File consists of correspondence and pedagogical materials relating to writing instruction.

File consists of correspondence and notes relating to Wah’s activities as Poet Laureate, including an agenda for a March 2013 meeting at the Library of Parliament.

File consists of pedagogical resources for teachers relating to the event “Versefest 2012,” as well as a 2000 issue of the magazine “In 2 Print.”

File consists of list of travel expenses, airline boarding passes, and advertising materials for various speaking events and Wah’s role as writer-in-residence at Ryerson University.

File consists of a list of Canadian Poet Laureates, an article about Leonard Cohen being award the ninth Glenn Gould Prize, and a letter to Cohen.

File consists of receipts and other materials relating to expenses occurred as Poet Laureate.

File consists of seating plans for Canadian Senate and House of Commons, a list of the Parliament’s poems of the month, and articles about the Canadian senate and the role of poet laureates.

File consists of correspondence, travel documents, notes, and promotional materials relating to the “3rd International Meeting of Poets,” held June 7-10, 1998, at the University of Coimbra in Coimbra, Portugal. Also contains a letter regarding the 4th meeting in 2001.

File consists of poems, notes, research, correspondence, promotional materials, and newspaper clippings relating to “Pop Goes the Hood,” a collaborative video/text performance with Henry Tsang.

File consists of correspondence and other materials relating to Wah’s attendance at a Canadian Studies conference at the University of Silensia in Poland, April 26-28, 2002, entitled “Minority Discourses in a Cross-/Transcultural Perspective: Canada and Eastern/Central Europe.” Wah presented a keynote speech at the conference entitled “Stringing a Line: Living in Between the Multi and the Culti.”

File consists of correspondence and travel documents relating to a 2002 trip to Austria and Poland. Wah attended a Canadian Studies conference at the University of Silensia in Poland, April 26-28, 2002.

File consists of records relating to the essay “Poetics of the Potent”: various drafts of the work, the essay as it appeared published in the literary journal “Open Letter,” a note from Jason [Christie?], and a copy of the essay on Gertrude Stein “Three Lives: The Realism of the Composition” by Jayne L. Walker.

File consists of a 1991 draft of the essay “Poetics of the potent,” which appeared in the spring 1995 of the Canadian journal “Open Letter.”

File consists of notes and annotated drafts of the essay “A Poetics of Ethnicity,” which appeared in the book “Twenty Years of Multiculturalism: Successes and Failures.”

File consists various versions of the essay “A Poetics of Ethnicity:” 2 drafts of the paper as presented at the Canadian Studies Conference “Twenty Years of Multiculturalism: Successes and Failures,” held February 29-March 2, 1991 at St. John’s College, University of Manitoba, and a copy of the printed as it appeared in the eponymous conference proceedings.

File consists of bibliography, writing, and correspondence relating a project referred to as a poetics handbook.

File consists of correspondence and news releases relating to Wah’s appointment to Poet Laureate of Canada, as well as a draft of a February 2012 report.

File consists of correspondence, flyers, poetry, and Wah’s translations relating to the “Festival Franco-Anglaise de Poesie.”

File consists of notes and annotated drafts of various poems, arranged alphabetically by title of poem.

File consists of records related to the essay “Place/d,” written for the Alberta-Taiwan Writers’ Exchange panel on Regionalism, Ethnicity, and Literary Tradition, August 21, 1993: 2 drafts of the presentation, and a copy of the Summer 1993 issue of the magazine “Books in the Canada,” which contains the interview referenced in Wah’s presentation, “The Impassioned Exile of Barry Callaghan.”

File consists of materials relating to the budget and expenses of the Poet Laureate.

File consists of annotated drafts of poems.

File consists of annotated typescripts, galley proofs (photocopy), and correspondence related to the book “Pictograms from the interior of B.C.”

File consists of correspondence relating to the project “PhillyTalks,” as well as a document entitled “Supplement to PhillyTalks 18.” PhillyTalks was a dialogue with contemporary poets, published in the form of recorded audio and a newsletter.

File consists of personal records such as resumes, biographical sketches, and calendars.

Series consists of various types of records relating to Wah's personal activities. Records include photographs, notes and course materials from his days as a university student, personal calendars, and records relating to Wah's 20th high school reunion.

File consists of poems and images relating to “Pays Maya,” a collaboration with photographer Richard Baillergeon.

Sub-series consists of records relating to Wah’s activities as Parliamentary Poet Laureate of Canada, a position he occupied from 2011-2013. Records include correspondence, writings by Wah, travel and event records, and administrative records.

File consists of a series of typed letters addressed to various people.

File consists of a press packet from Andy Kwong.