Roger Nash

Roger Nash BA, MA, PhD (Exon) is a Canadian philosopher and poet. He was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England on November 3, 1942. He grew up in England, Egypt, Cyprus, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has a B.A. from the University of Wales (1965), an M.A. from McMaster University (1966) and a Ph.D. from the University of Exeter (1974).

Roger Nash is a professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario. He has served as Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Director of the Interdisciplinary Humanities M.A. programme in “Interpretation and Value" at Laurentian University, and was a founding member of the Graduate Diploma in Science Communication offered by Laurentian University and Science North. His main philosophical interests are: Ancient Greek Philosophy, Asian Philosophy, Wittgenstein, and Environmental Ethics.

He is currently Poet Laureate of the City of Greater Sudbury (population 160,000), appointed by the Mayor and Council . He was president of the League of Canadian Poets from 1998-2000. During his tenure as president, he worked with Senator Jerry Grafstein to help create the position of Canadian Poet Laureate.

He is a cantor at the Shaar Hashomayim Synagogue, and is active in community fund-raising. Roger is married to Bronwen Christine and has two children, Piers Nash (born 1969) and Caedmon Nash (born 1970).

Awards

Bibliography

Books

Chapters

"Strategies: how to get written by a poem." In Poets in the classroom. Ed. by Betsy Struthers and Sarah Klassen. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Limited, 81-87. 1995.

Articles

Published Conference Papers

"Collaboration in curriculum committees and the culture of the university: a clash of perspectives?" In Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 37. 1995.

Short Stories

Poems

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