A. Gregory Frankson

A. Gregory (Greg) Frankson is an educator, activist, consultant, and award-winning literary artist. Since 2004, Greg has featured in numerous audio recordings, videopoems, public speeches, articles, and literary journals. He appears in six anthologies, including the award-winning collection The Great Black North (Frontenac House, 2013), published four poetry collections (Cerebral Stimulation, 2005, Lead on a Page, 2012, A Weekly Dose of Ritallin, 2015 and Cerebral Confections, 2021), and is the editor of the critically acclaimed AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets (Renaissance Press, 2022). His debut work of creative nonfiction, Alphabet Soup: A Memoir in Letters, will be published by Rare Machines (Dundurn Press) in January 2025. Greg is a 2012 national poetry slam champion, a 2013 inductee to the VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour, and won Best Author in the 2021 ByBlacks.com People’s Choice Awards. He is the past poet laureate of the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership, appeared on CBC TV’s Canada’s Smartest Person, and is the former poetic commentator on Here and Now Toronto on CBC Radio One. He is the founder and CEO of Voice Share Inc., which focuses on helping individuals and teams strengthen their inclusive leadership and effective communication skills to accelerate transformative change. He is also a co-founder of AfriCANthology Canada, which produces BlackLit Durham and the forthcoming Canadian Black Literary Festival, among other projects focused on sharing and amplifying the stories of Black Canadians. Greg is passionately dedicated to living according to his personal mission statement – to present the vision that inspires others to positively change the world.

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