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Shone Thistle named Calgary Poet Laureate

Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Poet Laureate selection committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Shone Thistle as the 2024–2026 Calgary Poet Laureate. Shone Thistle is an author, poet and multidisciplinary artist. Their…Read more

Wakefield Brewster named Calgary Poet Laureate

MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release (Calgary AB) – Calgary Arts Development and the Calgary Poet Laureate selection committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Wakefield Brewster as the 2022-2024 Calgary Poet Laureate. The position was formally announced…Read more

Our Commitment to Equity

Our commitment to Indigenous reconciliation, racial equity, disability justice, and gender and sexual diversity.

We acknowledge that the land we gather on, Mohkinsstsis, is the ancestral territory of the Siksikaitsitapi — the Blackfoot people — comprising the Siksika, Kainai and Piikani Nations, as well as Treaty 7 signatories, the Tsuut’ina Nation and the Îyârhe Nakoda Bearspaw, Chiniki and Goodstoney First Nations. Today this land is home to the Otipemisiwak Métis Government Districts 5 and 6 as well as many First Nations and Inuit from across Turtle Island.

We acknowledge that there has been art, music, dance, storytelling and ceremony on this land since time immemorial and it is in the spirit of this land and its people that we do our work.

Please see our full Commitment to Equity, including the sections on our aspirations, accountability, current initiatives and EDIA history.