in Ameliasburgh has been organized by Jean Baird (wife of poet George Bowering) and Purdy's publisher Howard White of Harbour Publishing, who together founded the A-Frame Trust with the intent of raising $1 million to preserve the house as a memorial to Purdy and a writing retreat for other writers. The campaign is profiled in Brian D. Johnson's 2015 documentary film Al Purdy Was Here. In 2016 it was revealed in Toronto Life that John Hofsess contributed to the assisted suicide of Purdy when the poet was dying of cancer. Awards and recognition Honours and awards Purdy received include the Order of Canada (O.C.) in 1982, the Order of Ontario in 1987, and the Governor General's Award, in 1965 for his collection The Cariboo Horses, and again in 1986 for The Collected Poems of Al Purdy. The League of Canadian Poets gave Purdy the Voice of the Land Award, a special award created by the League to honour his unique contribution to Canada. Purdy's collection of poems, Rooms for Rent in the Outer Planets: Selected Poems, 1962–1996, was chosen for inclusion in Canada Reads 2006, where it was championed by poet Susan Musgrave. On May 20, 2008, a large bronze statue of Purdy was unveiled in Queen's Park in downtown Toronto. Publications Lifetime Poetry The Enchanted Echo. Vancouver: Clarke & Stuart, 1944. Pressed on Sand. Toronto: Ryerson, 1955. Emu, Remember!. Fredericton, NB: U of New Brunswick P, 1956. The Crafte So Longe to Lerne. Toronto: Ryerson, 1959. The Blur in Between: Poems 1960-61. Toronto: Emblem, 1962. Poems for All the Annettes. Toronto: Contact P, 1962. The Cariboo Horses. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1965. North of Summer: Poems from Baffin Island. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1967. About Being a Member of Our Armed Forces — 1967 Wild Grape Wine. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1968. Love in a Burning Building. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1970. The Quest for Ouzo. Trenton, ON: M. Kerrigan Almey, 1969. Hiroshima Poems. Trumansburg, NY: Crossing P, 1972. Selected Poems. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1972. On the Bearpaw Sea. Jean Wong illus. Burnaby, BC: Blackfish Press, 1973. Toronto: Red Maple Foundation, 1974. Sex & Death. McLelland & Stewart. , In Search of Owen Roblin. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1974. The Poems of Al Purdy. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. Sundance at Dusk. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1976. A Handful of Earth. Coatsworth, ON: Black Moss P, 1977. At