Berton House Writers' Retreat
Location: Dawson City, Yukon
Website: writerstrust.com/bertonhouse
Contact: Amanda Hopkins
ahopkins@writerstrust.com
Programs
From coast to coast writer residency opportunities abound
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Private Residencies
Haig-Brown Heritage House
Location: Campbell River, British Columbia
Website: haig-brown.bc.ca/writer-residence/
Contact: Ken Blackburn
250.287.3103
public.programs@crmuseum.ca
The Caetani Centre Artist Residency Program
Location: Vernon, British Columbia
Website: caetani.org/artist-residency-programs
Contact: caetani.org/contact-us/
Gibraltar Point Artist Residences
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: gibraltarpointcentre.ca/artist-residences/
Contact: Gibraltar Point Centre for the Arts, gibraltarpoint@arthubs.ca
The Hideout Residencies
Location: Albany, Prince Edward Island
Website: thehideoutpei.com/hideout-residencies
Contact: Joshua and Trevor
info@thehideoutpei.com
Al & Eurithe Purdy Residency
Location: Ameliasburgh, Ontario
Website: www.alpurdy.ca/residency/
Contact: Jean Baird
jeanbaird@shaw.ca
Port Renfrew Writers Retreat
Location: Port Renfrew, British Columbia
Website: portrenfrewwritersretreat.com/
Contact: portrenfrewwritersretreat.com/contact
Wallace Stegner House
Location: Eastend, Saskatchewan
Website: stegnerhouse.ca
Contact: Ethel Wills
306.295.3670 or admin@stegnerhouse.ca
Eastend Arts Council
artscouncileastend@gmail.com
Public Library Residencies
Calgary Public Library Storyteller in Residence
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Website: calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/arts-and-culture/storyteller-in-residence/
Contact: calgarylibrary.ca/contact-us/
Calgary Public Library Author in Residence
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Website: calgarylibrary.ca/events-and-programs/arts-and-culture/author-in-residence/
Contact: calgarylibrary.ca/contact-us/
Edmonton Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Website: epl.ca/writer-in-residence
Contact: Katherine Gibson
780.496.1054
katherine.gibson@epl.ca
2.epl.ca/contactepl/
Regina Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
Website: reginalibrary.ca/services/writer-in-residence
Contact: Colleen Hawkesford
306.777.6015
chawkesford@reginalibrary.ca
Community Engagement and Programming
306.777.6152
asanter@reginalibrary.ca
Regina Public Library Indigenous Storyteller in Residence
Location: Regina, Saskatchewan
Website: reginalibrary.ca/services/storyteller-in-residence
Contact: Community Engagement and Programming
306.777.6152
asanter@reginalibrary.ca
City of Richmond Writer-in-Residence
Location: Richmond, British Columbia
Website: richmond.ca/culture/howartworks/artists-opportunities/writerinresidence.htm
Contact: Loryn LeGear
llegear@richmond.ca
Susan Walters
604.231.6466
susan.walters@yourlibrary.ca
Saskatoon Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Website: saskatoonlibrary.ca/wir
Contact: Community Librarians
community@saskatoonlibrary.ca
Toronto Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: torontopubliclibrary.ca/writer-in-residence
Contact: torontopubliclibrary.ca/contact/
Vancouver Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Website: vpl.ca/writer
Contact: Andrew Battershill
604.331.3698
andrew.battershill@vpl.ca
Vancouver Public Library Indigenous Storyteller in Residence
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Website: vpl.ca/storyteller
Contact: Andrew Battershill
604.331.3698
andrew.battershill@vpl.ca
Dylan Schroeder
dylan.schroeder@vpl.ca
Winnipeg Public Library Writer-in-Residence
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Website: wpl.winnipeg.ca/library/whatshappening/writerinres.aspx
Contact: Kathleen Williams
KathleenWilliams@winnipeg.ca
University Residencies
University of Alberta
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Website: ualberta.ca/english-film-studies/programs/writer-in-residence-program/index.html
Contact: Garrett Faulkner
gfaulkne@ualberta.ca
Jordan Abel, Associate Professor
jabel@ualberta.ca
Athabasca University
Location: Athabasca, Alberta (virtual residency)
Website: athabascau.ca/writer-in-residence/
Contact: Angie Abdou
1.844.685.0376
aabdou@athabascau.ca
Calgary Distinguished Writers Program
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Website: ucalgary.ca/cdwp
Contact: cdwp@ucalgary.ca
University of Fraser Valley Kuldip-Gill Writing Fellowship
Location: Abbotsford, British Columbia
Website: ufv.ca/english/writer-in-residence/
Contact: english@ufv.ca
Wilfrid Laurier University's Edna Staebler Laurier Residency
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Website: wlu.ca/information-for/community-members/literary-awards/edna-staebler-awards/edna-staebler-laurier-writer-in-residence/applications.html
Contact: Dr. Tanis MacDonald
tmacdonald@wlu.ca
Dr. Mariam Pirbhai
mpirbhai@wlu.ca
University of Manitoba's Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture Writer and/or Storyteller Residency
Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Website: umanitoba.ca/arts/centre-creative-writing-and-oral-culture#writerstoryteller-in-residence-program
Contact: Mary Elliott, Coordinator
mary.elliott@umanitoba.ca
McGill University Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence
Location: Montreal, Quebec
Website: mcgill.ca/english/writer-residence
Contact: Trevor Ponech
514.398.4400 x09846
trevor.ponech@mcgill.ca
McMaster University's Mable Pugh Taylor Residency
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Website: english.humanities.mcmaster.ca/mabel-pugh-taylor-writer-in-residence/
Contact: Sophie Goellnicht
905.525.9140 x28629
goellnsk@mcmaster.ca
Department of English and Cultural Studies
905.525.9140 ext. 24491
engdept@mcmaster.ca
Memorial University
Location: St. John's, Newfoundland
Website: mun.ca/english/more/place/writer-in-residence/
Contact: english@mun.ca
University of New Brunswick
Location: Fredericton, New Brunswick
Website: unb.ca/fredericton/arts/departments/english/
student-life.html#writer
Contact: Mark Jarman
506-458-7398
mjarman@unb.ca
Sue Sinclair
506.452.6356
sue.sinclair@unb.ca
University of Ottawa
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Website: arts.uottawa.ca/english/about/writer-in-residence
Contact: Dept. of English
613-562-5764
english@uottawa.ca
Sheridan College’s Creative Writing & Publishing Writer-in-Residence
Location: Mississauga, Ontario
Website: www.sheridancollege.ca/en/programs/creative-writing-and-publishing#tab=writer-in-residence
Contact: cwp@sheridancollege.ca
Ellen and Warren Tallman Writer-in-Residence at Simon Fraser University
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Website: sfu.ca/english/writer-in-residence.html
Contact: Jeff Derksen
778.782.5431
jderksen@sfu.ca
Stephen Collis, English Department Chair
scollis@sfu.ca
University of Toronto Scarborough
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/engdept/
Contact: Andrew Westoll
416 208-2234
andrew.westoll@utoronto.ca
University of Toronto Jack McClelland Residency
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Website: english.utoronto.ca/people/information-and-lectures/jack-mcclelland-writer-residence
Contact: Sangeeta Panjwani, Dept of Enligsh
english@chass.utoronto.ca
University of Western Ontario
Location: London, Ontario
Website: uwo.ca/english/people/about_wir.html
Contact: Mary Helen McMurran
mmcmurr2@uwo.ca
Pauline Wakeham
pwakeham@uwo.ca