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EFI6, Connaught Public School

Under teacher Pamela Jones
With artistic direction from Alan Cumyn

• EFI6 at Connaught PS 19/20 — Listening to Greta I Feel...
• Benjamin — The Amazing Jump
• Oscar — Jack’s Trick
• Jacob — The End of the Earth
• Aliya — If Gordon Ramsay EVER Set Foot Into Our Kitchen...
• Marco — Amazed
• Jophy — Roblox
• Diego — Neymar’s Day
• Xavier — Lucky Ride
• Sophie — Life on Ruru
• Jasper — Arto
• Austin — Danger Beyond the Limits
• Julia — Missing
• Asma — One Day of War
• Georgia — The Writing Contest
• Liem — Time Travel
• Luca — Nado
• Annika — The Boy in the Park
• Brigit — The Keepers
• Luke — A Christmas Struggle
• Julia — North Bay
• Liam — The Evacuation
• Aidan — Survival Night
• Zachary — NOME 1: Getting to Camp
• Benny — The Story of Roger and Bob And The Big Bottle
• Oscar — Attack of the Grim Nasher

Grade 3/4, Connaught Public School

Under teacher Michelle Richardson
With artistic direction from Pearl Pirie

• Tahira — I am Susan Aglukark
• Tahira — Tahira (Cinquain)
• Ra’e — Donovan Bailey (Biopoem)
• Ra’e — Dreams for Myself (Free Verse)
• Altan — I am a friend of Orangutans
• Altan — Biruté (a Biopoem)
• Natali — I am Khalid
• Rebecca — I Am Anne Frank
• Rebecca — Our World (Free Verse)
• Rebecca — (Haiku)
• Sofia — I am Sylvia Stark
• Sofia — (Haiku)
• Sofia — Greta (Tribute poem)
• Xavier — Alexander Graham Bell (Biopoem)
• Xavier — A Poem About Myself (Cinquain)
• Xavier — Dreams for the Future (Free verse)
• Adia — I Am Wayne Gretzky (Biopoem)
• Adia — Dreams for the Future (Free Verse)
• Dylan — Dreams for the Future (Free Verse)
• Dylan — A Cat Named Theo (Tribute Poem)
• Dylan — I am Mom
• Lulu — I am Malala Yousafzai
• Lulu — Al Delami (Cinquain)
• Lulu — Laith (Cinquain)
• Henry — I am Maud Lewis
• Henry — Greta Thunberg (Tribute Poem)
• Henry — (Haiku)
• Angericah — I am Rosa Parks
• Angericah — Rosa Parks (Biopoem)
• Angericah — Dreams for the Future (Free Verse)
• Gabriel — Phyllis Webstad (Tribute Poem)
• Gabriel — I am Kay McKeever
• Gabriel — I Will Be Mom (Tribute poem)
• Quinten — I am Rosa Parks
• Quinten — Demons (Cinquain)
• Neha — I am Malala Yousafzai
• Neha — Greta Thunberg (Tribute poem)
• Charlie — Strong Hero (Tribute poem)
• Charlie — I am Alexander Graham Bell
• Charlie — (Haiku)
• Law Lah — (Haiku)
• Law Lah — I am Phyllis Webstad
• Levi — Theodore Seuss (Biopoem)
• Levi — Aunt Patricia (Tribute Poem)
• Connor — I am David Thompson
• Connor — A Boy (Cinquain)
• Connor — (Haiku)
• Connor — (Haiku)
• Alfred — The Boy of the Future (Free Verse)
• Alfred — About Me (Cinquain)
• Alfred — I Am Amelia Earhart
• Yassina — I am Beatrix Potter
• Yassina — Classroom (Free Verse)
• Becca — Dreams for the Future (Free verse)
• Becca — Terry Fox (Free Verse)
• Morgan — I am Lucy Maud Montgomery
• Morgan — (Haiku)
• Morgan — Superhero (Tribute Poem)

Carleton University Youth Homelessness

With artistic direction from Neil Wilson and Charlotte E. Smith as Team Leader

• Stu — Homelessness is like an open air prison
• Stu — It's funny...
• Stu — "Home"
• Stu — Homelessness is like a human zoo
• Leif — Cindy
• Lief — My name is Sam
• Lief — Future
• Lief — Black Sheep – White Sheep
• Rae-Lynne — Untitled
• Tiffany — Till Death Do Us Part?
• Charlotte — The Opioid Crisis
• Holly — Wholesale Failure
• Holly — Predictive text

A7C, Fisher Park Summit Alternative School

Under teacher David Farley
With artistic direction from Jamaal Jackson Rogers

• Jayme — When You Need It
• Tess — Children's Rights
• Ryan — Difference
• Muftau — Children's Rights
• Sadie — Children's Rights
• Ariel — Child of the Earth
• Helen — Children's Rights
• Fred — Why?
• Tess — Health and Wellness
• Nickolas — Health and Wellness
• Angus — Health and Wellness
• Currie — Health and Wellness
• Helen — Environmental Change
• Phoenix — Environmental Change
• Kara — Environmental Change
• Jack — Away
• Metteya — Environmental Change
• Matteo — Mistakes
• Palace — Palace
• Currie — Environmental Change
• Mason — Why
• Kali — Disaster
• Fred — One
• Rory — Technology and Society
• Savannah — Glowing Box
• Maddie — Just a Phone
• Konner — Military Weapons
• Sadie — Technology and Society
• Felix — Battle of Passchendaele/Ypres
• Jayme — Texting
• Lilli — Think
• Nickolas — Internet Addiction
• Kara — Technology and Society
• Ariel — The Phone
• Jesse — Joy
• Lochlan — One Button
• Amelia — Technology and Society
• Rory — Ferguson and Fergus
• Savannah — Proud
• Muftau — Culture and Identity
• Maddie — Culture and Identity
• Konner — Languages
• Felix — Christian
• Lilli — Goodbyes
• Amelia — Culture and Identity
• Jack — Over The Lands
• Mason — Dance
• Angus — Ship in a bottle
• Kali — My Playlist
• Lochlan — Roll 20
• Matteo — Haudenosaunee (People of The Longhouse)
• Metteya — Music

EMF7E, Fisher Park Summit Alternative School

Under teacher Sharon Kuiper
With artistic direction from Laurie Koensgen

• Sharon — The Cycle of Life
• Ahmed — A Gliding Discovery
• Lila — Nothing at All
• Lila — Nightmare
• Isla — Mango Juice
• Triceton — There's the Light
• Michael — Fish-Pumpkin Quintet
• Michael — More Fish Haikus
• Michael — Going Batty Limerick
• Michael — Halloween
• Tea — Birds
• Thomas — Death
• Thomas — What it is Like to Die
• Russell — Lost
• Isla — Three Short Poems
• Nina — lost, found, gone
• Tabisa — Fall
• Dia — Stuck
• Yazan — The Man in the Charcoal Jacket
• Olivia — That Moment
• Lucy — My Mind
• Evan — I ran
• Miriam — The envelope
• Xzavier — Our November Promise
• Tenzin — Boredom
• Luke — Small White Dogs
• Luke — Small Black Dogs
• Joachim — my life’s a void
• Carmen — Poker Night
• Sandra — Writing Stories
• Clara — Mr. ChomChomps
• Maddie — Trees are Like People
• Aiden — Flaring Forest
• Lais — Infinity
• Lauren — The Mountain Pug
• James — Once Again
• Adam — Halloween

Hillcrest High School

Under teacher Mr. Holock
With artistic direction from Khaleefa Hamdan

• Riley — The magic time machine
• Ashma — Land
• Mikaela — Nokomis
• Minh — The world of anime
• Christie — My brother’s bug eyed shit eating grin
• Alison — Temporary friends
• Maryam — When I Can’t Come Around
• Augie — The broken words
• Gunnar — Places
• Alexa — Stuck in Your Head
• anonymous — Struggle

Kitigan Zibi School

Under teacher Michael McPake
With artistic direction from Patrick and Keri Cheechoo

• Andrea — Left or Forgotten
• Audrey — The Dead Eye
• Daniel — What a Homeless Person Goes Through
• Lauryn — Mental Health
• Madison — At the End of the Day
• Madison — (Untitled)
• Mason — Homelessness
• Maxie — Climate Change and Mother Earth
• Kailey — Deforestation
• Mia — Hope
• Sage-Josiah — If Only
• Songidaye — Water
• KJ — Painting
• Nolan Budge — Painting
• Kiyedin — Painting
• Nickayah — Painting

Vanier Public Library Branch RPG writing camp

With artistic direction from Aidan Wilson

• Aidan — Introduction
• Philip-Kenneth and John-Tongtong — The Power Red as Blood

Woodroffe Hgh School

With artistic direction from Kagiso Lesego Molope

• anonymous — Cato (Anastasia’s perception) - A Story
• anonymous — Salvation
• Danika — The eye in the keyhole
• Chantel — Orange People
• Katherine — Two Types of Tunes
• anonymous — Round Barakat
• Rameezah — Crimson Regrets over That River
• Rhianwen — The Dark Reflection
• Alyssa — Shadows
• anonymous — "ALBATROSS"