Jillian Christmas

Jillian Christmas is a Canadian poet from Vancouver, British Columbia. Her work focuses on anti-colonial narratives, family, heritage, and identity. She is most noted as the 2021 winner of the League of Canadian Poets' Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for spoken word poetry. Furthermore, she has represented both Vancouver and Toronto at 11 national poetry events and was the first Canadian to make the final stage at the Women of the World Poetry Slam.

Being born and raised on First Nation territories, and now living in Vancouver's first nation territories, much of Christmas' inspiration comes from colonialism and oppression as she lives in spaces of long-lasting colonial impacts, and she writes about her experiences with this.

Her published debut collection, The Gospel of Breaking, was also a shortlisted finalist for both the Gerald Lampert Award and the Pat Lowther Award in the same year. The Gospel of Breaking is her first poetry collection novel, focusing on Jillian's political beliefs, family, sexuality, and storytelling about love, friends, and community. She is queer,

Debut novel: The Gospel of Breaking The Gospel of Breaking is her first poetry collection novel, focusing on Jillian's identity, family, and community.

She has partnered with

Toronto Poetry Project; Wordplay; Brendan McLeod's Travelling Slam; University of British Columbia; Vancouver Opera; The CLUTCH Mentorship.