Pro D Day Event: Crafting City Poems with Fiona Tinwei Lam

Join us for a creative morning with Vancouver poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam as she shares her City Poems project, offering teachers innovative ways to integrate poetry, multimedia, and collaboration into the classroom. We’ll explore how to connect students with Chinatown and Vancouver, fostering belonging and cultural awareness through place-based learning. Teachers can also engage with our teaching collection and school programs.

About City Poems

The Vancouver Poet Laureate’s City Poems Project aims to stimulate public engagement and interest in poetry about historical, cultural and ecological sites within the unceded, ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples that we now know as Vancouver. The City Poems Project started with a poetry contest for youth, emerging and established poets, culminating in a wide range of poems, videos, and free learning resources for teachers.

About Fiona Tinwei Lam

Vancouver's Poet Laureate (2022-2024), Fiona Tinwei Lam has authored three poetry collections and a children’s book, with her work featured in Best Canadian Poetry, Poetry in Transit, and award-winning poetry videos. She teaches creative writing at SFU and her work has been widely published and recognized. fionalam.net

Host or Publisher Chinatown Storytelling Centre & Vancouver Chinatown Foundation