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El Jones
Jones in 2018
Jones in 2018
Born
Wales
OccupationPoet, journalist, columnist, professor
SubjectRacism, colonialism, prison reform, human rights, social justice

El Jones is a poet, journalist, professor and activist living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. She is currently an assistant professor in the Department of Political and Canadian Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.[1][2] Her work has appeared in publications including CBC, the Globe and Mail and the Washington Post.[3]

Biography

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El Jones was born in Wales and grew up in Winnipeg.[4] She holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen's University.[5]

She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax, Nova Scotia from 2013 to 2015.[6][7]

Jones' first book, Live From the Afrikan Resistance! published in 2014 by Roseway, an imprint of Fernwood Publishing, is a collection of poems about resisting white colonialism.[8][9]

In 2015, she was a resident at the International Writing Program at University of Iowa.[10][11] Her work focuses on social justice issues such as feminism, prison abolition, anti-racism, and decolonization;[8] she wrote in The Washington Post in June 2020 about "the realities of white-supremacist oppression that black people in Canada have long experienced."[12]

Since 2016, she has co-hosted a radio show called Black Power Hour on CKDU-FM, an educational program which provides information on Black history and culture aimed at incarcerated people.[13] Listeners from prisons call in to rap and read poetry that they have written, providing a voice to people who rarely get a wide audience.[14] She is a contributor to the Halifax Examiner and has contributed to HuffPost.[15] She has taught at Dalhousie University, Acadia University, Nova Scotia Community College, Saint Mary's University and Mount Saint Vincent University.[16]

From 2017 to 2019, she was the 15th Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.[17]

In 2021, Jones became a contributor to The Breach, a Canadian alternative news website.[18] In the same year, she was writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto Scarborough.[19]

In March 2022, she was amongst 151 international feminists signing Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto, in solidarity with the Russian Feminist Anti-War Resistance.[20][n. 1] In November 2022, her book, Abolitionist Intimacies, was published by Fernwood Publishing.[24][25]

Jones was interviewed and featured in the award-winning documentary feature film Reimagining Safety (2023) by director Matthew Solomon.[26][27] The film covers defunding the police and the George Floyd protests.

In 2024, Jones received an honorary Doctor of Letters from Acadia University.[2][28]

Awards and honours

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  • National Slam Champion (2007, 2008).[29]
  • Named a Bold Visionaryby the A Bold Vision National Leadership Conference (2014).[30]
  • Dr. Allan Burnley (Rocky) Jones Individual Award at the Nova Scotia Human Rights Award (2016) for her "commitment to advancing human rights, equity and inclusion."[31]
  • 2017/18 Poet in Residence for Poetry in Voice.[32]
  • Atlantic Journalism Award for Commentary: Any Medium (2018).[33]
  • Atlantic Journalism Award for Commentary: Any Medium (2019).[34]
  • Honorary Doctor of Letters from Acadia University.[29]

Notes

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  1. ^ This manifesto was criticized by both Ukrainian feminists and members of the Feminist Anti-War Resistance themselves.[21][22][23]

References

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  1. ^ "Faculty Profiles". Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  2. ^ a b "Dr. El Jones – Doctor of Letters ('24) - Acadia University Convocation". convocation.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  3. ^ "El Jones". The Tyee. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  4. ^ "El Jones". Atlantic Canadian Poets' Archive. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  5. ^ "El Jones". Centre for Free Expression. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  6. ^ "HRM Poet Laureate". Halifax, Nova Scotia.
  7. ^ "El Jones | Poetry in Voice". poetryinvoice.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  8. ^ a b Beaumont, Hilary. "El Jones, poetry and power". The Coast Halifax. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  9. ^ "Live from the Afrikan Resistance!". Quill & Quire. November 27, 2014.
  10. ^ Catharine Tunney, "El Jones, Halifax's poet laureate, moving to Iowa for work". CBC News, July 16, 2015.
  11. ^ "El JONES | The International Writing Program". University of Iowa.
  12. ^ El Jones (2020-06-04). "Black Canadians are suffocating under a racist policing system, too". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
  13. ^ Boon, Jacob (March 30, 2016). "Black Power Hour offers inmate education over the airwaves". The Coast Halifax.
  14. ^ "Halifax radio show gives inmates outlet on the airwaves". Metro Halifax. October 24, 2016 – via SaltWire Network.
  15. ^ "Debunking Myths About Rape In Prison". HuffPost. November 15, 2016.
  16. ^ "El Jones advocates system change for universities - Dalhousie Gazette". The Dalhousie Gazette. October 14, 2016.
  17. ^ "Nancy's Chair in Women's Studies". Mount Saint Vincent University.
  18. ^ Wright Allen, Samantha. The Hill Times, "The Breach, new media outlet to launch this spring." 2021-04-12
  19. ^ "Writer-in-Residence | Department of English". www.utsc.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  20. ^ "Feminist Resistance Against War: A Manifesto". Spectre Journal. 17 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  21. ^ Hendl, Tereza (2022). "Towards accounting for Russian imperialism and building meaningful transnational feminist solidarity with Ukraine" (PDF). Gender Studies. 26: 62–93.
  22. ^ Ashley Smith (June 23, 2022). "Inside the Russian Resistance Against Putin's War". Spectre Journal. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  23. ^ "Russia's women are fighting back against the war in Ukraine". OpenDemocracy.net. 4 October 2022. Archived from the original on 7 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  24. ^ "Abolitionist Intimacies". fernwoodpublishing.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  25. ^ Dorson, David (2025). "Abolitionist Intimacies by El Jones (2022) Halifax: Fernwood Publishing, 218 pp". Journal of Prisoners on Prisons. 34 (2): 111–114. doi:10.18192/jpp.v34i2.7856. ISSN 0838-164X.
  26. ^ "Cast & Crew". Reimagining Safety. Retrieved 2026-01-22.
  27. ^ Paris, Melina (2023-06-22). "Reimagining Safety Movie -". Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  28. ^ "El Jones, Activist - Women's and Gender Studies". womenstudies.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  29. ^ a b "Dr. El Jones – Doctor of Letters ('24) - Acadia University Convocation". convocation.acadiau.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  30. ^ "A Bold Vision | Women's Leadership Conference". aboldvision.ca. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  31. ^ "Human rights award recipients honoured". The Chronicle Herald. 2016-12-09. Retrieved 2017-03-11.
  32. ^ "El Jones | Poetry In Voice". www.poetryinvoice.com. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  33. ^ Awards, Atlantic Journalism. "AJAs Announces 2018 Finalists". www.newswire.ca. Retrieved 2026-02-10.
  34. ^ "And the winners are ... Atlantic Journalism Awards announce 2019 recipients » The Laker News". 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2026-02-10.