Carleton Derek Leggo (1953 - March 7, 2019)[1] was a Canadian autobiographical poet and scholar.
[2] Leggo was married to Lana Verge, and they had two children, Anna and Aaron.
[2] During the 1980s, Leggo worked as a teacher in Newfoundland for nine years before accepting a faculty position at the University of British Columbia(UBC).
[3] His research interests focused on life writing, narrative inquiry, poetic inquiry, creative writing, contemplative practices, and arts-based research.
[3] Leggo was a member of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) and was active in the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS), Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada (LLRC), and the Arts Researchers and Teachers Society (ARTS).