Professor Aritha van Herk, CM, AOE, FRSC

Pronouns: she/her

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vanherk@ucalgary.ca

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Office: SS1132

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B.A. English Lang & Or Literature, University of Alberta, 1976

M.A. English Lang & Or Literature, University of Alberta, 1978

“A creative biography of Canadian writer Robert Kroetsch”

Honorary Doctor of Letters, Athabasca University, . 2018
Member, Order of Canada, Office of the Governor General of Canada. 2018
Elected as Fellow of the Glenbow Museum, Glenbow Museum and Archives. 2017
She Who Dares, YWCA, Calgary. . 2017
Killam Award for Mentorship and Supervision, The Killam Trust. 2016
Lecture of a Lifetime, University of Calgary. 2016
One of 25 Most Influential Artists in Alberta, Alberta Foundation for the Arts.. 2016
Great Supervisor Award, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 2015
Finalist in Profile, Alberta Magazine Awards, 2014
Honorary Degree, University of Manitoba, 2013
Lt. Governor of Alberta Distinguished Artist Award, 2013
Lorne Pierce Medal, 2012
Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal, 2012
Alberta Order of Excellence, 2011
Aritha van Herk Award, 2011
Calgary Awards, 2011
Calgary Public Library Champion Award, 2011
Golden Pen Award for Lifetime Achievement, 2011
Great Ideas Award, Newspapers Canada, 2011
University of Calgary Students Union Teaching Excellence Award, 2011
Mavericks ONE BOOK/ONE CITY Selection, 2010
Order of the University of Calgary, 2008
Alberta Tourism Award, 2007
City of Calgary White Hat of the Year Award, 2007
Excellence in Research and Teaching, 2004
Board of Governors' Award of Excellence, Alberta College of Art and Design, 2002
Grant MacEwan Author's Award, 2002
Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1997

“The North Within.” . Aritha Van Herk. Masaryk University Press. 53-64. (2018)
“Tripping on the Threshold: Groping in the Dark.” . Aritha Van Herk. Peter Lang. 35-44. (2017)
“At Home or Nowhere.” . Aritha Van Herk. transcript Verlag. 31-38. (2017)
“Invisible Restlessness in the Yearning City: The Classified and Consumed; or Joyfully Resonant.”. Aritha Van Herk. Vernon Press. 121-139. (2018)
“Across the ‘Ocean of the Page’: Nischik and Kroetsch Gaining Ground.”. Aritha Van Herk. Camden House. 211-222. (2018)
“Teaching, or Not Teaching, Creative Writing.”. Aritha Van Herk. Dundurn. 201-209. (2018)