Traumatology

Audio: Professor speaks about Olympic poet-in-residence experience and new book

Priscila Uppal, professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, spoke to Matt Galloway on CBC’s Metro Morning March 24 about her work as poet-in-residence during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. Uppal wrote poems about the competitions and read them to the athletes and their families, which are archived […]

York professor launches poetry collection on health and pop culture

Surreal, absurdist, satirical, playful and yet, at times, deeply serious is how York English Professor Priscila Uppal (BA Hons. ’97, PhD ’04) describes Traumatology, her latest collection of poetry officially launching on Wednesday. A poet and novelist, Uppal will read from Traumatology during the launch on March 24 at 8pm at the Monarch Tavern, 12 […]