Robin Daniel Mathews (November 1, 1931 – April 25, 2023) was a Canadian poet, academic, and political activist against United States foreign policy.
[1] After working for a year as a radio producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Mathews began a PhD at the University of Toronto where he was an unconvinced student of the mythopoeic theorist and critic Northrop Frye.
In the same decade he came to national attention[citation needed] by strongly criticizing United States foreign policy and the complementary colonial attitude of Canadian elites.
At Toronto he studied under Northrop Frye and was acquainted with both Margaret Atwood and Canadian poet Milton Acorn.
[citation needed] Mathews taught, lectured and wrote numerous volumes of both poetry and prose.