[1] His debut poetry collection, More to Keep Us Warm, was published by ECW Press in 2007 and was named the winner of the 2008 Governor General's Award for English poetry.
[2] A former resident of New York City, Jacob moved back to his hometown of Toronto in 2010.
Scheier published work in a number of Canadian literary magazines and was co-editor of the York University literary magazine Existere prior to publishing More to Keep Us Warm.
He is also a regular contributor to the Toronto alternative weekly NOW.
He is currently preparing to teach a course on writing creatively about grief at Ryerson University's School of Continuing Education.