Dr El Jones (Canada) is a spoken word poet, educator, journalist, and community activist living in African Nova Scotia. She was the fifth Poet Laureate of Halifax. In 2016, El was a recipient of the Burnley "Rocky" Jones human rights award for her community work and work in prison justice. In 2015, she was a fellow in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and was the poet in residence at the University of Toronto Scarborough in 2021.