Lake Sagaris

Lake Sagaris pictured at European Cyclist Federation event

Lake Sagaris (born 1956 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian-Chilean journalist, poet, writer, urban planner, translator, and community leader.

When she was elected a leader into the Bellavista neighborhood association in the 1990s she became active in neighborhood issues. Sagaris achieved a Master of Science in 2006 and got her PhD in Urban Planning and Community Development in 2012 both at the University of Toronto.[1]

Her book After the First Death: A Journey Through Chile, Time, Mind was a non-fiction finalist for the 1996 Governor General's Awards for Literary Merit.[2] She won first prize in the Periodical Writers Association of Canada Magazine and Newspaper Travel Writing Contest 1997 for her article "Norte Grande."[3]

  1. ^ "European Cyclists' Federation". 31 March 2016.
  2. ^ Canada Council for the Arts - Cumulative list of finalists Archived 2010-12-14 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sources 41 - The Winners