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Among the Plazas and the Courts: Writers Reading the City

Find out more about this free event by following this link: http://www.surrey.ca/culture-recreation/10575.aspx

Summer 2012 Literature Classes Announced

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Manabu Seki is this year's recipient of the Georgia Milligan Scholarship

Read Manabu's story here.


B.A. English Reception, October 12th

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Celebrating Our B.A. Graduates: Convocation 2011



Students & Convocation Faculty

English Faculty: Jennifer Williams, Neil Patrick Kennedy, Cecilia Martell, Gillian Dearle & Karen Inglis


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B.A. English Graduates: Kyle Stewart, Ryan Moriarty, Jessica Ounsted, Marine Brewer, Gillian Dunks, Alyssa Powell, Josh Brown, Nancy Sayre & Dan Mizuguchi

BACCALAUREATE DEGREES


Bachelor of Arts, English

Joshua Hendry Brown
Ryan Brentley
Gillian Jane Dunks
Daniel Alan Mizuguchi
John Moriarty
Jessica Allyson Ounsted
Alyssa Blair Powell
Kyle Stewart

ASSOCIATE OF ARTS DEGREES


English
Haylee Francis Bowling
Annie Hsin Wen Chang
Grace Caitlin Cleveland
Marina Elisabeth Dunatov
Adrian David Albert Greer
Melissa Kathrine Roberts



Visiting Writer

The English Department at Kwantlen Polytechnic University presents a poetry reading by Phinder Dulai.

Wednesday, July 6, 2011, at 7:00 p.m.

Room D136 (Fir Building), Kwantlen Polytechnic University

12666 - 72nd Avenue, Surrey, BC

Phinder Dulai has worked as a freelance writer and journalist, and was the poetry editor for the South Asian quarterly Ankur.  His poetry has been published in Matrix, the Capilano Review, Memewar Magazine, Rungh, the Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal, the Toronto South Asian Review, and West Coast Line, and is included in the anthology Making a Difference: Canadian Multicultural Literature (Oxford University Press, 2007).  Excerpts from his work have been featured in the Vancouver Sun and the Globe and Mail.

 Phinder published his first book of poetry, Ragas from the Periphery (Arsenal Pulp Press), in 1995.  Basmati Brown was published by Nightwood Editions in 2000.  He currently works as a program manager in the B.C. government and lives in Surrey, BC, with his wife and two daughters.

2011 Georgia Milligan Scholarship Student Announced

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Fall 2011 Literature Courses Announced

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Tightrope Books Hosts 2010 Best Canadian Poetry Event


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Tightrope Books is throwing a poetry party like no other! Get wordy and wild with them and their poets at their Vancouver book launches for The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2010. Tightrope Books’ editor, Shirarose Wilensky, is hosting the Vancouver launch of Best Canadian Poetry 2010 at the AGRO Café.

Some of the anthology’s contributors will give readings, including: Jamella Hagen, M.G.R. Hickman-Barr, Michael Johnson, Sonnet L’Abbe, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Don McKay, Catherine Owen, Elise Partridge, Lenore & Beth Rowntree, Melanie Siebert, Anne-Marie Turza, Patricia Young, Changming Yuan, and David Zieroth!

Saturday, 23 October, 2010
The Agro Café (1363 Railspur Alley, Vancouver, BC)
4-6 p.m.
This event is free



The First Recipient of the Georgia Milligan Scholarship for
Excellence in English

Kylie Van Eaton Two

With this award, Georgia's friends and colleagues honour her memory by supporting a student who has shown outstanding promise in the Bachelor of Arts - English Major degree program. We are proud to announce that Kylie Van Eaton is the first recipient of the Georgia Milligan Scholarship for Excellence in English. Kylie is in the final year of her Bachelor of Arts in English. After leaving Kwantlen she plans to attend graduate school or enter the PDP program at SFU. Upon completion of these additional degrees Kylie intends to become a teacher or counselor within the school setting. Kylie enjoys working with children and youth and wants to impact their lives positively. We are happy to support Kylie on her journey.

We need your help! The English Department would like to grow the scholarship to $1000, and we need to establish the $10,000 endowment required to maintain the scholarship. If you would like to help us honour Georgia by supporting outstanding students like Kylie, please use the form below or contact Development Officer Katie Kinch at katiekinch@kwantlen.ca

Scholarship Information


The successful applicant will meet the following criteria:

  • Be declared English major at Kwantlen Polytechnic University with the intent of completing their degree at Kwantlen.
  • Scored the highest GPA in 21 credits in English courses, including up to nine credits of 2000-level courses, and at least 12 credits of 3000- or 4000-level courses.

Application Deadline: September 30 Current Award Amount: $750


Celebrating Our B.A. Graduates: Convocation 2010



Convocation
Andrea O'Connell and Adam Vincent

Convocation group
Andrea O'Connell, Paul Tyndall, Sue Ann Cairns, Neil Patrick Kennedy, Cecilia Martell, Adam Vincent

Convocation stage 
Paul Tyndall, Andrea O'Connell, Neil Patrick Kennedy



Faculty of Humanities

Baccalaureate Degree

Bachelor of Arts - Double Minor in Creative Writing and English

Stephanie Claire Hall
Ashley Nicole Lavoie
Andrea Patricia Purvey
Stephen Terrence Rivera


Bachelor of Arts - Major in English, Minor in Creative Writing

Kistie Saajan Singh
Adam Robert Vincent

Bachelor of Arts - Major in English, Minor in History

Andrea Alexandra Summers


Associate Degree


Associate of Arts Degree in English

Scott Laurence Dunn
Adam Kyle Fourchalk
Joshua Cassidy Grant

With Distinction:
Jennifer Lynn Hillier
Rachel Victoria MacPherson
Michelle Marie McNaughton
Gabrielle Marcella Decair Narsted
Jessica Ainsli Todd