Jacqueline Borowick was born in Montréal but moved with her parents to Val d’Or, Québec during the Great Depression. After her marriage, she moved to Toronto and has resided in Ontario ever since. She was the first presiding bilingual Justice of the Peace in Toronto from 1982-1997. Her award-winning poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and literary journals, including Room of One’s Own (2003), Myth Weavers: Canadian Myths and Legends (Serengeti Press 2007), Butterfly Thunder (Beret Days 2007), Enchanted Crossroads (Beret Days 2006), and Wordscape Seven (MTB Press, 2001). Four of her poems, published in Cherish Her Heritage: Recueil bilingue de poésie (HMS Press 2004), were awarded prizes including a first, in both English and French.The Cuckoo’s Song/Le chant du coucou is her first published volume of poetry. She is currently living in Toronto.