Suzanne Steele

{{Short description|Métis poet}}

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Suzanne Steele is a Métis poet and academic. Suzanne Steele worked as an Official Canadian War Artist in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2010.{{Cite web |title=Dr. Suzanne M. Steele |url=https://www.rielheartofthenorth.com/suzanne-biography/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Riel Heart Of The North |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2013-11-20 |title=Dust to Dust |url=https://canadianwritersabroad.com/2013/11/20/dust-to-dust/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Canadian Writers Abroad |language=en}} In 2017, Suzanne Steele, in partnership with Jeff Ryan, premiered their symphonic/choral work entitled Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation.{{Cite web |title=Choirs, soloists combine to deliver powerful performance in Afghanistan: Requiem for a Generation |url=https://calgaryherald.com/entertainment/music/choirs-soloists-combine-to-deliver-powerful-performance-in-afghanistan-requiem-for-a-generation |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=calgaryherald |language=en-CA}}{{Cite web |title=Dr. Suzanne Steele |url=https://wso.ca/blog/composers/dr-suzanne-steele/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra}}{{Cite web |last=Gerson |first=Jen |date=2012-11-05 |title=Requiem for a Generation: Poet wrote an ode for people affected by Afghanistan war |url=https://nationalpost.com/news/afghanistan-requiem-for-a-generation-suzanne-steele |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=National Post |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Lederman |first=Marsha |date=2012-11-09 |title=Requiem for a generation: Suzanne Steele's orchestral manoeuvres |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/requiem-for-a-generation-suzanne-steeles-orchestral-manoeuvres/article5160202/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=The Globe and Mail |language=en-CA}}

Dr. Steele gained an undergraduate degree in music from the University of British Columbia, a Master of Library and Information Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1991 and her PhD from the University of Exeter in 2017. Her PhD thesis was entitled "The Art of Witness: Truth, Process, and Form in the Work of Robert Graves, Mary Borden, and David Jones".{{Cite web |last=Robinson |first=Debbie |title=University of Exeter |url=https://eprofile.exeter.ac.uk/suzannesteele/ |access-date=2022-02-03 |website=eprofile.exeter.ac.uk |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Steele |first=Suzanne Marie |date=2016-08-01 |title=The Artist's Dilemma: Truth, Process, and Form in the Great War Narratives of Robert Graves, Mary Borden, and David Jones |url=https://ore.exeter.ac.uk/repository/handle/10871/25878 |access-date=2022-02-03 |language=en}}