Poet Laureate Kyeren Regehr

Kyeren Regehr is Victoria’s current Poet Laureate for 2025 to 2026. This honorary position celebrates literature and poetry in the capital city.

An award-winning poet and writer, Regehr is the author of Cult Life (finalist for the national ReLit Awards and The Victoria Butler Book Prize) and Disassembling A Dancer (winner of the inaugural Raven Chapbooks contest). Her poetry has appeared in top literary journals and anthologies across Canada, Australia and the U.S., and she has won or been shortlisted for more than two dozen literary contests.

Beyond the page, Regehr’s background in professional dance and theatre gives her poetry an unmistakable rhythm. She once found herself in the finals of the Victoria Poetry Slam completely by accident after encouraging her students to perform. Now, as Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry, she continues to champion the literary arts.

“I’m honoured to serve as Victoria’s seventh Poet Laureate on lək̓ʷəŋən homelands and look forward to deepening our connection to poetry and one another,” said Regehr.

For more information about this program, or to contact the Poet Laureate, email culture@victoria.ca.

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