Mark Leier teaches in the History Department at Simon Fraser University. He is the author of four books on labour and left history and a biography of the 19th century anarchist Mikhail Bakunin. An award-winning teacher, his research focuses on questions of political ideology, organization, resistance, and democratic pedagogy.
David Lester is an artist, writer, illustrator, author of the graphic novel The Listener, guitarist for Mecca Normal, as well as the creator of many other politically-engaged art projects.
Economic historian Wayne Lewchuk taught Labour Studies at McMaster University for many years. He was the co-principal investigator of the PEPSO project.
David W. Lewis is recognized internationally as one of the last surviving masters of the pigment-control process of bromoil and transfer. His photographs have been exhibited internationally and published in numerous books and magazines including Photo Techniques, View Camera, Camera Canada, Photo Life and more. He is the recipient of the prestigious Kodak Gallery Award.
Roberta Lexier is associate professor of general education at Mount Royal University.
Sasha Lilley hosts Against the Grain and is the author of Capital and Its Discontents: Conversations with Radical Thinkers in a Time of Tumult.
Peter Linebaugh is an author and historian who specializes in British history, Irish history, labor history, and the history of the colonial Atlantic. He is a member of the Midnight Notes Collective. He was a student of British labor historian E.P. Thompson, and received his PhD in British history from the University of Warwick in 1975. He is the author of several books including The Magna Carta Manifesto: Liberties and Commons for All; Stop, Thief! The Commons, Enclosures, and Resistance; and The Incomplete, True, Authentic, and Wonderful History of May Day.
Tina Lopes works with community agencies, social service organizations, federal and municipal government departments, women’s organizations, law firms, and unions.
Susan Lord is Associate Professor in the Department of Film and Media at Queen’s University.
Kassandra Luciuk is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at the University of Toronto. Her work explores how changing notions of Canadian citizenship interacted with ethnic identity during the Cold War. In a broader sense, her research interests include Canada, migration/ethnicity, state formation, and nationalism.
Daniel Lukes has written for metal and rock magazines Terrorizer, Kerrang!, Decibel, and Helvete: A Journal of Black Metal Theory. He has a PhD in comparative literature from New York University, and is the co-author of Triptych: Three Studies of Manic Street Preachers’ The Holy Bible (Repeater Books). He lives in Montreal, where he likes to disappear into the winter.
John Lynch is a woodworker and designer with a keen interest in social history and creative writing.
Michael C. K. Ma is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He works in the area of social justice, community advocacy, anti-racism, and harm reduction. His current research is in the area of drug use. He is a founding member of The Social Justice Centre. In the past he was very active with the Chinese Canadian National Council - Toronto Chapter and the Metro Network for Social Justice. His academic training is in sculpture, art history, and social/political thought. He lives in Victoria, BC.
Michael C. K. Ma is a faculty member in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria, British Columbia. He works in the area of social justice, community advocacy, anti-racism, and harm reduction. His current research is in the area of drug use. He is a founding member of The Social Justice Centre, www.thesocialjusticecentre.org. In the past he was very active with the Chinese Canadian National Council - Toronto Chapter and the Metro Network for Social Justice. His academic training is in sculpture, art history, and social/political thought. He lives in Victoria, BC.