Dwayne Morgan is a two-time Canadian National Poetry Slam Champion. He began his career as a spoken word artist in 1993. In 1994, he founded Up From The Roots entertainment, to promote the positive artistic contributions of African Canadian and urban influenced artists.

Morgan made the 2022 Shifter Magazine list of outstanding Black men in Canada, while also winning the Toronto Arts Foundation’s Celebration of Cultural Life award, and the 2018 the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for Career Achievement in the Spoken Word. Morgan was a 2016 finalist for the Premier’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, and in 2013, he was inducted into the Scarborough Walk of Fame. Morgan has received both the African Canadian Achievement Award, and the Harry Jerome Award for Excellence in the Arts.

Morgan has published fourteen collections, including two children’s books, and an inspirational memoir. In 2009, Morgan’s work was translated into French, culminating in the book, Le Making of d’un Homme. Morgan has ten albums to his credit, including a spoken word Christmas album, Silent Night.

To further explore his creativity, Dwayne collaborated with Driftwood Studios to film Three Knocks, a ten-minute film, which premiered in Toronto’s Reel World Film Festival. Morgan produced two TV shows, Poetically Speaking, and Write in Toronto. Morgan’s one-man play, Grade 8, now appears on the CBC’s PlayMe Podcast. In 2012, Morgan performed at Super Bowl 46, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and in 2019, he founded and co-produced the inaugural Toronto Spoken Soul Festival.