Ahmed Knowmadic Ali at the podium during the Aldergrove residency

Case study

Sixteen classes, one collection of student poems.

Ten days of poetry with every class in an Edmonton K–6 school, ending in an assembly and a collection of student poems.

February 9–24, 2026 · Edmonton, Alberta

Aldergrove residency

Delivered as scheduled

Every session ran. Soon after, a collection of student poems from six classrooms came together. I wrote a poem for the closing assembly that looks back on the work: “For three weeks, we unpacked them together… we forged haikus from the rhythm.”

Scheduled program

Sessions96 across 16 classes (scheduled)
Program hours62.5 planned
Grade levels servedK–6
Culminating eventPoetry Assembly and student poetry collection

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