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Shane Koyczan

Canadian spoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University

Shane L. Koyczan,[2] born 22 May , is a Canadianspoken word poet, writer, and member of the group Tons of Fun University. He is known for writing about issues like bullying, cancer, death, and eating disorders.

He is most famous for the anti-bullying poem “To This Day” which has over 25 million views on YouTube.

Background

Koyczan was born in Northwest Territories, to a Canadian Indigenous father and a French mother.

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He grew up in Penticton, British Columbia. In , he became the first Canadian to win the Individual Championship title at the beach National Poetry Slam.[3] Together with American slam poetMighty Mike McGee and fellow Canadian C. R. Avery, he is a co-founder of Vancouver, British Columbia spoken word, "talk rock" trio, Tons of Fun University (T.O.F.U.).

In August Shane Koyczan and his work were the subject of an episode of the television documentary series Heart of a Poet, produced by Canadian filmmaker Maureen Judge for broadcaster Bravo!.[4]

Koyczan has published several books, including poetry collection Visiting Hours, Stickboy, a novel in verse, Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty, To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful and A Bruise on Light.

Visiting Hours was selected by both the Guardian and Globe and Mail for their Best Books of the Year lists.

Koyczan's "We Are More" and Ivan Bielinski's "La première fois", commissioned by the Canadian Tourism Commission, were unveiled at Canada Day festivities on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on 1 July [5] Koyczan performed a variation on his piece at the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[6]

Koyczan also collaborated on Vancouver-based musician Dan Mangan's Roboteering EP on the track Tragic Turn of Events&#;– Move Pen Move.

In , Shane Koyczan released a full-length digital album entitled "Remembrance Year", which "tackles abuse with courage and displacement with inspiration",[7] in collaboration with the folk instrumentation of his band, The Short Story Long.

In February , Koyczan released an animated video of his spoken word poem "To This Day" on YouTube and at the TED Conference.[8][9] The poem focused on the subject of bullying that Koyczan and others had received during their life and its lasting effects.[10] "To This Day" went viral shortly after its release,[11] with the video receiving over 20 million views as of January , prompting many viewers to send Koyczan letters thanking him for publishing the poem.[12][13]

He has described himself as an 'okay atheist'.[14]

Bibliography

  • I'm Calling You a Friend
  • Help Wanted
  • I Drew That For You
  • Visiting Hours (, Mother Press Media; ISBN&#;)
  • the Stickboy (, House of Parlance Media ISBN&#;)[15]
  • Our Deathbeds will be Thirsty (, House of Parlance Media)
  • To This Day: For the Bullied and Beautiful (, Annick Press, ISBN&#;)
  • A Bruise on Light (, Stickboy Press, ISBN&#;)
  • The Basement In My Attic (, Stickboy Press)

Discography

Filmography

References

  1. ^"Shane Koyczan | Poetry Foundation".

    Poetry Foundation. Retrieved 30 November

  2. ^"Shane Koyczan on Twitter: ""simoneengel: How do you pronounce your last name? koyczan" Smith. Just kidding. It's coy and zan (rhymes with pan) the c is silent." / Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 30 November
  3. ^Lederman, Marsha (1 August ).

    "Vancouver poets to compete at National man Slam". CBC. Retrieved 13 February

  4. ^Heart of a PoetArchived 2 July at the Wayback Machine, Bravo!, August
  5. ^"CTC pioneers new-school tourism marketing, leads Canada Brand with new visual ID and celebrates Canada's th with slam poets on stage". Backbone Magazine.

    Shane koyczan stop sign lyrics: Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada. Wikiwand for Edge. Casey Glynn 20 February The poem was first released on Koyczan's album "Remembrance Year".

    4 July Retrieved 13 February

  6. ^Patch, Nick (13 February ). "Poet from Yellowknife becomes overnight sensation after Olympics monologue". Winnipeg Free Press, The Canadian Press. Archived from the original on 16 February Retrieved 7 November
  7. ^Khaikin, Lital.

    "Spoken Word Hits the Bedroom with Shane Koyczan and the Short Story Long: Album "Remembrance Year"". Why Blue Matters. Retrieved 30 December

  8. ^Shane Koyczan (19 February ). "To This Day Project&#;– Shane Koyczan". YouTube.

    Biography shane koyczan poems to this day today Koyczan first came to international notice when he read his poetry at the Vancouver Olympics' Opening Ceremony. He says that keeping communication channels open and clear between parents and their children will help address bullying issues. Archived from the original on 26 February My hope is [that it] would reach some of the people who were just out there looking for something to get them through another day.

    Retrieved 28 February

  9. ^"Shane Koyczan: "To This Day" … for the bullied and beautiful". TED. Retrieved 22 March
  10. ^Natalie Sequeira (22 February ). "Shane Koyczan's anti-bullying poem goes viral". Quill & Quire. Archived from the original on 26 February Retrieved 17 March
  11. ^Dominique Mosbergen (25 February ).

    "Shane Koyczan's 'To This Day', Anti Bullying Poem, Goes Viral". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 15 March

  12. ^Casey Glynn (20 February ). "Powerful animated version of a poem about bullying".

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    16. CBS News. Retrieved 17 March

  16. ^bbamsey (22 February ). "Bullied poet's slamming video goes viral". Retrieved 28 February
  17. ^Shane Koyczan (8 December ), Shane Koyczan 'Heaven, or Whatever', archived from the original on 21 December , retrieved 30 June
  18. ^Kozlowski, Michal.

    "Stickboy: A Novel in Verse (review)". Retrieved 13 February

  19. ^"Shane L. Koyczan* - Perfect". Discogs. Retrieved 8 December
  20. ^"Release "American Pie Chart" by Shane Koyczan - MusicBrainz". . Retrieved 8 December
  21. ^"Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long - A Pretty Decent Cape In My Closet".

    Discogs. Retrieved 8 December

  22. ^Shut Up and Say Something by Shane Koyczan, retrieved 8 December
  23. ^"Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long - Remembrance Year". Discogs.

    Shane koyczan olympic poem Reception [ edit ]. Helen Walters 28 February Bibliography [ edit ]. CBC News.

    Retrieved 8 December

  24. ^"Shane Koyczan announces Silence Is A Song I Know All The Words To". . Retrieved 8 December
  25. ^"Shane Koyczan & The Short Story Long - Debris". Discogs. Retrieved 8 December
  26. ^Koyczan, Shane (19 February ). "To This Day Project&#;– Shane Koyczan".

    Biography shane koyczan poems to this day CBC News. Koyczan first came to international notice when he read his poetry at the Vancouver Olympics' Opening Ceremony. Vancouver Sun. Shane L.

    YouTube. Retrieved 23 February

  27. ^Koyczan, Shane. "To This Day Project". Tumblr. Retrieved 23 February
  28. ^"Filmmaker Q&A: Shut Up and Say Something Director Melanie Wood". Calgary International Film Festival. 23 August Retrieved 15 October
  29. ^Clare Hennig (1 October ).

    "Shane Koyczan reunites with estranged father in VIFF documentary". CBC News.

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    35. Retrieved 15 October

  35. ^"Indian Horse Wins Coveted VIFF Super Channel People's Choice Award" (Press release). Greater Vancouver International Film Festival Society. 13 October Retrieved 15 October

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