Dr. Bonnie Nish is Executive Director of Word Vancouver and Pandora’s Collective Outreach Society. She is an award-winning poet and author; her first book, Love and Bones (Karma Press, 2013), was followed by Concussion and Mild TBI: Not Just Another Headline (Lash and Associates, 2016), and most recently Cantata in Two Voices, co-written with Jude Neal (Ekstasis Editions, 2018).

Bonnie holds a Master’s in Arts Education from Simon Fraser University and a PhD in Language and Literacy Education from the University of British Columbia. She is a certified Expressive Arts Therapist, a faculty member at the Vancouver Expressive Arts Therapy School, and conducts research on how trauma recovery is shaped by the care people receive.

Bonnie has worked with individuals and groups from diverse and marginalized backgrounds, providing opportunities for voices to be seen and heard. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. 

Website: Creativehealingvancouver.com