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Born: 18 November, 1939. Ottawa, Ontario.
Education:
Victoria College, University of Toronto, B.A., 1961;
Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass., A.M., 1962;
Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., 1962-63, 1965-67.
Employment:
Lecturer in English, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1964-65;
Instructor in English, Sir George Williams University, Montreal, 1967-68; University of Alberta, 1969-70;
Assistant Professor of English, York University, Toronto, 1971-72;
Writer-In-Residence, University of Toronto, 1972-73;
M.F.A. Honorary Chair, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 1985;
Berg Chair, New York University, 1986;
Writer-In- Residence, Macquarie Univ., Australia, 1987;
Writer-In-Residence, Trinity Univ., San Antonio, Texas, 1989.
President of the Writers' Union of Canada from May, 1981 to May, 1982,
President of International P.E.N., Canadian Centre (English Speaking) from 1984-1986.
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