Barry McKinnon

Barry McKinnon:  was born in 1944 in Calgary Alberta. In 1965, after two years at Mount Royal College, he went to Sir George Williams University in Montreal and took poetry courses with Irving Layton. He graduated in 1967 with a B.A. degree. In 1969, he graduated with an M.A. from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and was hired that same year to teach English at the College of New Caledonia in Prince George. His latest Trade Collections include: In the Millennium, Vancouver, New Star, 2009 and The Centre: Poems 1970 –2000, Vancouver, Talonbooks, 2004.