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. His books include: Growing Up Perpendicular on the Side of a Hill; Teaching to Wonder: Responding to Poetry in the Secondary Classroom; View from My Mother’s House; Come-By-Chance; Lifewriting as Literary Metissage and an Ethos for Our Times (co-authored with Erika Hasebe-Ludt and Cynthia Chambers); Being with A/r/tography (co-edited with Stephanie Springgay, Rita L. Irwin, and Peter Gouzouasis); Creative Education (co-edited with Robert Kelly); and Poetic Inquiry: Vibrant Vocies in the Social Sciences (co-edited with Monica Prendergast and Pauline Sameshima.
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. |
