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Armand Garnet Ruffo is a poet, writer, filmmaker, and scholar. His books Norval Morrisseau: Man Changing Into Thunderbird (creative non-fiction) and Treaty# (poetry) were both shortlisted for Governor General’s Literary Awards.  His feature film A Windigo Tale screened internationally and won Best Film at both the Native American Film Awards in San Francisco and the Dreamspeaker’s Film Festival in Edmonton.  A new book of poetry, The Dialogues: the Song of Francis Pegahmagabow will be published in 2024.

“My research and writing intersect creatively with my Ojibwe heritage.  In this regard, I have co-edited The Oxford Anthology of Indigenous Literature and An Anthology of Indigenous Literary Criticism in Canada. I have also published a wide range of creative texts, and my poetry has been included in over thirty anthologies, including The Best Canadian Poetry (2023) and The Best of the Best Canadian Poetry in English (2017).

Because I work in both scholarly and creative fields I strive to bring both of these elements into the classroom, especially as it relates to teaching creative writing.  I believe that students who combine critical thinking with creative writing are much more likely to write meaningfully.  Whatever the genre, the one criterion that holds true is to tell your story well, and to this end writers have to be fully committed to their work.  This is the kind of inquiry that I enjoy bringing into the classroom.”