Publications

Can Lit Journal, UBC (Publication Pending)
~While in the Woods 

Lothlorien Poetry Journal (November 2024)
~Merman Song
~And then there was the time
~Death and the Maiden 

Grain: The Journal of Eclectic Writing (Fall 2024)
~Small Kindnesses

Poetry Pause: League of Canadian Poets (Fall 2024)
~I wanted to kiss you once

Poetry with Pride Anthology: Belfast Pride (July 2024) 
~Peter Went Away

The Holy Male (e-zine 2021)
~Old as the Whole World Body of Mine

Art and Poetry Anthology, (Issac Waldman Jewish Public Library & Pandora’s Collective Publishers, September 2019)
     ~the poet's mother as a child
     ~Memorial Gardens East Kildonan 
                                                       
an almost hand, beckoning, (Collaborative poem included John Swanson’s collection of words and photographs, Blurb Books, September 2019)

The Maynard
    ~Guest House (Fall 2016) 
    ~For a Dead Friend (Spring 2014) 

Capstone Project
every scar is a story: mapping the gaymale body looking for sites of trauma, healing and a way to get home (UBC, 2002)

Prizes 
there is in me, Honourable mention in The Delta Literary Society Spring 2024 Poetry Contest Write On!

Performance
ArtSong Lab 2024 Selected Poet to collaborate with composer Nathan Wright on an original art song  Pantoum for a Dying Dog performed at ArtSongLab Conference (Winnipeg, Manitoba June 2024)

ArtSongLab 2024 Selected Poet in collaboration with composer Aaron Price premiered A Walk in the Woods at Nightat  ArtSongLab Conference (Winnipeg, Manitoba June 2024)

Cincinnati Song Initiative (June 2024) Collaboration with composer, Carolyn Quick, premiered a second original art song From The Book of Prayers, Deprecatus Sum: Be for me like the rain, a prayer of supplication. This is the second song is a seven part song cycle exploring humility, spirituality and healing through the natural and ethereal worlds (June 2024)

ArtSong Lab Festival, (June 2018) With composer Carolyn A. Quick, an original art song from The Book of Prayers 
Domum Aquae: Gift of Water (performance recording)    

Readings
Pandora’s Collective Events
Poetic Pairings
     ~February 2024 (Collaboration with poet Timothy Shay)
     ~October 2018 (Collaboration with poet Ram Randawa) 
     ~March 2017 (Collaboration with poet John Swanson)

Art and Poetry Events (Jewish Community Centre)
     ~July 2023  	            
     ~September 2019

Teaching
As a volunteer facilitator with the Federation of British Columbia Writers currently teaching burningkarma: move forward through life writing, a ten-session course exploring themes associated with autobiography, memoir and life-writing. Spring 2024

As a public educator and administrator enjoying a long career with the Vancouver School Board (1993-current).

As an instructor, he has taught a life writing course (burningkarma) for gay men hosted by Gayway and Health Initiative for Men (2004, 2006, 2008, 2013).

Learning 
Seeking the Source of Our Poetic Powers (PSNY)
Summer 2024
The Poem’s Intention (SFU Continuing Education) 
2019, 2016, 2014, 2013 
Write, Write, Write (SFU Continuing Education)
2016, 2015, 2014 
The Prose Poem (SFU Continuing Education, 2006)
M. Ed (UBC,  2002)
B. Ed. English and History (University of Winnipeg, 1998)