Don Domanski was born and raised on Cape Breton Island and now lives in Halifax. He has published eight books of poetry, two of which were short-listed for the Governor General’s Award, and in 1999 he w ...

A former development worker in Zambia (1981-1992), Barbara Heron is an associate professor in the School of Social Work, York University. Her research focuses on whiteness and the helping imperative and ...

Annie Jacobsen was born in Luseland, Saskatchewan, to a Mennonite mother and Lutheran father. In addition to Watermelon Syrup, she is the author of short stories, poetry, and an unpublished novel. In ...

Jane Finlay-Young met Annie in 1999 and together they developed and taught writing workshops. Jane published her first novel, From Bruised Fell, in 2000. At Annie’s request, she rewrote Watermelon Syrup ...

Samantha Brennan is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario. Her main research interest is contemporary normative ethics and she is also interested ...

b>Robert Noggle is a professor of philosophy in the Department of Philosophy and Religion at the University of Central Michigan. His research interests include the relationship between moral theory and ...

André Loiselle is Dean of Humanities and teaches film studies at St. Thomas University. His main areas of research are Canadian cinema, theatricality in film and the horror film. He has published over ...

Editor Alan M. Gillmor taught at McGill University and Carleton University. He retired in 2003 as professor emeritus. His scholarly publications have appeared in professional journals both in North America ...

Bessma Momani is an associate professor at the University of Waterloo and Senior Fellow at CIGI, specializing on the Middle East and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). She is the author of Twentieth-Century ...

Jennifer Welsh teaches international relations and is a fellow of Somerville College, University of Oxford. She is the author of At Home in the World: Canada’s Global Vision for the 21st Century (2004) ...