{"id":28503,"date":"2026-06-22T13:08:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/?p=28503"},"modified":"2026-06-22T13:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T17:17:19","slug":"in-memoriam-collett-tracey-1963-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/2026\/in-memoriam-collett-tracey-1963-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"In Memoriam: Collett Tracey (1963-2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Department of English mourns the loss of our colleague, Collett Tracey. We extend our sincere condolences to Collett\u2019s family and friends, and to the many students who benefited from her passion for Canadian literature. An evening of poetry will be planned in Collett\u2019s honour later this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n

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Born on March 22, 1963, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England, Collett later made Canada her home. She pursued her academic passions with determination and curiosity, earning a B.A. from the University of Ottawa, an M.A. from Carleton University, and a PhD from the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al. She went on to become a tenured professor at Carleton University, where she shared her love of Canadian literature and poetry with generations of students. Her enthusiasm for teaching, learning, and meaningful conversation left a lasting impression on all who had the privilege of knowing her.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Read the full obituary here<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Department of English mourns the loss of our colleague, Collett Tracey. We extend our sincere condolences to Collett\u2019s family and friends, and to the many students who benefited from her passion for Canadian literature. An evening of poetry will be planned in Collett\u2019s honour later this year.\u00a0 Born on March 22, 1963, in Eastbourne, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":386,"featured_media":25491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/386"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28503"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28504,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28503\/revisions\/28504"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}