Marty Gervais, the City of Windsor's inaugural Poet Laureate, and now Poet Laureate Emeritus, is a Canadian poet, photographer, journalist, and teacher. He has won many literary awards including the prestigious Toronto's Harbourfront Festival Prize for his contributions to Canadian letters and emerging writers, the Milton Acorn People's Poetry Award, and the City of Windsor's Mayor's Award. Gervais, whose book The Rumrunners, was a Canadian bestseller, is also the recipient of 16 Western Ontario Newspaper Awards for journalism and was given the Queen's Jubilee Medal.
