Poet Laureate of Ansted University, Dr. Stephen Gill is a strong
believer in a democratically elected world government and peace through
peaceful means. Global peace and social concerns are the main areas of
his interest.
Stephen Gill has authored more than twenty books, including novels,
literary criticism, and collections of poems. His poetry and prose have
appeared in more than five hundred publications, mostly in Canada, the
United States of America and India. He writes mostly in English. Once in
a while, he writes poetry in Urdu, Hindi and Panjabi languages. He has
also written and published book reviews, research papers on writers and
on world peace. Some of his Urdu/Hindi poems have been sung with music
by prominent singers of Pakistan and India.
Stephen Gill has received awards and recognitions, including three
honorary doctorates; and Laureate Man of Letters from United Poets
Laureate International; Sahir Award of Honor from Sahir Cultural
Society, Panjab, India; Plaque from the World Council of Asian Churches
(Canada); Pegasus International Poetry for Peace Award (Poetry in the
Arts, Inc., Texas,); The Best Poet of Peace Award for the year 1993 from
Roger Cable 11 (Canada); and The Queen’s Golden Jubilee Medal.
He has been asked several times by several organizations to judge their
poetry competitions, and he often evaluates dissertations of English
Literature for doctoral students of universities in India. He is a focus
of doctoral research by scholars. He is a freelance government approved
interpreter for Urdu and Panjabi languages. He is also honorary editor/
advisor to several publications, and has edited publications, including
the Canadian section of the World Federalist newspaper, Writer’s
Lifeline, and South Asian Christian Diary.
He is former president of Vesta Publications Ltd.; the Canadian Authors
Association (the Cornwall, Ont. Branch); a national vice president of
the World Federalists of Canada; the Multicultural Council of Stormont
and Dundas; chief delegate to represent the World University for Canada;
and the Christian Cultural Association of South Asians. At present, he
is an honorary member of the Ansted University Board of Advisory
Council, and a director of the Children’s Aid Society of the United
Counties of Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry (Canada); and Dean of Creative
Writing and Peace Studies at Marquess College of London, England.
He has appeared in several prestigious national and international
reference books, including Immigrants We Read About by George Bonavia,
International Production, Ottawa; Who's Who In Canadian Literature,
Reference Press, Toronto, Canada; Vesta's Who's Who of North American
Poets, Vesta, Canada; Ethnic & Native Canadian Literature: A
Bibliography by John Miska, University of Toronto Press; Something About
The Author, vol. 63, Gale Research, USA; Who's Who In Canada, Toronto
University Press; and Who's Who in Ontario, Heritage Press, B.C.,
Canada.
Stephen Gill was born in Sialkot, Panjab, Pakistan and grew in India.
After teaching in Ethiopia for three years, he migrated to England
before settling in Canada.
Songs (Urdu/Hindi)