Jennifer Baker
M.A., Ph.D.

Jennifer Baker is a poet, environmental activist, and Adjunct Professor in the Department of English at the University of Ottawa, where she teaches Creative and Professional Writing and Literary Studies. Her research specialities include environmental humanities and Canadian literature.

Jennifer is the author of three chapbooks: Abject Lessons (above/ground press, 2014), Groundling (Trainwreck Press, 2021), and Memento Mishka (Apt. 9 Press, 2023). Her poetry, interviews, and reviews can be found in several Canadian publications, including Canadian Literature, Canthius, and Arc Poetry Magazine, where she was also recently awarded Honourable Mention for the Diana Brebner Poetry Prize in 2022 for her poems, “Companion Species,” and “A Different Kind of Person.”

Jennifer is the former Vice President of the Sierra Club Canada Foundation, and has been actively researching in and offering workshops nationally and internationally on creative management of climate emotions for fellow environmental activists (please see “Workshops” for further details).