Jody Chan is a poet, grief and death worker, and community organizer based in Toronto/Tkaronto. They are the author of three books of poetry, sick (Black Lawrence Press, 2020), impact statement (Brick Books, 2024), and madness belongs to the people (Brick Books, forthcoming 2026). Recently, Jody was the 2023-2024 Artist-in-Residence at the University of Toronto’s Queer and Trans Research Lab, and the 2023 recipient of the Joseph S. Stauffer Prize in Literature from the Canada Council for the Arts. Jody is a member of the Daybreak Poets Collective, and co-host with Sanna Wani of the podcast Poet Talk.