Kennedy, Michael P.J. 1947–

(P.J. Kennedy)

PERSONAL: Born April 28, 1947; citizenship: Canadian; son of Philip W. (a factory production controller) and Agnes (a primary schoolteacher; maiden name, Felber) Kennedy; married Marjorie E. May (a librarian), April 3, 1980. Education: Iona College, B.A., 1959; University of Ottawa, M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1989; attended University of Saskatchewan, 1988–89. Politics: New Democrat. Hobbies and other interests: Hockey, railway history, politics, gardening.

ADDRESSES: Home—P.O. Box 283, Vanscoy, Saskatchewan SOL 3J0, Canada. Office—Department of English, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Dr., Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 5A5, Canada. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, part-time instructor, 1971–75; University of Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, special lecturer, 1975–76; Saskatchewan Institute, Kelsey Campus, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, instructor in Canadian literature and communication arts, 1976–. Concordia University, instructor at Loyola College, 1973–75; University of Saskatchewan, lecturer, 1991–; lecturer at other institutions, including Elder-hostel Canada; conference presenter and organizer; host of poetry readings. Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation, life member; Streetcar Committee, founding chair, 1994–; Saskatoon Heritage Festival, member of board of directors, 2000–01; Mendel Art Gallery, member; founder of Michael RJ. Kennedy Men's Hockey Scholarship.

MEMBER: International Consortium for year of the Arctic (1907), Canadian Transit Heritage Foundation, Saskatchewan Railroad Historical Association (life member), Saskatchewan Writers Guild, New Democratic Party.

AWARDS, HONORS: Thirteen Staff Merit Awards, Student Council Kelsey Campus of Saskatchewan Institute, 1977–89; Teaching Excellence Award, University of Saskatchewan Students Union, 1998; Teaching Excellence Award, University of Saskatchewan College of Arts and Science, 2004; Sylvia Wallace Sessional Lecturer Teaching Excellence Award, 2005; grant from Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame; multiple awards from Saskatchewan Railroad Historical Association.

WRITINGS:

(Editor) Words on Ice: A Collection of Hockey Prose, Key Porter Books (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), 2003.

(Editor) Going Top Shelf: An Anthology of Canadian Hockey Poetry, Heritage House (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada), 2005.

Author of instructional materials. Sports columnist, Star Phoenix (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada), 1979–89. Contributor to books, including Echoing Silence: Arctic Narratives, edited by John Moss, University of Ottawa Press (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada), 1997; and to reference books. Contributor of more than 350 articles and reviews to periodicals, including Textual Studies in Canada: Canada's Journal of Cultural Literacy, Canadian Journal of Native Studies, Studies in Canadian Literature, NeWest Review, Journal of Canadian Fiction, Compass, Inscape, Beaver, Hockey News, Canadian Transit Heritage Bulletin, and InussukJArctic Research Journal. Contributor to books and scholarly journals. Author of articles on sports and railways under name P.J. Kennedy.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Dogs on Ice: A History of Men's and Women's Hockey at University of Saskatchewan; an evaluation of secondary sources for Inuit literature.

SIDELIGHTS: Michael P.J. Kennedy told CA: "I am first and foremost a teacher. My research interests in Canadian literature in general and Inuit literature and hockey literature in particular come from a desire to provide students with information about these often overlooked areas of our country's literature.

"My popular class 'Reading Culture: Hockey in Canadian Literature' has led to the publication of the first two volumes I have edited. There is an abundance of very good hockey short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, as well as considerably less drama and long fiction in this area of study. My motivation for collecting works and then placing them into a collection with literary integrity was to provide serious scholars and hockey fans alike with anthologies of interest.

"As a writer of creative works, scholarly articles, serious sports journalism, and formulaic columns dealing with sports, I have learned to adapt my material and style to best communicate with a specific audience. Like effective teaching, an effective writer or editor should know the subject matter well and know and respect the audiences and its needs."