Wayman, Tom, 1945-

Born in Hawksbury, Ontario, in 1945, but raised mainly in British Columbia, Tom Wayman graduated with a BA from the University of British Columbia in 1966 and an MFA in English and Creative Writing from the University of California at Irvine in 1968. Since that time he has worked as a writer-in-residence and faculty member at a variety of institutions. He worked as a writer-in-residence at the University of Windsor (1975-76), University of Alberta (1978-79), Simon Fraser University (Spring 1983), and University of Toronto (Spring 1996). He has taught at Colorado State University (1968-69), Wayne State University (1976-77), David Thompson University (1980-82), Banff School of Fine Arts (Summers 1980, 1982), Kootenay School of Writing (1984-87), Okanagan College and Okanagan University College (1990-91, 1992-95), Kootenay School of Arts (1991-92, 1995-98), and Kwantlen College and Kwantlen University College, Surrey (Fall 1983, 1988-present). His work career has included a number of blue-collar and white-collar jobs in Canada and the United States. Wayman is also a founder of both the Kootenay School of Writing and the Vancouver Industrial Writers Union. He is widely known as a poet well versed in work writing in North America and has written, compiled and contributed to many books and periodicals.