She is a board member of El Hogar Projects, Canada. Įchlin is a founding trustee of the Loran Scholars Foundation. She was the Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer-in-Residence at McMaster University and the Hamilton Public Library in 2015–16. She is currently a creative writing instructor at University of Toronto School for Continuing Studies, and previously taught at the University of Alberta Women and Words Conference. She has worked as an arts producer for CBC Television's The Journal and has taught journalism and creative writing at a number of Canadian universities.

Career Įchlin is a writer, journalist and educator. She studied at McGill University and Paris-Sorbonne University, before completing a PhD in English literature at York University, writing a thesis about the translation of the Ojibway Nanabush myths. While attending Aldershot High School, Echlin's writing was noticed by her English teacher. Kim Echlin was born in Burlington, Ontario in 1955. Her 2009 novel, The Disappeared, featured on the shortlist for the 2009 Scotiabank Giller Prize. She currently works as a creative writing instructor at the University of Toronto School for Continuing Studies. Echlin has worked for CBC Television and several universities. She has a PhD in English literature for a thesis about the translation of the Ojibway Nanabush myths.

Kim Echlin (born 1955) is a Canadian novelist, translator, editor and teacher. McGill University, Paris-Sorbonne University, York University

The Disappeared by Kim Echlin