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A look at news events in February 2021:

An Indigenous poet, an energy sector leader, a Blackfoot elder and residential school survivor and a former Calgary police chief will receive honourary doctorates from Mount Royal University next week in a live ceremony with a pandemic twist.

  Renowned writer Sky Dancer, otherwise known as Louise Bernice Halfe, is Canada’s ninth parliamentary poet laureate.    “It is a privilege to bring the First Peoples’ voices and stories, poetry and whatever genre they are bringing to life to the forefront,” Halfe said in a statement.   The role of the parliamentary poet laureate is to write poetry for parliamentarians or for special occasions, to hold poetry readings, and to help curate the Library of Parliament’s poetry collection.   The position, created in 2001, comes with a $20,000 stipend, $13,000 for trav...

The Globe and Mail Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Handout Louise Bernice Halfe is the type of person who remembers simple acts of kindness, such as the Grade 2 teacher who sent home a bag of high-heeled shoes for her mother – even though she and her family lived in a log shack in the bush. Ms. Halfe, who was given a Cree name by an elder that loosely translates to “Sky Danc...

  SASKATOON -- An award-winning Indigenous poet and former residential school student has been selected as the next Parliamentary Poet Laureate. Louise Bernice Halfe, who is also known by her Cree name, Sky Dancer, has used poetry to confront Canada's fraught history with Indigenous people. She is Canada's ninth poet laureate. She also was Saskatchewan's second poet laureate. Raised on the Saddle Lake First Nation in Alberta, Halfe attended Blue Quills Residential School as a child and went on to become a social worker. The role of the Parliamentary Poet Laureate is to write poetry, es...