With Farah Ghafoor
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Although W. H. Auden famously wrote, “poetry makes nothing happen,” poetry has always had a place in the revolution, especially concerning labour. But how did the poets of the past balance form and function while reflecting on their community’s struggles and dreams? What real impact can poetry have? This generative workshop will draw on Canada’s rich labour history and present-day issues to prompt attendees to take their protest to the page.
Farah Ghafoor is the author of Shadow Price (House of Anansi, 2025). Named a CBC Best Book of the Year, Shadow Price was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award, the Trillium Book Award for Poetry, the Raymond Souster Award and the Toronto Book Awards. Selections of Ghafoor’s debut won the E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, shortlisted for the Far Horizons Award, and longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. Her work appears in various anthologies, podcasts, radio shows, post-secondary course curriculums, art exhibitions like Who's Afraid of Labour Justice? (2025) and Structural Integrity (2025), as well as in magazines such as The Walrus, The Offing, Brick Magazine, and The Fiddlehead. She lives in Tkaranto (Toronto).