[1] Rob Taylor of Prism International wrote in 2013 that "If you've spent much time in Vancouver's literary community, you've probably heard of, or run into, Renée Saklikar.
[3] After moving to Canada from India, Saklikar had lived in Newfoundland, then Montreal and Saskatchewan as well as other places where she did not spend as much time.
[13] Saklikar co-founded the Lunch Poems reading series of Simon Fraser University.
[11] Saklikar served as Poet Laureate for the City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada from 2015-2018.
[14] As of February 2021, she serves on the boards of Turning Point Ensemble, Poetry Canada, the Surrey International Writers Conference and The Ormbsy Review.