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6 3 weeks before program start date 50 of the registrations fees refunded minus a nonrefundable 50 administration fee 3 weeks or less before program start date no refund general faqs wordsworth 2017 week 3 campers staff inclusivity at wordsworth wordsworth is committed to creating a safe inclusive and diverse learning community that allows the campers to learn and interpret the world in which we live through dialogue social interaction and hands on activities as we get closer to wordsworth 2026 some of our specific details may change but generally follow past wordsworth camps read below to get a sense of a day at wordsworth schedule information and previous years handbooks and make sure to check out our youth programming faq a day at wordsworth one of the first things you ll notice when you arrive at wordsworth is that the days are full a creative team member will wake you bright and early for breakfast after breakfast you will attend a day of amazing classes with breaks for writing exploring chilling and playing the evenings don t slow down either jam sessions followed by nightly shows campfires and bedtime stories are what to expect each night your creative team have many exciting extra curricular activities planned in other words be prepared for busy full days red deer polytechnic rdp located near the outskirts of red deer rdp has great facilities access to hiking trails and plenty of open space for activities the location offers apartment style accommodation and a large cafeteria all residences and activities at rdp are supervised by our highly qualified creative team wordsworth handbook in the week prior to camp all registrants will be sent a wordsworth handbook which provides details about class schedules registration drop off and pick up times what to bring camp rules and regulations and contact information for the camp to view last year s handbook check out week 1 and week 2 pick up drop off times times subject to change drop off please aim to be at rdp at 3 00 pm on the sunday of your week at wordsworth dorms will be assigned at that time pick up parents and guests are invited to our final wordsworth camp life sampler platter on the friday of your week at camp the experience runs from 3 00 pm 5 00 pm like everyone else who comes back to wordsworth year after year to me it s a home the community the atmosphere and the people whether it s the creative team members colin matty our wonderful director or the instructors who are unabashedly kind hilarious intelligent and sweet here i m home week 2 camper wordsworth 2017 meet our creative team instructors for 2026 while our programs are still being finalized we are excited to welcome our returning and new team members so far you can learn about them below creative team ugochi okoli wordsworth director ugochi okoli is a writer and communications professional whose work spans poetry fiction and creative non fiction her writing explores themes of identity womanhood and belonging with experience at the intersection of storytelling leadership and community engagement ugochi currently serves as a communications coordinator with a school division where she brings creativity and purpose to her professional practice she holds a bachelor s degree in botany and a graduate certificate in creative writing marin perlette graphic designer marin perlette is a visual artist whose practice includes but is not limited to storyboarding illustration zine making and animation they ve freelanced as an illustrator and designer for organizations across alberta and bc and have recently started peddling their prints and poetry zines at local art markets when they re not at their drawing tablet marin enjoys baking sourdough slinging coffee and playing the bass to varying degrees of success kaja pedersen creative team kaja pedersen is a fiction writer who grew up on the traditional lands of the peoples of treaty 7 which include the blackfoot confederacy the tsuut ina first nation the stoney nakoda and the region 3 metis nation she holds a bachelors of arts in creative writing from the university of victoria where she served as a fiction editor for the warren undergraduate review she can usually be found in forest dwellings near you henry fithern stiele creative team henry they any was born between two mountains in the rocky mountains of alberta at the age of zero they spent their formative years drawing and writing and watching so many cartoons they had to find out where cartoons came from and how to make them after graduating art school with a degree in animation and working in the industry for a few years henry s settled for the time being working as the main soil person in a garden centre in kelowna bc and making their own independent cartoons maiden manzanal frank creative team maiden manzanal frank is an international social impact leadership expert author and keynote speaker she supports provocateurs design bold legacy strategies so they can turn good intentions into systemic sustainable global impact she is the bhichai and khunying charoye rattakul scholar for peace and conflict resolution for three years she coached rotary peace fellows from 15 countries on leadership and change making at the rotary peace center thailand and regularly lectures at red deer polytechnic morgan mclean alexander creative team morgan mclean alexander she her is a fiction writer and poet born in calgary alberta she grew up on the traditional lands of the peoples of treaty 7 including the blackfoot confederacy the tsuut ina first nation the stoney nakota and region 3 metis nation she is a third year university student at mount royal university with a minor in creative writing and is acting vp of ideation and innovation for the mount royal university write club morgan can normally be found daydreaming about dragons and myths in local café s or on transit instructors émanuel gab dubbeldam week one two émanuel dubbeldam is an artist of dutch immigrant and acadian settler descent living and working in amiskwaciwâskahikan edmonton his writing and theatre work often centre around the interplay between his identities as queer trans and francophone within that he likes to explore the absurd the campy the surreal and the too real émanuel mainly writes short stories plays screenplays and novels he also translates and edits in all these formats when he is not writing émanuel can be seen performing on stages across canada in both french and english marc lynch week one two marc herman lynch is a phd candidate in creative writing at the university of calgary he loves to work in hybrid forms blending poetry mythology creative non fiction and fiction to create surreal and odd generic amalgamations his first novel arborescent a surrealist horror set in calgary came out with arsenal pulp press in 2020 he is the recipient of multiple prizes including the literary kaleidoscope carol honey award for creative writing 2021 and grain magazine s kloppenburg hybrid award 2023 shima aisha robinson aka dwennimmen week one two shima aisha robinson is an amiskwaciy wâskahikan edmonton born student community builder poet and spoken word artist who embodies with every literary and scholarly effort the ancient meaning of her chosen pen name dwennimmen is the name of an ancient african adinkra symbol which means strength humility learning and wisdom she is the author of two books including horn 2016 denseverse self published and bellow 2022 glass house press shima is the 10th edmonton poet laureate richard kemick week one richard kelly kemick is an award winning poet journalist and fiction writer his debut collection of short stories hello horse was published by biblioasis in 2024 he is also the author of i am herod available on audiobook the poetry collection caribou run and the stage play amor de cosmos a delusional musical marin perlette week one two marin perlette is a visual artist whose practice includes but is not limited to storyboarding illustration zine making and animation they ve freelanced as an illustrator and designer for organizations across alberta and bc and have recently started peddling their prints and poetry zines at local art markets when they re not at their drawing tablet marin enjoys baking sourdough slinging coffee and playing the bass to varying degrees of success lindsey walker week two lindsey walker s most recent release something real is a trio of moody and anthemic tracks that will simultaneously make you want to grab your lover and run full tilt into the darkness pulsing bass meets angelic harmonies as lindsey s powerhouse vocals soar over top this long awaited release has been looming since her award winning album this desolate bliss was released in 2017 lindsey walker has not been taking it easy in that time composing musicals ren the wake amor de cosmos a delusional musical soundtracks natural life podcast themes for the audiobook i am herod and dipping her toe into theatre a founding member of the sketch comedy troupe sketchy broads and a principle player on the improv soap opera die nasty she has been holding her cards close to her chest with this much anticipated release and is set to go all in eden middleton week one two eden middleton they them is a playwright dramaturge researcher and future social worker based in treaty 7 moh kins tsis and treaty 1 winipek their creative practice centers curiosity courage and care with a generous handful of joy and a centering of queer and crip stories eden is one half of sunflower collective theatre with works including date night and after there will be flowers their master s thesis at the university of manitoba looks at autonomy and agency in psychiatric hospitalizations using theatre making and creative writing as knowledge creation they find joy through ttrpgs cross stitch river walks and community building and love wordsworth for being a place where that happens bridgette boyko week two bridgette boyko she her is a writer actor and educator based in amiskwaciwâskahikan edmonton she is dedicated to the art of storytelling and tries to spread a little magic wherever she goes bridgette s diverse writing background includes creating works for both the stage and screen and has allowed her to showcase her work in various festivals throughout alberta and bc last summer she wrote co directed starred in and produced a tv pilot called a bundle of b s with the help of storyhive bridgette s newest project is a stage play she wrote that will premiere at the 2026 edmonton international fringe festival called it s how i know ashay ashêllheld vaidya week two ashay ashêllheld vaidya ma mba is a first generation canadian an award winning literary artist and an experiential experimentalist currently living in moh kins tsis calgary as a critically mindful artist he explores the quiet complexities of empathy and love bleeding into social responsibility as a development specialist and peer supporter he works with marginalized communities to enlighten the everyday experiences of instinctive helpers through emotionally nuanced storytelling and sometimes in the present day world of deep seated fear and inequality he uses whimsical storytelling to ask existential questions of our creator eva haas week two eva haas they any is a queer artist and poet from ktaqmkuk st john s newfoundland currently based on lekwungen land victoria british columbia they served as the city of victoria s eleventh youth poet laureate from 2023 to 2025 and recently graduated with a bachelor of arts in writing from the university of victoria their work is featured in the malahat review the fiddlehead the ex puritan augur riddle fence and elsewhere by day they make a mean vanilla latte by night they make a mean poem about a vanilla latte wordsworth courses schedule tentative monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday 8 00 am breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast breakfast 8 30 am warm up activities warm up activities warm up activities warm up activities warm up activities 8 45 am classes block one classes block one classes block one classes block one classes block one 10 15 am break break break break break 10 25 am classes block two classes block two classes block two classes block two classes block two 12 00 pm lunch lunch lunch lunch lunch 12 30 pm classes block 3 12 45 pm 2 00 pm classes block 3 classes block 3 classes block 3 classes block 3 3 00 pm camp life sampler platter and sendoff 3 30 pm pod meeting pod meeting pod meeting pod meeting 3 45 pm camp wide writing time camp wide writing time camp wide writing time camp wide writing time 5 15 pm dinner dinner dinner dinner 6 45 pm jam sessions jam sessions jam sessions jam sessions 8 00 pm evening activity evening activity evening activity evening activity 9 15 pm campfire bedtime story campfire bedtime story campfire bedtime story campfire bedtime story 10 00 pm bedtime bedtime bedtime bedtime question and answer re searching for writing from the real week one two eden middleton telling the stories closest to your heart of communities you care about of loved ones near and dear to you or even your own truths asks you to hold those stories steadily lightly and artfully playing across writing mediums this class will explore research for community engaged work and autofiction telling your own story creatively through collaborative and individual writing exercises discussions and experimentations if you go re searching what will you find what story will you tell when you return wild rides in dystopian dreamscapes week one two marc lynch readers and writers alike are drawn to dystopian narratives because they so often mirror our fears about the future ecological collapse societal dissolution moral decay in writing these types of narratives we learn to tease out what drives readers to fear and what drives them to hope for this class students will examine and write their own dystopia style narratives focussing on world building and characters in extreme circumstances students will learn to recognize and play with genre clichés focussing on fundamental questions of storytelling what makes a good scene tick how can we suspend our audience s disbelief what makes a character feel alive in the world this class will be organized in the form of a writers room where students will get the opportunity to storyboard outline then pitch ideas to their peers to get help fleshing out their worlds by the end of the class students will have a fully fledged dyspotic short story and the uncanny feeling that the frightening realities that they created might not seem as far removed as once thought animation for storytellers week one two marin perlette animation inhabits a unique niche as a medium for storytelling as it gives its practitioner the ability to depict movement through space and time every animation exists at the intersection of writing and the visual arts from the simplest of flip books to the complex animated productions we enjoy in theatres 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