Chris Tse (Canadian poet)

[1] As a spoken word poet, he placed second at the 2011 Poetry Slam World Cup and 2016 Rio International Poetry Slam, and has shared the stage with Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Shane Koyczan, and Mustafa the Poet.

Tse's book A Song for the Paper Children, published in 2024, was written to commemorate the centenary of the Chinese Exclusion Act, and was performed in the Senate of Canada on June 23, 2023.

[3] Born in Vancouver and raised in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Tse attended Carleton University in Ottawa where he received his bachelor's degree in journalism.

[6] Since then, he has performed across Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia, and Ghana in various slams as a featured poet.

[7][8] In 2011 Tse represented Canada at the Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris and won second place.