Join Taslim Jaffer for a one-hour workshop celebrating the power of bilingual expression through poetry.

Participants will hear inspiring poems crafted in English and other languages, and discover how rhythm, imagery, and meaning transcend linguistic boundaries. Guided exercises to spark your own writing will be provided. Whether you’re fluent in other languages or simply curious, this session will open new doors for self-expression. All levels welcome!

Location: Room C245, UBC Robson Square

Facilitator: Taslim Jaffer

About The Facilitator

Taslim Jaffer

Taslim Jaffer is a writer, editor and writing instructor from Surrey, B.C. with an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from University of King’s College. Her bylines appear in Macleans, CBC, WestCoast Families, Peace Arch News & more. She is the winner of the 2022 Creative Nonfiction Collective/Humber Literary Review contest and recipient of a 2021 Silver Canadian Online Publishing Award. Taslim has been teaching memoir and expressive writing in community and rehabilitative settings since 2015 and is a panelist, moderator, and instructor at literary arts festivals. She is co-editor of the anthology, Back Where I Came From: On Culture, Identity and Home (Bookhug*Press, 2024) and the 2025 City of Richmond Writer-in-Residence. Her work-in-progress is an essay collection rooted in her life experiences with themes of cultural inheritance, liminality, identity and motherhood.