Building community through writing
Langara College has a long-standing commitment to fostering creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement among its students and the broader community. As part of this commitment, we established a Writer in Residence program, an initiative designed to enrich the literary culture on campus and support emerging writers by providing them with the mentorship, inspiration, and resources they need to succeed. The importance of storytelling and the written word cannot be overstated. While Langara College offers a variety of writing courses, there is a growing need for a program that goes beyond the classroom to provide students with real-world guidance from experienced, professional writers.
Writer in Residence The Langara Writer in Residence program provides an opportunity for the College community to engage with an established writer. The program permits the Writer in Residence to pursue their own creative projects while being available to Langara students for classroom visits, manuscript consultations, and events—including a public lecture.
Our goal is to secure funding to establish the Writer in Residence program as a permanent fixture at Langara College. With your support, we can build a sustainable model that ensures the continued presence of a Writer in Residence each year, providing ongoing opportunities for students and the community to engage with literature in meaningful ways.
About Jasmine Sealy, Langara’s 2025 Writer in Residence
Jasmine Sealy is a Barbadian-Canadian writer. She is a graduate of the MFA program at the UBC School of Creative Writing where she won the 2020 UBC/HarperCollins Canada Best New Fiction Prize for her debut novel, The Island of Forgetting (2022).
Learn about Langara’s 2025 Writer in Residence: Jasmine Sealy
Learn more about our 2024 Writer in Residence: Evelyn Lau
Learn more about our 2023 Writer in Residence: Rawi Hage
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