[1] Cheng Sait Chia, a Chinese immigrant who settled on the east coast of Canada, was born in Singapore in 1940 to Siow Peck Liong and Teh Kim Heo.
He noted that "her work, though infused by her illness with the theme of death, exhibits an exhilarating refusal of luxury, heroic stoicism, and a stern and bracing morbidity."
A recurring theme in Chia's writing is death, which can be attributed to her terminal illness serving as a constant reminder that her own end was near.
[2] In the summer of 2007, Arc Poetry Magazine released a special issue dedicated to "lost and neglected Canadian poets of the past," uncovering several individuals whose work was either forgotten or relatively unknown.
Others recognized in this special issue include Avi Boxer, Paul Potts, Audrey Alexander Brown, Thomas D'Arcy McGee, and Joseph Howe, in addition to more lost-and-found poets and writers.