On March 21, World Day of Poetry, Liette Vasseur's UNESCO Chair in Community Sustainability celebrated the winners of the Sustainability Poetry Contest under the theme “Indigenous Voices” to underline the International Year of Indigenous Languages. Poetry is a great form of communication that can link people and culture. Poems were accepted in both French and English. This year Liette also encouraged Indigenous Languages and received one of the poems in Mohawk, with an English translation. This was the fifth edition of the Sustainability Contest and it demonstrates the vibrant and creative community that is Niagara region. The winners and all the other poems will be published in an e-book like the previous years. The e-books are available on-line at https://brocku.ca/unesco-chair/sustainability-poetry-contest/.
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