On August 28, award-winning poet Farah Ghafoor will be hosting a workshop at the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre as part of their 2025 Labour Day programming.

Ghafoor, whose own work explores the idea of value at the intersection of capitalism, colonialism, and climate change, invites participants to consider the history and potential of labour poetry in the 21st century. Her most recent release is the critically acclaimed collection Shadow Price from House of Anansi Press. 

This workshop will offer a mix of close readings and creative prompts. Allowing participants the opportunity to write and share their own work. This event is free and open to all but registration is encouraged!

About Farah Ghafoor

FARAH GHAFOOR is an award-winning poet living on the traditional territory of the Anishnabeg, the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples. Her work was awarded the E.J. Pratt Medal and Prize in Poetry, longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize, is taught in university courses, and published in The Walrus, the Fiddlehead, Room, and elsewhere. Raised in New Brunswick and southern Ontario, Ghafoor now works in Tkaronto (Toronto) as a financial analyst.