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Laurie Brinklow is a Canadian academic, poet, and author.[1][2] She is an assistant professor of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.[3][4] She is the president of the International Small Islands Studies Association.[5] She is the Co-ordinator of the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.[6][7]

Early life and education

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Brinklow has a Bachelor of Arts from University of Victoria.[8] She has a bachelor of education equivalent from University of British Columbia.[8]

Brinklow graduated from the Master of Arts in Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2007.[9] She completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania in Geography and Environmental Studies.[9]

Career

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From 1990 to 2004, Brinklow was the Publishing Coordinator at the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.[9] In 1993, she founded Acorn Press.[10] From 1994 to 1998, she coordinated the North Atlantic Islands Programme (later became the North Atlantic Forum).[9]

Brinklow sold her publishing company, Acorn Press, in 2010 to pursue her PhD at the University of Tasmania.[11] Her book of poetry, Here for the Music, was published in 2012.[12][13]

In 2015, Laurie was the chair of the Building Community Resilience Conference for the 10th North Atlantic Forum in Summerside, Prince Edward Island.[9] She was in the steering committee of Building Small Island Resilience to Global Climate Change in 2016.[9] She recorded a song for a charity album, 12 Songs of Christmas, which raised CAD$8,000 for the local foodbank.[14] She received the Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor in 2018.[9] She spoke on Selling Cold Islands module at the University of the Highlands and Islands for the Island Studies program in 2018.[15] She received CAD$5,000 in funding from the Prince Edward Island provincial government to conduct a survey on the reasons islanders where leaving the province as part of the government strategy to increase the population of the island.[16]

Brinklow is the president of the International Small Islands Studies Association.[9] She is the honorary counsel of Iceland in Prince Edward Island.[9] In 2022, she won the Prince Edward Island Book Award for Poetry for My island’s the house I sleep in at night.[9] She and Dr. Carla DiGiorgio won the SSHRC Exchange Publication Awards.[17] She is a board member of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation.[10] She is an editor for Nimbus Publishing.[18] She is a member of the social committee of the UPEI faculty association.[19]

Bibliography

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  • Prince Edward Island : A Colour Guidebook (editor; author Keith Vaughan)[20]
  • The Circumscribed Geography of Home: "Island Identity in the Fiction of Alistair MacLeod and Wayne (2007)[21]
  • Message in a Bottle: The Literature of Small Islands (edited with Frank Ledwell and Jane Ledwell)[22]
  • Here for the Music (2012)[10]
  • From Black Horses to White Steeds Building Community Resilience (editor, 2017)[23][24]
  • Prince Edward Island : A Colour Guidebook
  • The Bridge Effect (edited with Andrew Jennings)[25]
  • My island’s the house I sleep in at night (2021)[26]

References

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  1. ^ "BRINKLOW, Laurie—poetry, 'My island's the house I live in at night'". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  2. ^ "'Letterkenny' and 'Schitt's Creek' Are Love Letters to Rural Canada". The Wire. 2018-08-10. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  3. ^ "Faculty Members - Institute of Island Studies | University of Prince Edward Island". UPEI. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  4. ^ Today, Atlantic Books. "Laurie Brinklow". Atlantic Books. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  5. ^ "ISISA :: International Small Islands Studies Association". www.isisa.org. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  6. ^ "Recruiting talent to Prince Edward Island – Islands Revival". 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  7. ^ Chang, Arturo (7 August 2022). "Islands may offer 'a glimpse of the future' and P.E.I. plays a global role in showing us how". CBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  8. ^ a b "Laurie Brinklow | IslandScholar". islandscholar.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  9. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "About | Dr. Laurie Brinklow | Island Studies". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  10. ^ a b c "Laurie Brinklow | Canadian Geographic". canadiangeographic.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  11. ^ "Laurie Brinklow". Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  12. ^ "Here for the Music – Acorn Press Canada". www.acornpresscanada.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  13. ^ Lloyd, Jocelyne. "JOCELYNE LLOYD: A Tasmania-P.E.I. connection has resulted in a literal song cycle | SaltWire". www.saltwire.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  14. ^ "Island musicians helping community with Christmas CD". CBS News. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Institute for Northern Studies - News - Developing International Connections for Island Studies". www.uhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  16. ^ Yarr, Kevin (2 March 2018). "Why aren't you living on P.E.I.? survey asks". CBC News. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
  17. ^ "University of Prince Edward Island - Two UPEI faculty members win SSHRC publication awards". Education News Canada. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  18. ^ "Laurie Brinklow". Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  19. ^ "Social – UPEI Faculty Association". www.upeifa.ca. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  20. ^ "Prince Edward Island : A Colour Guidebook. First Edition". www.doullbooks.com. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  21. ^ Brinklow, Laurie (2007). "The Circumscribed Geography of Home": Island Identity in the Fiction of Alistair MacLeod and Wayne Johnston. University of Prince Edward Island.
  22. ^ Brinklow, Laurie; Ledwell, Frank; Ledwell, Jane, eds. (2000). Message in a Bottle: The Literature of Small Islands. Charlottetown. ISBN 978-0-919013-33-9.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  23. ^ "From Black Horses to White Steeds". Nimbus Publishing and Vagrant Press. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  24. ^ "From Black Horses to White Steeds – Building Community Resilience – Canadian CED Network". Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  25. ^ "Dr. Laurie Brinklow The Bridge Effect by Dr. Laurie Brinklow, Paperback | Indigo Chapters". Willowbrook Shopping Centre. Retrieved 2023-11-16.
  26. ^ "How Island Studies research became a book of poetry for UPEI prof". CBC News. 25 April 2021. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
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