Podcast. Interview.
2020: Dronyk, Dymphny. Writer’s Block Episode September 23, 2020 CJSW 90.9 FM. Radio/Podcast. Interview.
2020: Ziniuk, Tara-Michelle. “The Ecology of Grief.” Herizons Winter 2020 20-23. Print. Interview.
2020: Gallant, Colin (as told to). “4 Fantastic Calgary Books From 2019.” Avenue Magazine Jan. 3, 2020. Print/Web. Best of list.
2020: mclennan, rob. “A ‘best of’ list of 2019 Canadian poetry books.” Dusie Blog Jan. 1, 2020. Best of list.
2019: Macarty, Jami and Nicholas Hauck. “Re- View #8: My Heart Is a Rose Manhattan, Nikki Reimer, Talonbooks, 2019 & Cage of Lit Glass, Charles Kell, Autumn House Press, 2019.” The Maynard December 2019. Web. Review.
2019: Stewart, Jeremy. “Interview: Nikki Reimer.” Queen Mob’s Teahouse Aug. 19, 2019. Web. Interview.
2019: Maylor, Micheline. “Unidentified Poetic Object.” Quill & Quire July 11, 2019. Web. Review.
2019: Seelig, Adam. “Review of My Heart Is a Rose Manhattan by Nikki Reimer (Talonbooks, 2019).” The Capilano Review 3.38. June 12, 2019. Print. Review.
2019: Ball, Jonathan and ryan fitzpatrick. "Recent reading for the #95Books Challenge with Ryan Fitzpatrick.” Writing the Wrong Way podcast. May 20, 2019.
2019: Ball, Jonathan. “Musings on grief cloaked in dark humour.” Winnipeg Free Press. April 27, 2019. Web. Review.
2019: mclennan, rob. “Nikki Reimer, My Heart Is a Rose Manhattan.” rob mclennan’s blog. April 24, 2019. Web. Review.
2016: Murakami, Sachiko. “Nikki Reimer: #RealTalking So Hard.” Writing So Hard. June 16, 2016. Web. Interview.
2016: Glauser Kwan, Lindsay. “Reading Resolutions with Nikki Reimer and Mary Duffy.” Room Magazine. January 2016. Web. Interview.
2015: Seelig, Adam. “Nikki Reimer’s Downverse.” The Capilano Review 3.27. Fall 2015. Print. Review.
2015: Gamble, Jay. “Interview with Nikki Reimer.” By Jay Gamble. Whet[stone]. University of Alberta, Lethbridge. May 2015. Print. Interview.
2015: mclennan, rob. “A short interview with Nikki Reimer.” Jacket2. January 18, 2015. Web. Interview.
2015: Ball, Jonathan. “Downverse by Nikki Reimer.” JonathanBall.com. May 27, 2015. Web. Review.
2015: Kraljii Gardiner, Elee. “Downverse by Nikki Reimer.” Poetry is Dead Issue 11. May 2015. Print. Review.
2015: mclennan, rob. “A ‘best of’ list of 2014 Canadian poetry books.” Dusie. January 1, 2015. Web. Review.
2014: Ball, Jonathan. “Vivid verse: Top 10 poetry picks mine meaningful themes.” Winnipeg Free Press. December 27, 2014. Web. Best of list.
2014: Norton, Lee. “Conjunctioneering: The Pivot-Poetics of Nikki Reimer’s Downverse.” Ethos. October 31, 2014. Web. Review.
2014: Ball, Jonathan. “Nikki Reimer, Downverse.” Rhubarb. Fall 2014. Print. Review.
2014 : Kennett, Paul. Writer’s Block CJSW 90.9 FM August 13, 2014. Radio. Interview.
2014: Ball, Jonathan. "Poetry: Sound play, imagery clash in fearless collection." Review of Brecken Hancock's Broom Broom, Nikki Reimer's Downverse, and Gary Barwin's Moon Baboon Canoe. Winnipeg Free Press. June 28, 2014. Web. Review.
2014: mclennan, rob. “Review of Nikki Reimer’s DOWNVERSE.” Small Press Book Review. June 2014. Web. Review.
2014: Del Bucchia, Dina and Daniel Zomparelli. 01 Can’t Lit Episode One – Nikki Reimer. May 26, 2014. Podcast. Interview.
2014: Schmaltz, Eric. “Collective Grievances.” Review of fortified castles by ryan fitzpatrick and DOWNVERSE by Nikki Reimer. Canadian Literature 223. Winter, 2014. Print/Web. Review.
2014: “#readwomen2014: 14 books to watch out for this year.” Room Magazine. 2014. Web. Best of list.
2013: “The Great Canadian Writer’s Craft Interview.” Open Book Toronto. June 10, 2013. Web. Interview.
2013: Kazemi, Arman. “Canadian poets go digital to redefine their craft.” CBC Your Community News Blog. May 6, 2013. Web/Livestream.
2013: Zomparelli, Daniel. “In Conversation with Catherine Owen and Nikki Reimer: On Elegies.” Lemon Hound. February 15, 2013. Web. Interview.
2011: The Storytelling Show. Coop Radio 102.7 FM, Vancouver. Oct. 16, 2011. Radio. Interview.
2011: Stewart, Christine and Clint Burnham. “The Afterword: 21st-Century Poetics.” Christine Stewart and Clint Burnham. Canadian Literature 210-211. Autumn/Winter 2011. Print/Web. Review.
2011: “THE QUESTIONLESS BOOKS INTERVIEW: POET AND EVENT MAGAZINE EDITOR NIKKI REIMER.” Open Book Toronto. November 13, 2011. Web. Interview.
2011: "Collage, montage, politic, polemic, gut punching, slippage": In conversation with [sic] author Nikki Reimer. Open Book Toronto. April 22, 2011. Web.
2010: “Literature: Year in Review 2010.” Encyclopedia Britannica. 2010. Web.
2010: McArthur Mooney, Jacob. “Prairie Harvest (times 10).” The Globe and Mail. Aug. 13, 2010. Print/Web. Review.
2010: “By the Collective, For the Collective, On the Collective: Current and Recent Members.” Co-Interview with KSW Members. Strathroy, ON: Open Letter 14:3, Summer 2010. Print. Interview.
2010: mclennan, rob. “12 or 20 questions: with Nikki Reimer.” rob mclennan’s blog. July 23, 2010. Web. Interview.
2010: mclennan, rob. “nikki reimer, [sic].” rob mclennan’s blog. June 18, 2010. Web. Review.
2010:Writer’s Block. CJSW 90.9 FM, Calgary. May 25 & June 1, 2010. Radio. Interview.
2010: Markotic, Nicole. “Poetry Week: Nicole Markotic on Nikki Reimer.” The Globe and Mail. April 15, 2010. Web. Review.
2009: Writer’s Block. CJSW 90.9 FM, Calgary. September 3, 2009. Radio. Interview.
2008: “Best disjunctive literary performance series | Best of Vancouver.” Georgia Straight. Sept 18, 2008. Print/Web. Best of list.
2002: Vandervlist, Harry. “(orange) is back with fresh issue.” Bookends Column, FFWD Weekly. (Calgary) Aug. 8, 2002. Print.
2001: Vandervlist, Harry. “(orange) works outside the brackets.” Gauntlet. (Calgary) March 8, 2001. Print. Interview.
2000: Kramer, Terri. A Channel News at Night. CKAL-TV, Calgary. Aired 7 Dec 2000, 10 pm. Television. Interview.
2000: Vandervlist, Harry. “What’s orange and red all over?” Bookends Column, FFWD Weekly. (Calgary) Dec 7, 2000.
2000: Deidrich, Susan. (orange magazine) profile for Shaw Lifestyles. Shaw Cable TV. SHAW-TV, Calgary. Aired Dec 7, 2000 through weekend. Television. Interview.
2000: audible mutterings. CJSW 90. 9 FM, Calgary. Aired 4 Dec 2000. Radio.
SELECTED EDITING AND PUBLISHING
2013: The Incongruous Quarterly Issue 5: Companion Animals. (Co-editor with Alex Leslie). Web.
2013: Poetry is Dead Issue 7: Mental Health Inside/Out. (Co-editor with Kevin Spenst). Print.
2012: The Enpipe Line: 70,000 km of poetry written in resistance to the Northern Gateway pipeline proposal. (Editorial collective). Smithers: Creekstone Press Publications, 2012.
2007: W12: The All Music Issue. (Co-editor with Jonathon Wilcke). Kootenay School of Writing Collective. October 2007. Digital edition.
2000-2: (orange) poetry prose magazine. (Co-editor with ryan fitzpatrick). Issues 1 – 8. Print.
LECTURES AND TEACHING
CLASS VISITS
2019: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. 26 February 2019. St. Mary’s High School. Calgary, AB.
2019: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. Grades 5-6 Classes. 29 January 2019. Midnapore Elementary School. Calgary, AB.
2019: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. Grade 3 Class. 21 January 2019. Almadina Language Charter Academy. Calgary, AB.
2019: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. Grades 2-6 Classes. 8 January 2019. St. Maria Goretti Elementary School. Calgary, AB.
2018: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. Grade 9 Classes, Poetry Club. 7 March 2018. Annie Gale Junior High School. Calgary, AB.
2018: Poetry in Voice Poet in the Classroom Visit. Grades 10-12 Creative Writing Class. 1 March 2018. Webber Academy. Calgary, AB.
2017: Poetry Writing Class. Course Instructor: Dr. Robert Budde. 27 March 2017. University of Northern British Columbia. Prince George, B.C.
2017: Poetry Writing Class. Course Instructor: Dr. Shannon Maguire. 11 October 2016. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB.
2017: Creative Writing Class. Course Instructor: Dr. Stephen Collis. 13 March 2015. Simon Fraser University. Burnaby, B.C.
2014: ENGL 216: Literature and Community. Course Instructor: Dr. derek bealieu. 28 November 2014. Alberta College of Art and Design. Calgary, AB.
2014: Creative Writing Class. Course Instructor: Dr. Kim Minkus. 25 September 2014. Capilano University. North Vancouver, B.C.
2014: Creative Writing Class. Course Instructor: Jacqueline Turner. 25 September 2014. Emily Carr University of Art and Design. Vancouver, B.C.
LECTURES AND PANEL TALKS
2018: 10 January 2018: “Vancouver art, economy, and a poetics of despair.” Lunch Hour Author Readings. Contemporary Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2016: 22 October 2016: “Writing and Self Reflection.” With Meredith Quartermain, and Sonja Greckol. Speaking Her Mind Conference. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2016: 1 October 2016: “Hold Your Fucking Communities Accountable.” Relational Innovations: Creative Writing as Social Practice. Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs / The Insurgent Architects’ House Symposium. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2014: 16 October 2014: “White Noise Talks: Technocreep.” Wordfest. Theatre Junction Grand. Calgary, AB, Canada.
WORKSHOPS
2022: 29 MAY 2022: “Cat Poetry with Nikki Reimer.” Edmonton International Cat Fest. Online.
RESIDENCIES
2022: Summer Writing Residency, Mentor LA Warman - Warman School, Brooklyn, NY, USA. Online.
2018: Winter Writer’s Retreat, Mentor Billy Ray Belcourt - Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Banff, AB, Canada
2013: In(ter)ventions Residency, Mentor J.R. Carpenter - Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB, Canada
SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2021: Explore and Create: Concept to Realization for GRIEFWAVE, Canada Council for the Arts, Feb. 22, 2021.
2017: Short-listed Finalist: PRISM Magazine Creative Non-Fiction Award
2014: Short-listed Finalist: Matrix Magazine Lit POP Awards
2010: Short-listed Finalist: Gerald Lampert Memorial Award
2000: University of Calgary Undergraduate Merit Award
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
MEMBER
League of Canadian Poets
The Writer’s Union of Canada
Alberta Writers Guild
ADJUDICATOR
2019: Poetry in Verse Calgary Team Regional Event. All Saints School. 8 March, 2019.
2016: Writer’s Guild of Alberta Stephan G. Stephannsson Poetry Award.
2015: Poetry in Verse online semi-finals.
2013: Poetry in Verse online semi-finals.
COMMITTEES/ADVISORY BOARDS
2016-17: Advisory Board, Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP)
2015-17: Editorial Advisor, The Writer’s Union WRITE Magazine
2012-14: Board of Directors, Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival (M:ST)
2012-present: Founding Co-Director, Chris Reimer Legacy Fund Society
2009-10: Board Member, W2 Community Media Arts.
2008-10: Collective Member/Programming Coordinator/Office Manager, Kootenay School of Writing
2004-6: Collective Member, Kootenay School of Writing