Past Mentoring • Teaching
Sandra Ridley has taught poetry as a sessional instructor at Carleton University and has been a writing mentor through Ottawa’s Supportive Housing and Mental Health Services, “Footprints to Recovery” program for people living with mental illness • She has facilitated workshops for the City of Ottawa, Ottawa Public Library, the Tree Reading Series, Calgary’s WordFest, and has contributed to the BC Learning Networks online program for Writers’ Craft • Sandra has also been an invited speaker to creative writing classes at the University of Ottawa, Carleton, and was a participant in the University of Toronto’s “Influency Salon” •
Community Involvement
Jury chair for the League of Canadian Poet’s Gerald Lampert Memorial Award • Juror for the Ontario Arts Council’s granting programs for Literary Organizations and for Periodicals • Judge for Carleton University’s Lillian I. Founder and George Johnston Prizes • Judge for Tree Press’s Chapbook Contest • Co-judge for the bpNichol Award • Judge for Arc Magazine’s Diana Brebner Prize • Judge for the Alfred G. Bailey Prize for Poetry, Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick • Juror for the City of Ottawa’s Literary Organizations grant program • Inductee co-nominator for VerseOttawa’s Hall of Honour • Panel host for the Ottawa International Writers Festival • Associate editor and contests chair for Arc Magazine • Writer-in residence for Open Book Toronto.
