Chris Tse (Canadian poet) explained

Chris Tse
Birth Name:Christopher Samuel Tse
Birth Date:1989 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation:Poet and writer
Associated Acts:Kenyan Boys Choir

Chris Tse (born 19 June 1989) (Chinese name: 謝聖文) is a Canadian spoken-word poet, educator, and author of Chinese descent.[1] As a spoken word poet, he placed second at the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam, and has shared the stage with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Shane Koyczan, and Mustafa the Poet. Tse's book A Song for the Paper Children, published in 2024, was written to commemorate the centenary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and was performed in the Senate of Canada on June 23, 2023. He is a sessional lecturer at the University of Victoria and Simmons University.[2]

Born in Vancouver and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Tse attended Carleton University in Ottawa where he received his bachelor's degree in journalism.[3] He began performing spoken-word in his second year of his undergraduate studies.[4] In 2009, he won the Vancouver poetry slam with his poem I'm Sorry I'm a Christian, and in the following year he won the Capital Slam championship in Ottawa. He went on to captain the Capital Slam team to victory in the national championship.[5] Since then, he has performed across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Ghana in various slams as a featured poet. He has given performances twice with TED and has also made an appearance at SPEAKout.[6] [7] In 2011 Tse represented Canada at the Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris and won second place.[8]

Besides spoken word, Tse has worked in Ghana as a human rights reporter with Journalists for Human Rights.[9] He toured with the Kenyan Boys Choir as a former speaker for Me to We, before definitively resigning in 2016.[10] [11]

Notable poems

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Plumbleaf Press – Christopher Tse. September 3, 2024 .
  2. Web site: University of Victoria - Human and Social Development, School of Social Work - Faculty & staff - Sessional instructors - University of Victoria .
  3. Web site: Chris Tse « TEDxKids@TheHill . November 17, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231633/http://tedxkids.ca/speakers/chris-tse/ . April 25, 2012 .
  4. Web site: FROM THE PRINT EDITION: A Q&A with slam poetry champion Chris Tse. 12 October 2010.
  5. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231638/http://www.ottawatonite.com/2010/06/more-than-words-can-say-capital-slam-poetry-finals/ . 2012-04-25 .
  6. Web site: Grand slam poetry - Faculty of Public Affairs . https://archive.today/20130115102755/http://www1.carleton.ca/fpa/news/grand-slam-poetry/ . 15 January 2013 . dead.
  7. /Web site: Chris Tse . 2011-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120425231650/http://www.speakoutpoetry.com/poets/chris-tse/ . 2012-04-25 .
  8. Web site: Chris Tse features at the TiP Season Opening Poetry Slam | . 2011-11-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111016040825/http://www.tonightitspoetry.com/wordpress/?p=456 . 2011-10-16 .
  9. Web site: SCYLC 2012 - Speakers . 2012-10-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130213161849/http://www.scylc.org/scylc-2012/speakers/ . 2013-02-13 .
  10. Web site: Me to We – Chris Tse . 2013-11-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131103042949/http://www.metowe.com/speakers-bureau/view-all-speakers/chris-tse/ . 2013-11-03 . dead .
  11. Web site: We Day: Spoken word champion aims to effect change on global scale. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505201718/http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Spoken+word+champion+aims+effect+change+global+scale/9049990/story.html. 2016-05-05.
  12. Web site: Model Minority - A History of Silence by Chris Tse . . May 2021 .
  13. Web site: Jameson Irish Whiskey.
  14. Web site: "Eyes Open" PSA .

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