REGISTERED – Write by the Water 2026

About the program

Back in its eighth year, LSA is proud to offer Write by the Water, a 8-week intensive writing workshop for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Colour) creative youths and adults, ages 18+, to express themselves through storytelling and the written word.

This year, we once again welcome writer, language enthusiast and arts-educator, Jedidiah Mugarura as the program facilitator.

This series invites BIPOC writers of all kinds to explore new works or to fine-tune works-in-progress, in a safer and inspirational environment while being mentored and coached by an industry professional. This year, the program aims to explore diverse approaches to historical narratives, considering how we might delve into archives and/or draw on our own memories to revisit these histories.

Join other writers as we gather every week by the waterfront to strengthen your writing skills and share your stories. With the support of writer, language enthusiast and arts-educator Jedidiah Mugarura, participants focus on their works-in-progress with feedback from a diligent instructor and caring community. This year’s program theme is resistance. As a group, we shall read the late Zimbabwean-Canadian author Yvonne Vera’s novel Nehanda, for its spare poetic prose and its lessons on what it truly means to stand up and resist oppression.