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Roy Miki is a Canadian poet and scholar. Born in Winnipeg to second generation Japanese-Canadian parents, he attended the University of Manitoba 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.