Kyla Jamieson

About Kyla Jamieson

Kyla Jamieson is a poet, writer, editor, educator and former international fashion model based in Ucluelet, British Columbia. She is originally from Squamish and North Vancouver, British Columbia. She began modelling as a teenager after being discovered by a modelling agent. She worked internationally, including assignments in Hong Kong, Tokyo, Paris and New York. Her experiences of the pressures of the fashion industry at a young age were later explored in her writing. She left modelling and turned to education and creative writing. Jamieson studied at the University of British Columbia, earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing. Her poetry, essays and interviews have been published in magazines and journals. She is a surfer based in Ucluelet.