About the Poet
Tosh Sherkat lives in Victoria, BC / occupied lək̓ʷəŋən territory. They are a poet, organizer, and a Persian and Doukhobor settler-of-colour born in Nelson, BC/ occupied Sinixt territory. They received their MFA from UBC Okanagan, and their chapbook, Svoboda FSR: a biotext, was published by Pinhole Poetry in Fall 2025.
About the Artist
This artwork brings photography, digital art, and poetry together to take a look at the jarring impact of local industries. In contrast, the island forest can be seen through the cutout of a native woodland flower, the white fawn lily.
Gilakas’la,
Gwagwadaxla (to be a good host)
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