Draft:Chimwemwe Undi

Chimwemwe Undi is a Black poet, spoken word artist, editor, and lawyer from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is Winnipeg's third Poet Laureate, serving from 2023 to 2024.

After immigrating to Winnipeg with her family, Undi began writing and performing poetry at 16 through her high school's slam poetry club. She went on to complete a Bachelor of the Arts (Adv) in linguistics at the University of Manitoba and a Master of the Arts at York University in Toronto. Following a passion for law, she decided to return to Winnipeg to complete her law degree at the University of Manitoba.

Undi is the author of two books: the chapbook The Habitual Be and the forthcoming poetry collection, Scientific Marvel. She has been recognized as one of CBC Manitoba’s Future 40, and she won the John Hirsch Emerging Manitoba Writer Award at the 2022 Manitoba Book Awards. Her work has been published in Prairie Fire, CV2 Magazine, Border Crossings, and The Walrus.

Undi practices law with Thompson Dorfman Sweatman in Winnipeg.