news | Thursday October 22, 2026

Elee Kraljii Gardiner on the Cancellation of Poetry in Transit

Vancouver poet laureate Elee Kraljii Gardiner, author of sometimes, forest, speaks on the end of the Poetry in Transit program in The Province. Kraljii Gardiner says,“Vancouver is notoriously a beautiful city. Vancouver is also a cruel city in its inequity. Very few places allow us to experience art without payment or art without constraint. Poetry in transit allows both the inconsequential and studied engagement with poetry, when one is least expecting it.”

Read the full article here. You can sign the petition to save Poetry in Transit here.