5 Things Calgary Poet and Scholar Bertrand Bickersteth Loves - Avenue Calgary

5 Things Calgary Poet and Scholar Bertrand Bickersteth Loves - Avenue Calgary

Photo by Jared Sych. A proud alum of the former Olds High School who married his high-school sweetheart, Bertrand Bickersteth is a poet, playwright, essayist and scholar of Alberta Black history. These days, he lives in Calgary and teaches communications at Olds College. Recently, he also served as writer-in-residence at Athabasca University. In short, he’s a deeply entrenched Albertan. Still, Bickersteth, whose family emigrated to Edmonton from…