Laurie Brinklow

Laurie Brinklow is a Canadian academic, poet, and author. She is an assistant professor of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island. She is the president of the International Small Islands Studies Association. She is the Co-ordinator of the Institute of Island Studies at the University of Prince Edward Island.

Early life and education Brinklow has a Bachelor of Arts from University of Victoria. She has a bachelor of education equivalent from University of British Columbia. She completed her PhD at the University of Tasmania in Geography and Environmental Studies. From 1994 to 1998, she coordinated the North Atlantic Islands Programme (later became the North Atlantic Forum). Her book of poetry, Here for the Music, was published in 2012.

In 2015, Laurie was the chair of the Building Community Resilience Conference for the 10th North Atlantic Forum in Summerside, Prince Edward Island. She received the Hessian Merit Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Sessional Instructor in 2018. She received CAD$5,000 in funding from the Prince Edward Island provincial government to conduct a survey on the reasons islanders where leaving the province as part of the government strategy to increase the population of the island.

Brinklow is the president of the International Small Islands Studies Association. She is a board member of the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation. She is a member of the social committee of the UPEI faculty association.