Carl Leggo

Carl Leggo is a poet and associate professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the experiences of educators, especially how to promote heartful and hopeful relationships in educational communities. His poetry, fiction, and scholarly essays have been published in many journals in North America and around the world. He has written two collections of poems, titled Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill (Killick Press, 1994) and View from My Mother’s House (Killick Press, 1999) as well as a book about reading and teaching poetry, titled Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom (Pacific Educational Press, 1997).

He grew up in Newfoundland, and completed degrees at Memorial University of Newfoundland (BA, BEd), Tyndale Seminary (Certificate in Biblical Studies), University of New Brunswick (MA, MEd), and University of Alberta (PhD). He taught in high schools in Newfoundland for nine years before joining UBC in 1990. He now lives joyfully with his wife Lana in Richmond near the Fraser River.

 

Awards
First place in long poem category, The Gateway Literary Contest, 1988.
First place in long poem category, The Gateway Literary Contest, 1989.
First place in short poem category, The Gateway Literary Contest, 1989.
The Andrew Stewart Graduate Prize, 1989.
The Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Doctoral Scholarship, 1989.
First place, Whetstone Poetry Contest, 1990.
Killam Teaching Award, 1994-1995.
Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom,selected for the Canadian Children’s Book Centre “Our Choice” list, 1998-99.
Sam Black Award for Excellence in Education and Development in the Visual and Performing Arts, 2001.

 

Selected Publications
Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill (Killick Press, 1994) ISBN 1-895387-36-1.
Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom (Pacific Educational Press, 1997) ISBN 1-895766-31-1.
View from My Mother's House (Killick Press, 1999) ISBN 1-894294-06-8.

Books in Print
Leggo, Carl
Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill. Poetry (Killick Press, 1994) ISBN 1-895387-36-1, $11.95.
Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom. Scholarly Text (Pacific Educational Press, 1997) ISBN 1-895766-31-1, $19.95.
View from My Mother's House. Poetry (Killick Press, 1999) ISBN 1-894294-06-8, $12.95.
 

Carl Leggo, Dept. of Language and Literacy Education, UBC, 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4
phone: 604-822-4640   fax:604-822-3154
carl.leggo@ubc.ca
www.lled.educ.ubc.ca/faculty/leggo.htm

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