Pauline SameshimaPauline Sameshima (she/her) is an education professor at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada. Pauline has been using poetry as a research methodology since the early 2000s. Her haiku was one of 15 selected by the League of Canadian Pots for the 2019 publication Collected Haiku. Her favourite pastimes are cooking with her children and arranging flowers from her garden. solspire.com

Emily Turner (she/her) is a graduate student in the Faculty of Education at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay campus, specializing in social justice education. Before starting her degree, she worked for a community-based arts and culture magazine where she developed her passion for storytelling. A lifelong writer of poetry, she intends to use poetic inquiry as a research tool going forward in her career.

Dazié Grego-Sykes (he/him) is a California-based poet, performer, and multidisciplinary artist with a passion for artistic expression and storytelling. Over the last two decades, his work has captivated audiences using a unique blend of spoken word, solo performance, music, and community engagement. Holding a B.A. in Experimental Performance and an M.F.A. in Interdisciplinary Arts and Writing, Dazié draws from his experiences living with HIV and explores identity, race, queerness, and social justice. daziégrego.com Read More Read Less