Sally Ito

Sally Ito is an Adjunct Professor of English at Canadian Mennonite University specializing in creative writing and contemporary Asian/Asian North American literature. A published author and translator, her works explore Japanese Canadian identity and include poetry collections, short stories (Floating Shore), and memoirs (The Emperor's Orphans).

Teaching focuses on:

• Genre-based creative writing (poetry, fiction, nonfiction)
• Contemporary Asian diasporic literature
• Cross-cultural literary translation techniques

Her translation work includes Japanese children's poetry by Misuzu Kaneko (Are You an Echo: The Lost Poetry of Misuzu Kaneko), presented at international translation conferences. Current research examines German poetry translation methodologies.