Walter Borden

Walter Borden is an actor, poet, playwright, teacher, and activist. In addition to film, television, and radio work, he has recorded the critically acclaimed CD Walter Borden Reads the Sonnets of William Shakespeare to the Music of Fernando Sor. He is a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal and the African Nova Scotian Music Association (ANSMA) Music Heritage Award for his mentoring and promoting two generations of African Nova Scotian musical talent, as well as the Portia White Prize, an award given annually by the Nova Scotia Arts Council to a person who has made a significant contribution to arts and culture in Nova Scotia.