The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word is an annual festival produced by Spoken Word Canada and planned by a local Festival Organizing Committee in each host city.
There have been seven festivals—the inaugural 2004 gathering in Ottawa, Ontario (called the Canadian Spoken Wordlympics), CFSW 2005 in Vancouver, British Columbia, CFSW 2006 in Toronto, Ontario, CFSW 2007 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, CFSW 2008 in Calgary, Alberta, CFSW 2009 in Victoria, British Columbia and CFSW 2010 in Ottawa, Ontario. Future festivals are in the planning stages for 2011 in Toronto, Ontario and 2012 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
The CFSW has become the flagship event for poetry slam in Canada, and is evolving to better represent the full spectrum of spoken word nationally.
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