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{{AAType |Image=Miki.jpg |Home page=http://www.newstarbooks.com/author.php?author_id=6239 |Location=Winnipeg, Manitoba |Arts=Academia/Research, Poetry |Type=Person }} Roy Miki is a Canadian poet and scholar. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, he attended the University of Manitoba, the University of British Columbia, and Simon Fraser University, where he is currently a professor emeritus. He lives in Vancouver. He is very active is the Japanese-Canadian community and has fought hard for redress from the federal government for the internment of Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War. In 2006, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2007, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia. {{From wp|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Miki}}
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